13 snacks that embrace nutrient-dense, plant-based ingredients
These snacks feature seeds, peas and other ingredients that pack a wallop of nutrients into a variety of on-the-go snack products.
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Calling all caramel lovers! Frooze Balls launched a new flavor of its decadent, drool-worthy energy balls. This flavor features gooey caramel packed with dates, peanuts, cocoa, coconut and cashews. This healthy, yet indulgent snack is Non-GMO Project Verified and gluten free.
Banana bread lovers, rejoice: These cookie-like crisps are sweetened with maple syrup and have 60 calories per serving. The product is made with bananas, coconut milk powder, cassava flour, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, sesame seeds and hemp seeds. It's Non-GMO Project Verified and Certified Gluten-Free, and the brand is a Certified B Corporation.
This delicious, superfood-packed granola mix is the perfect grab-and-go snack made with regeneratively farmed, sprouted buckwheat seeds and containing 3 g whole-food prebioic fiber and 3 g plant-based protein per serving. Additionally, this product gets a functional boost from ashwagandha and is Certified Plastic Neutral.
These recently launched crunchy straws are packed with plant power containing 3 g protein, 3 g fiber and 140 calories per 1-ounce serving. These USDA Organic, yellow pea-based snacks come in a few other flavors: Rockin’ Ranch, Straight Up Sea Salt and Sour Cream and Onion.
CanDo’s latest bar has a new seasonal flavor that is packed with healthy nutrients such as MCT oil, coconut and almonds. This nutrient-dense bar has 190 calories, 2 g total sugar and 11 g protein.
This chewy mushroom jerky provides vitamin D, calcium and potassium, alongside 4 g of fiber per serving. The savory flavor comes from the shitake mushrooms combined with a seasonings mix of salt, soy sauce, five-spice powder and white pepper. Munchrooms come in several other flavor varieties: Cracked Black Pepper, Hot and Spicy Chili Pepper and Smoked Teriyaki.
This is not your typical breakfast mush! Consumers will be excited to experience these rolled oats soaked in coconut milk and cold coffee concentrate. This flavorful product comes with 5 g protein per serving for a subtly sweet, energizing meal or snack. Additionally, this ready-to-eat product is Non-GMO Project Verified and contains coconut, dates and sea salt.
Orchard Valley featured its new, crunchy chickpea chips at Expo East's Harvest Festival. These Non-GMO Project Verified chips contain 4 g protein per serving and are made with chickpea flour, white rice flour and pink Himalayan salt.
These nutrient-dense, dairy-free cheese balls are full of flavor and provide 5 grams protein, with 20 vitamins and minerals per serving including vitamins A, B6, B12, D, and E, as well as iron and zinc. This non-GMO and Certified Gluten-Free snack also contains a variety of vegetables such as broccoli, spinach, kale, pumpkin, sweet potato, sunflower seed, pea protein, maitake mushroom, chlorella and shitake mushroom. Additionally, these nostalgic cheese balls come in Jalapeño Chedda, Garlic Parmesan and Chedda flavors.
Consumers will want to dive into a box of these crunchy crackers, which are made with nutrient-dense watermelon seed flour, cashew flour, sunflower flour and flax. Additionally, this healthy snack is Non-GMO Project Verified and Certified Gluten-Free.
These crunchy, roasted lentils are a great on-the-go snack made from three simple ingredients: lentils, high oleic sunflower oil and sea salt. This Non-GMO Project Verified snack is a nutrient-dense choice packed with 7 g protein.
Undercover’s quinoa crisps are a better-for-you indulgence with simple ingredients such as dark chocolate, organic quinoa and cacao beans. This Certified Gluten Free and Non-GMO Project Verified snack offers 2 g protein and 2 g fiber per serving.
These delightful superfood bites provide nutrient-dense ingredients including fiber, vitamin C, magnesium, zinc, vitamin E, sunflower seeds and quinoa. Additionally, these Certified Gluten-Free bites are a healthy snack to eat while on-the-go.
These delightful superfood bites provide nutrient-dense ingredients including fiber, vitamin C, magnesium, zinc, vitamin E, sunflower seeds and quinoa. Additionally, these Certified Gluten-Free bites are a healthy snack to eat while on-the-go.
This year’s Natural Product Expo East featured a range of plant-based snack products that included nutrient-dense ingredients such as mushrooms, beans and peas. Other top ingredients spotted in plant-based snack innovations included superfoods such as quinoa, coconuts, nuts and seeds added to products in different formats to help support their balanced nutritional profiles.
Many plant-forward, nutrient-dense snacks included seeds, which are valued for theirnutty flavor and appealing texture, and are an excellent source of vitamins and minerals.
Sales of seeded crackers and crispbreads grew by 10.1% in the 52 weeks ending Sept. 4, according to SPINS. The market's value is $40.85M in conventional, natural, organic and specialty retailers.
Check out this gallery to see some of the nutrient-dense, plant-based innovations a New Hope Network editor discovered on the show floor in Philadelphia.
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