Snack Foods

Market trends, technology, ingredients, formulation, flavoring and processing of snack foods, including salty snacks (i.e., chips, pretzels, snack crackers), nuts, snack bars, and meat and fruit snacks, including developing new products to address hot market trends, such as low sodium, healthy, low trans fat or fortified.

Diamond Foods Axes CEO, CFO Over $80M Accounting Snafu

Diamond Foods announced today its CEO Michael Mendes and CFO Steven Neil were put on administrative leave and the snack maker will have to restate financial results for fiscal years 2010 and 2011 after the audit committee of its board of directors determined improper ...More
Yesterday
Posted in News
Trans Fat Levels Drop 58% in Americans

Nearly a decade after federally mandated labeling of trans fats on food labels, a new study led by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reveals blood levels of trans-fatty acids in Caucasian U.S. adults decreased by 58% from 2000 to 2009. The study, published in ...More
Yesterday
Posted in News, Bakery / Cereal
Americans Still Consume Too Much Sodium

The latest Vital Signs report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate the average American consumes about 3,300 milligrams of sodium per day, not including any salt added at the table, which is more than twice the recommended limit for about half ...More
February 8, 2012
Posted in News, Bakery / Cereal, Sauces / Gravies / Soup
Like Fatty Foods? Blame Your Genes

A person’s preference for fatty foods may be genetic according to Penn State researchers who discovered people with certain forms of the CD36 gene may like high-fat foods more than those who have other forms of this gene. The findings, published in the journal Obesity, may ...More
February 3, 2012
Posted in News, Dressing / Marinades
Healthy Snacks Trending in 2012

The New Year always brings a host of resolutions to get in shape and choose healthy foods and snacks, and this weekend’s Super Bowl will test American’s willpower when it comes to snacking. ...More
February 3, 2012
Posted in News
Image Gallery: Trendspotting

The lowdown on which trends to bank on for 2012. ...More
February 2, 2012
Posted in Galleries, Bakery / Cereal, Flavor
Industry Ask Feds to Reject New Food Taxes, Fees

Leading food industry groups are asking the Obama Administration to develop a fiscal year 2013 budget request that fully funds U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) food-safety programs without implementing new food taxes or fees. ...More
February 1, 2012
Posted in News, Bakery / Cereal
Willpower Keeps Snacking At Bay

Having enough willpower to postpone snacking on unhealthy foods to an unspecified future time reduces the desire for the snack, and in turn, reduces the amount of calories consumed, according to new research presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and ...More
February 1, 2012
Posted in News
Suit Filed Against Frito-Lay for Deceptive Advertising

A New York man has filed a class-action lawsuit against Frito-Lay alleging its advertising for Tostitos and SunChips is deceptive because the products are not made with “all-natural" ingredients as labeled and actually contain corn and oils made from genetically modified ...More
January 31, 2012
Posted in News
Health Canada OKs Barley Beta-Glucan Health Claim

Cargill announced that Health Canada approved the use of Barliv™ barley betafiber (beta-glucan) as a novel dietary fiber in foods and beverages to help lower cholesterol. The approval was received in early January 2012. ...More
January 31, 2012
Posted in News, Bakery / Cereal, Fiber