Cape Cod recently released Infused Oil Kettle Cooked Potato Chips, Thins potato chips, and White Cheddar Puffs.

Snikiddy, a line of tasty snacks made from simple, wholesome, real-food ingredients, is launching two on-trend puffed snack lines – Organic Cheese Puffs and Purple Corn Puffs – at Natural Products Expo West.

Hippeas is the all new range of organic chickpea puffs which is set to shake-up the global snacking market with a bold brand story and purpose, clear health credentials and exciting flavor profiles.

Made with real vegetables as the first ingredient, Snack Factory Veggie Sticks are baked and seasoned snacks available in Snap Pea and Peas & Carrots varieties.

Snack Factory Fruit Sticks are made with 100% Washington State apples and are available in three flavors—Apple, Apple Cinnamon and Apple Strawberry.

Sensible Portions recently released a new variety of its veggie straws, Sweet Potato Straws and announced that the Apple Cinnamon Straws are now gluten-free just like the rest of the Garden Veggie Snacks.

In his 1954 compendium of writings, “Ideas and Opinions,” Albert Einstein said that “all knowledge of reality starts from experience and ends in it.” He put forth this scientific “fundamental truth” in connection to his predecessors Johannes Kepler and Galileo Galilei, tying it to the origins of modern science.

The collective puffed, popped, pellet and extruded snack segment continues to see positive sales activity and a strong level of product innovation.

The top draws for 2016 centered on unique Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery content, including annual awards articles and original State of the Industry reports.

Private label grows more competitive with snacks geared toward health and wellness, clean label and gluten-free.