Snack

{{Main|List of snack foods from the Indian subcontinent}}

Snack foods are typically called chaats or namkeens in North India. Snacks like pani puri and samosas have become popular outside of India.

Most traditional snacks are home-made or sold by street vendors. Haldiram's is one of the top-selling and famous Indian snack brands around the world.

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Indonesia has a rich collection of snacks called kue (cakes and pastry), both savoury and sweet. Traditional kue is usually made from rice flour, coconut milk, and coconut sugar, and is mostly steamed or fried rather than baked. Traditional kue are popularly known as kue basah ("wet kue") that has a moist, soft texture because of rich coconut milk. Kue kering (dried kue) is the local name for cookies. Indonesia has several variations of kue, both native and foreign-influenced.{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}

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Traditional crackers are called krupuk, made from bits of shrimp, fish, vegetables or nuts, which are usually consumed as a crunchy snack or an accompaniment to meals.{{cite book | title = Food of Indonesia: Delicious Recipes from Bali, Java and the Spice Islands | author1 = Heinz Von Holzen | author2 = Lother Arsana | publisher = Tuttle Publishing | year = 2015 | isbn = 9781462914913| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=_SFFBAAAQBAJ&q=krupuk+Indonesia&pg=PT59}} These crispy snacks are sometimes added to main dishes for their crunchy texture; several Indonesian dishes such as gado-gado, karedok, ketoprak, lontong sayur, nasi uduk, asinan and bubur ayam are known to require specific types of krupuk as toppings. There are wide variations of krupuk available across Indonesia. The most popular ones would be krupuk udang (prawn crackers) and krupuk kampung or krupuk putih (cassava crackers).

Other popular types include krupuk kulit (dried buffalo-skin crackers), emping melinjo (gnetum gnemon crackers), and kripik (chips/crisps), such as kripik pisang (banana chips) and keripik singkong (Cassava chips). Rempeyek is a flour-based cracker with brittle of peanuts, anchovies or shrimp bound by a crispy flour cracker. Rengginang or intip (Javanese) is a rice cracker made from sun-dried and deep fried leftover rice.

{{Main|List of Japanese snacks}}

Japan has a very wide range of snack foods, some of which are internationally popular, ranging from onigiri to melon pan.

• Cincin - a deep fried dough pastry-based snack popular with East Malaysia's Muslim communities.
• Roti john - a spiced meat omelette sandwich, popularly eaten for breakfast or as a snack.
• Bakkwa (Chinese : 肉干) - literally "dried meat", bakkwa is better understood as barbecued meat jerky. While this delicacy is especially popular during the Chinese New Year celebration period, it is available everywhere and eaten year round as a popular snack.
• Idli - made from a mashed mixture of skinned black lentils and rice formed into patties using a mould and steamed, idlis are eaten at breakfast or as a snack. Idlis are usually served in pairs with vadai, small donut-shaped fritters made from mashed lentils and spices, chutney, and a thick stew of lentils and vegetables called sambar.
• Murukku - a savoury snack of spiced crunchy twists made from rice and urad dal flour, traditionally eaten for Deepavali in South India.{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}
• Vadai, vada or vades - is a common term for many different types of savoury fritter-type snacks originated from South India with a set of common ingredients. The most common ingredients are lentils, chillis, onions and curry leaves.
• Tebaloi - is a sago biscuit snack which is traditionally associated with the Melanau people of Sarawak.{{cite web|url=http://sarawaktourism.com/media_centre/the-making-of-tebaloi-melanau-sago-biscuit-sarawak-malaysia-borneo|publisher=Sarawak Tourism Board|access-date=7 June 2015|title=The making of Tebaloi|archive-date=8 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108131833/https://sarawaktourism.com/media_centre/the-making-of-tebaloi-melanau-sago-biscuit-sarawak-malaysia-borneo/|url-status=dead}}
• Pisang goreng - a common snack sold by street vendors, battered fried bananas are also served in a more elaborate manner at some cafes and restaurants as a dessert. Cempedak and various tuber vegetables are also battered and fried in the same manner as variations.

