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Article: Cheese becoming popular snack food.(Financial report)(Brief article)
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- The Food Institute Report
- Article date:
- November 10, 2008
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Cheese is becoming a popular commodity in the $90 billion snack food industry. Some 4.5% of consumers eat cheese as a snack, up from 2.5% a decade ago, according to NPD GROUP. Overall, Americans consumed 1.1 billion cheese snacks in 2008. Children younger than six were the largest consumers, followed by those in the six-to-12 age group and 18-to-34 age group. Women ages 18 to 34 ate slightly more cheese than men. MINTEL found that 61% of consumers view cheese as a healthy snack.
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