Sales of salty favorites—including potato chips, pretzels and popcorn—and portable meat products—such as jerky—have mostly displayed growth potential or at least remained steady over the past five years.  The snack industry has likewise benefitted from the influx of healthier formulations that better fit the nutrition-centered lifestyles of many of today’s consumers.

Three Jerks Jerky, a 100% filet mignon beef jerky, partnered with Soy Vay®, purveyors of fine Asian sauces & marinades with a Kosher twist, to create their sixth flavor, Veri Veri Teriyaki®. The Veri Veri Teriyaki® jerky flavor is created with fine cuts of filet, contains no artificial ingredients and is gluten free.

Just Desserts’ latest addition to its growing Bites line also expands its partnership with Ghirardelli Chocolate.

World Finer Foods through its Liberty Richter division, is taking coconut to an exciting new place with the debut of GoCo Crunchy Coconut Bites.

New Frontier Foods, maker of Ocean's Halo® seaweed products, announced a significant expansion to its product lines and manufacturing capabilities, which debuted at 2017 Winter Fancy Foods show in San Francisco.

The new Mellow Snacks line launches with Mellow Fluffs, handmade marshmallow snacks that pair innovative flavors with the sweet, gooey-ness that consumers know and love.

The four new ready-to-eat popcorn varieties include Sea Salted Caramel, Confetti Cake, Belgian Waffle and Snickerdoodle.

Artisanal gourmet ghee brand Fourth & Heart, partnered with snack company LesserEvil to craft a ghee popcorn snack. The new product Oh My Ghee, is an organic, butter flavored popcorn that will showcase Fourth & Heart’s premium grass fed ghee for flavor.

Saffron Road is expanding its plant-based protein snack line with the addition of innovative new ChickBean Crisps – a baked snack made with high-protein lentils, yellow peas, garbanzo (chickpea) and sweet potato flours.