These on-the-go innovations deserve a place in your cupboard.
If your daily snack regimen is suffering from handful-of-almonds fatigue, take hope: Health-conscious companies are upping the ante with what you can eat on the fly, from kale doused in chili-laced cacao to parsnips seasoned with a chef’s hand.
“A diet of whole foods is best, but these snacks show the beauty of what you can do with health-minded minimal processing. Plus it’s probably not a bad thing to find ways to eat more unusual veggies even if they’re dehydrated and come in a bag,” says Ryan Andrews, R.D., a fitness and nutrition coach with Precision Nutrition.
This gluten-free, soy-free, mostly organic group may even help you finally throw over your potato chip habit if you haven’t already.