• Taro ball - a traditional Taiwanese cuisine dessert made of taro.
• Suncake (Taiwan) - is a popular Taiwanese dessert originally from the city of Taichung, Taiwan.
• Aiyu jelly - is a jelly made from the gel from the seeds of the awkeotsang creeping fig found in Taiwan.
• Pineapple cake - is a sweet traditional Taiwanese pastry containing butter, flour, egg, milk powder, sugar, and pineapple paste or slices.

• Miang kham – dried shrimp and other ingredients wrapped in cha plu leaves; often eaten as a snack or a starter.
• Sai ua – a grilled sausage of ground pork mixed with spices and herbs; it is often served with chopped fresh ginger and chilies at a meal. It is sold at markets in Chiang Mai as a snack.

In 2010, the average Canadian ate 300 snacks.{{sfn|Thiessen|2017|page=12}} Canadian identity is often associated with snack foods that are sold in Canada{{cite book |last1=Goodman |first1=Rob |title=Why American Democracy Is Eroding and How Canada Can Protect Itself |date=2023 |publisher=Simon & Schuster |isbn=9781668012451 |page=175}} due to economic nationalism.{{sfn|Thiessen|2017|page=30}} Some Canadian snacks include ketchup chips, Smarties, Coffee Crisp, Kinder Surprise, Jos Louis, Big Turk, and Nanaimo bars.{{cite web |last1=Skinner |first1=RJ |title=7 Canadian snacks you can't get in the U.S. and the backstory on why |url=https://www.cbc.ca/life/food/7-canadian-snacks-you-can-t-get-in-the-u-s-and-the-backstory-on-why-1.4102299 |website=CBC Life |access-date=9 August 2024}}

In the United States, a popular snack food is the peanut. Peanuts first arrived from South America via slave ships and became incorporated into African-inspired cooking on southern plantations. After the Civil War, the taste for peanuts spread north, where they were incorporated into the culture of such popular events as baseball games and vaudeville theaters.{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887324009304579041322667981650|title=How Snacking Became Respectable|last=Carroll|first=Abigail|date=30 August 2013|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|issn=0099-9660|access-date=29 May 2016|archive-date=21 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191221150905/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887324009304579041322667981650|url-status=live}}

Along with popcorn (also of South American origin), snacks bore the stigma of being sold by unhygienic street vendors. The middle-class etiquette of the Victorian era (1837–1901) categorized any food that did not require proper usage of utensils as lower-class.

Pretzels were introduced to North America by the Dutch, via New Amsterdam in the 17th century. In the 1860s, the snack was still associated with immigrants, unhygienic street vendors, and saloons. Due to loss of business during the Prohibition era (1920–1933), pretzels underwent rebranding to make them more appealing to the public. As packaging revolutionized snack foods, allowing sellers to reduce contamination risk, while making it easy to advertise brands with a logo, pretzels boomed in popularity, bringing many other types of snack foods with it. By the 1950s, snacking had become an all-American pastime, becoming an internationally recognized emblem of middle American life.{{cite news|date=3 April 1973|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MqJUAAAAIBAJ&pg=7284,110511|title=America: just one long snack bar|work=Ellensburg Daily Record|access-date=14 December 2018|via=Google News|archive-date=8 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108131825/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MqJUAAAAIBAJ&pg=7284,110511|url-status=live}}

