ABSTRACT
American Heritage dictionary defines snack as “hurried or light meal” or “food eaten between meals.” Traditional snack foods appeal to consumers on a number of levels. Snacks can be considered a treat or reward. Snack foods have always been a significant part of modern life, and they represent a distinct and constantly widening and changing group of food items, whose sales in 2002 was over $22 billion (1), and per-capita snack consumption was 22 pounds. According to a rough working estimate, annual worldwide sales including US is $30-35 billion.
