To add more purposeful nutrition to daily snacking, Baked-Ins combine sweet potato, kale, carrot and apple into a better-for-you snack inspired by home-baked favorites like Banana Chocolate Chip bread and Chocolate Oat loaf. Both flavors offer 3g of fiber and 9g of whole grains.

The expansion includes the launch of new REZISTA® MAX thickening starches and BRIOGEL® gelling starches. These innovative tapioca starches will help food manufacturers deliver superior products thanks to their improved process tolerance, mouthfeel, fluidity and texture. The starches are suitable for use across dairy, soups, sauces and dressings, confectionery and more.

Cargill Salt’s new Purified Sea Salt Flour is a unique type of sodium chloride, sifted to the smallest and finest granulations of sea salt crystals. This ultra-fine cut makes it the only sea salt of its kind. 

Mantrose-Haeuser has expanded its range of Plant-based Certicoat® anti-sticking polishes for gummy vitamins, fruit snacks and other functional gummies. 

Whether it’s for a nutritious treat, comfort from stress, or a quick meal, US consumers increasingly turn to fruits, nuts, and ready-to-eat snack foods throughout the day, reports The NPD Group. Over the past five years, Americans added 25 between-meal snacking occasions per capita, from 505 between-meal snacking occasions per capita in 2015 to 530 in 2020, and consumption of snack foods at meals increased from 21% of eatings in 2010 to 26% in 2020.

Solely, an organic fruit jerky and dried fruit brand, launched Organic Whole Fruit Gummies exclusively at Whole Foods Market locations nationwide. The Solely Organic Whole Fruit Gummies contain only two or three ingredients, real whole fruit, Vitamin C, and nothing else. Each pouch contains 0.7oz of fruit and contains 60-70 calories.

The company makes the tahini from Ethiopian sesame seeds and packages it in shake-and-squeeze bottles for convenience. The new variety contains a blend of 100% natural harissa spices for a distinctively aromatic, roasted-chile pepper flavor profile with a kick.

Cheetos introduced Crunch Pop Mix, a combination of traditional Cheetos Crunchy and Cheetos Popcorn. The new snack ties into recent food and snack mashup trends that emerged during 2020, including the infusion of snack mixes into mealtime occasions.

Utz Brands, Inc., a manufacturer of branded salty snacks, announced that its subsidiary Utz Quality Foods, LLC has entered into a definitive agreement with Snak-King Corp. to acquire certain assets related to the Vitner’s brand, a brand of snack foods in the Chicago metropolitan market, for a total purchase price of $25 million, subject to customary purchase price adjustments.