The chips segment has grown quite lively over the past year, with new product areas emerging and others, like apple chips, seeing considerable growth and maturation. Snack producers are also starting to grow beyond potatoes, offering sweet potato, beet and parsnip chips.

The Original Cannoli Chips was one of 45 new confectionery and snack products innovation and packaging among hundreds of other new products.

Farmer’s Pantry Meal Snacks were developed with proprietary natural spices and a proprietary slow cooking method for the beef, chicken and turkey, blended together with slow roasted, hearty and crunchy vegetables in a double-pouched bag.

Rhythm Superfoods has launched a nationwide snack made from thinly sliced beets. 

Pepperidge Farm now offers a new line of crackers prepared with non-GMO ingredients.

La Panzanella has launched a new line of specialty, bite-size crackers in three flavors. 

Snack Factory, maker of Pretzel Crisps and a Snyder’s-Lance brand, has reimagined the tortilla with the introduction of Snack Factory Tortilla Chips.

Did you miss the new products, ingredients and equipment posted on Snackandbakery.com this week? If so, check them out now.

Boulder Canyon Authentic Foods has launched three uniquely-flavored kettle-cooked potato chips: Olive Oil Red Chili, Olive Oil Sweet Vinegar and Coconut Oil Pineapple Habanero.

The George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston will be the site of the International Dairy-Deli-Bakery Association’s (IDDBA) 2016 Dairy-Deli-Bake Seminar & Expo, to be held June 5–7. The annual event targets serious buyers, merchandisers and executives who have a shared passion for food and the industry, and offers them a venue where they can sell and buy new products and services, attend presentations, network, and glean insight into the industry.