Blurring the Line Between Snack and Meal
Opportunities for more-healthful offerings abound as consumers seek products with better nutritional profiles and frequently replace meals with snacks, according to speakers at IFT’s Wellness 14 conference.
Consumers are snacking more than ever. A lot more. According to National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data shared this spring at the IFT Wellness 14 conference, four out of 10 adults (41%) didn't snack at all in 1977. By 2007, that was true for only 10% of adults, and nearly one in five (18%) said they had four or more snacks daily compared with 5% who had that many in 1977. In fact, snacks now represent half of all eating occasions in the United States, according to Hartman Group da…
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