Nuts are a staple of snacks in the Middle East. Among the many varieties available within the region, the most popular are almonds, walnuts, hazelnuts, pine nuts, and pistachios.{{Cite journal |last1=Casas-Agustench |first1=Patricia |last2=Salas-Huetos |first2=Albert |last3=Salas-Salvadó |first3=Jordi |date=December 2011 |title=Mediterranean nuts: origins, ancient medicinal benefits and symbolism |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/public-health-nutrition/article/mediterranean-nuts-origins-ancient-medicinal-benefits-and-symbolism/8CF105F6FD84DBFA2AF96DED889B227A |journal=Public Health Nutrition |language=en |volume=14 |issue=12A |pages=2296–2301 |doi=10.1017/S1368980011002540 |pmid=22166187 |s2cid=36384880 |issn=1475-2727|doi-access=free }} According to archeological evidence, nuts have been part of the Middle Eastern diet for centuries with ancient civilizations taking advantage of them for their health benefits.{{Cite journal |last1=Casas-Agustench |first1=Patricia |last2=Salas-Huetos |first2=Albert |last3=Salas-Salvadó |first3=Jordi |date=December 2011 |title=Mediterranean nuts: origins, ancient medicinal benefits and symbolism |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/public-health-nutrition/article/mediterranean-nuts-origins-ancient-medicinal-benefits-and-symbolism/8CF105F6FD84DBFA2AF96DED889B227A |journal=Public Health Nutrition |language=en |volume=14 |issue=12A |pages=2296–2301 |doi=10.1017/S1368980011002540 |pmid=22166187 |s2cid=36384880 |issn=1475-2727|doi-access=free }} The health benefits of nuts comes from them being good sources of protein, healthy fats, fibers, vitamins and minerals.{{Cite web |last=Services |first=Department of Health & Human |title=Nuts and seeds |url=http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/healthyliving/nuts-and-seeds |access-date=2023-10-06 |website=www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au |language=en}} Nuts have now become a regular snack with a 119 billion dollar market as of 2022 that is projected to continue growing into 2023.{{Cite web |last=ltd |first=Market Data Forecast |title=MEA Nuts and Seeds Market {{!}} 2022 to 2027 {{!}} UAE, Israel, KSA, South Africa, Egypt |url=http://www.marketdataforecast.com/ |access-date=2023-10-06 |website=Market Data Forecast |language=english}} Nuts can be prepared in a variety of ways, such as by roasting them with spices and lemon juice or incorporating them into food and desserts such as baklava, knafeh, and kibbeh.{{Cite web |last=Bergum |first=Vidar |date=2020-12-11 |title=Middle Eastern spiced nuts |url=https://vidarbergum.com/recipe/middle-eastern-spiced-nuts/ |access-date=2023-10-06 |website=A kitchen in Istanbul |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |last=Kravchuk |first=Natasha |date=2014-12-21 |title=Baklava Recipe, Honey Baklava, How to Make Best Baklava |url=https://natashaskitchen.com/baklava-recipe/ |access-date=2023-10-06 |website=NatashasKitchen.com |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Mueller |first=Elizabeth (Beth) |date=2018-10-05 |title=Knafeh |url=https://peartreekitchen.com/knafeh/ |access-date=2023-10-06 |website=Pear Tree Kitchen |language=en-US}}

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Spreads and dips are eaten with pita bread. The most popular dip in the middle east is hummus.{{Cite web |date=2019-08-01 |title=Middle Eastern dips and spreads to bump hummus off your summer menu |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/dining/recipes/sc-food-middle-eastern-dips-spreads-recipes-0802-20190801-pld3n2ni7rhtlma2xil4hrtdya-story.html |access-date=2023-10-06 |website=Chicago Tribune}} Hummus is a blend of chickpeas, tahini, lemon, and garlic usually served with olive oil and paprika on top.{{Cite web |last=Karadsheh |first=Suzy |date=2020-04-20 |title=BEST Classic Hummus Recipe you'll find! |url=https://www.themediterraneandish.com/how-to-make-hummus/ |access-date=2023-10-06 |website=The Mediterranean Dish |language=en-US}} Hummus's origins can be traced back to a Syrian cookbook from the 13th century.{{Cite web |last=Shaheen |first=Kareem |date=2023-03-24 |title=The True Origins of Hummus |url=https://newlinesmag.com/newsletter/the-true-origins-of-hummus/ |access-date=2023-10-06 |website=New Lines Magazine |language=en}} Other dips are also popularly served such as mouhammara and baba ganoush. Mouhammara is a walnut, tahini, and roasted red pepper dip served with olive oil on top originating from the Syrian city of Aleppo.{{Cite web |last=Karadsheh |first=Suzy |date=2020-05-29 |title=Muhammara Recipe (Roasted Red Pepper Dip) |url=https://www.themediterraneandish.com/muhammara-recipe-roasted-red-pepper-dip/ |access-date=2023-10-06 |website=The Mediterranean Dish |language=en-US}} Baba ganoush is a spread made from roasted eggplants, olive oil, and other vegetables.{{Cite web |last=Kate |date=2017-10-17 |title=Epic Baba Ganoush |url=https://cookieandkate.com/epic-baba-ganoush-recipe/ |access-date=2023-10-06 |website=Cookie and Kate |language=en-US}} The origins of baba ganoush are not clear with many conflicting pieces of evidence pointing to multiple countries of origin.{{Cite web |last=Lamoureux |first=Aimee |date=2023-01-13 |title=The Literal Meaning Of 'Baba Ganoush' Is Hilarious |url=https://www.thedailymeal.com/1166095/the-literal-meaning-of-baba-ganoush-is-hilarious/ |access-date=2023-10-06 |website=The Daily Meal |language=en-US}} A sweet dip is Ashta, a cream made from milk, rose or orange blossom water, and ghee, which is usually accompanied with honey.{{Cite web |last=Alphafoodie |first=Samira @ |date=2021-10-25 |title=Easy Kashta/Ashta (Lebanese Clotted Cream) |url=https://www.alphafoodie.com/easy-kashta/ |access-date=2023-10-06 |website=Alphafoodie |language=en-GB}}

