Snacks
A snack is a small portion of food generally eaten between meals. While many snack foods are packaged, snacks may also include fresh ingredients commonly available at home which do not require lengthy preparation. Fruit, lunch meat, nuts, and candy are often consumed as snacks. With the spread of convenience stores, packaged snack foods became a significantly profitable business.
Snack foods are typically designed to be portable, quick, and satisfying. Processed snack foods, as one form of convenience food, are designed to be less perishable, more durable, and more portable than prepared foods. They often contain substantial amounts of sweeteners, preservatives, and appealing ingredients such as chocolate, peanuts, and specially designed flavors (such as flavored potato chips). Aside from the use of additives, the viability of packaging so that food quality can be preserved without degradation is also important for commercialization.
A snack eaten shortly before going to bed or during the night may be called a "bedtime snack", "late night snack", or "midnight snack".
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