Snacks plus

4. Snacks plus

Snacking has taken off during COVID-19 Healthy snacking used to be about low fat and low salt products but a new trend is starting to emerge: snacks with a positive health benefit, from gut health to immunity boosting snacks The snacks category has always been a large user of seasonings, and a growing snacks market means increased use of these types of natural flavours, but now the focus is on snack flavours that can communicate positive health benefits.

Boundless Activated Nuts & Seeds Tamari & Aleppo

“The Umami One: Salty tamari soy and hot Aleppo pepper combine to create the ultimate umami experience. Ingredients: almonds, cashew nuts, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, tamari (soya) (8.3%), cider vinegar, aleppo flakes (2.2%), sesame oil.”15

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Fennel & Chia Seed Snacks

“The unique taste of fennel seeds combined with the nutritional punch of chia seeds produces a savoury snack that does more than fill the gap. Fennel is loaded with manganese and rich in powerful antioxidants. Chia seeds are packed with nutrients including magnesium, calcium, fibre and quality protein”16 .

Ingredients: Apple Puree, Sunflower Seed, Linseed, Chicory Root Fibre, Chia Seed (10%), Rice Protein, Buckwheat Flakes, Rice Flour, Hemp Seed, Fennel Seed (1.7%), Sunflower Oil, Himalayan Pink Salt, Blue Poppy Seed, Pink Peppercorns17 .

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Berlin Organics PROTECT Protein Balls with Strawberry & Hibiscus

Ingredients: rice syrup *, sunflower seed protein *, almonds * natural (15.5%), cranberries * dried (cranberries *, apple syrup *, sunflower oil *) (9.25%), inulin *, ground hibiscus blossom * (2.2%), Acerola * powder (acerola *, maltodextrin *) (2%), dried strawberry ground * (1.6%), almond flour * (1.5%), maitake fruit body extract * powder (0.75%) (Grifola frondosa) *from controlled organic cultivation18

Source: berlinorganics.de18