NPD's SnackTrack, which monitors the consumption of snack foods both in-home [image-nocss] and away, reported that also among the top growing snacks in 2009 over the previous year were ice/fudge or cream pops, chewy candy, corn chips, donuts and snack pies and pastries.
SnackTrack defines snack foods as a group of foods generally perceived to be snack foods, like candy, chips, fruit, regardless of when consumed; 60% of snacks are consumed at snack occasions, before, between and after meals or throughout the day, and the remaining snacks are eaten with or instead of main meals. One out of every five meals consumed in the United States is a snack meal.
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