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Article: Snacks unbound: we once could have defined the four basic food groups of the snack universe as "sugar, salt, fat and fast." That definition is expanding while the boundaries are disappearing.(Cover Story)
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- Food Processing
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- February 1, 2005
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The definition of "snack" is changing faster than ever--and for the better, nutritionally. For decades the snack archetype was the potato chip, with crackers, cookies and candy hovering close. But the marketplace has changed and, as in any survival of the fittest situation, snacks are evolving. Ironically, they are evolving toward that which is fittest.
As the nutritional profile of a large segment of the snack market improves, the public-health impact of these nutritional improvements by large food players is not to be taken lightly either because these are changes in the formulations of a class of products commanding an enormous share of the market. The ...