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Many popular snacks in the Middle East are obtained from street vendors due to low cost and convenience of eating on the go.{{Cite web |last=Bremner |first=Jade |date=2017-07-12 |title=20 top Middle Eastern foods: Which is the best? |url=https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/middle-east-food-dishes/index.html |access-date=2023-10-09 |website=CNN |language=en}} Many of these snacks consist of a protein with bread. Falafel consists of many little fried balls of ground chickpeas or fava beans with herbs, spices served in pita bread with tahini sauce and a choice of vegetables.{{Cite web |last=Karadsheh |first=Suzy |date=2020-02-06 |title=Easy Authentic Falafel Recipe: Step-by-Step |url=https://www.themediterraneandish.com/how-to-make-falafel/ |access-date=2023-10-09 |website=The Mediterranean Dish |language=en-US}} Falafel is believed to originate from Egypt around 1000 years ago by Egyptian Copts.{{Cite web |last=admin |date=2021-12-08 |title=The History of Falafel |url=https://exportil.com/the-history-of-falafel/ |access-date=2023-10-09 |website=Export IL |language=en-US}} Shawarma is served in a similar fashion to falafel, pita bread with sauce and vegetables, but instead prepared by slowly cooking layers of meat on a spit before thinly slicing it.{{Cite web |last=Nagi |date=2022-02-06 |title=Chicken Shawarma (Middle Eastern) |url=https://www.recipetineats.com/chicken-sharwama-middle-eastern/ |access-date=2023-10-09 |website=RecipeTin Eats |language=en-US}}

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Government bodies, such as Health Canada, recommend that people make a conscious effort to eat more healthy, natural snacks, such as fruit, vegetables, nuts, and cereal grains while avoiding high-calorie, low-nutrient junk food.{{cite web|url=http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/food-guide-aliment/using-utiliser/snacks-collations-eng.php|website=Health Canada|title=Smart Snacking - Canada's Food Guide|access-date=13 March 2011|archive-date=14 April 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110414012858/http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/food-guide-aliment/using-utiliser/snacks-collations-eng.php|url-status=live}}

A 2010 study showed that children in the United States snacked on average six times per day, approximately twice as often as American children in the 1970s.{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=124248337|website=NPR |title=New Trend Shows Kids Snacking Every Few Hours|access-date=11 March 2010|archive-date=10 February 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110210151059/http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=124248337|url-status=live}} This represents consumption of roughly 570 calories more per day than U.S. children consumed in the 1970s.{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Health/w_DietAndFitness/american-diet-now-snacking-expanding-countrys-waistline/story?id=13948594|title=American Diet Then and Now: How Snacking Is Expanding the Country's Waistline - ABC News|website=ABC News|access-date=20 February 2016|archive-date=5 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305214818/http://abcnews.go.com/Health/w_DietAndFitness/american-diet-now-snacking-expanding-countrys-waistline/story?id=13948594|url-status=live}}

{{Further|List of snack foods}}

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• Bagel with cream cheese
• Bitterballen
• Candy bar
• Carrot Chips
• Chaat
• Cheese, a larger cold prepared snack
• Cheese puffs/cheese curls
• Chocolate-coated marshmallow treats
• Corn chips and Tortilla chips
• Cocktail sausage
• Cookies
• Crackers
• Deviled eggs
• Doughnuts
• Dried fruits
• Drinkable yogurt
• Edamame, fresh or dried
• Granola bars
• Falafel
• Flour tortilla with a filling
• Frozen berries
• Fruit, whole, sliced, Fruit salad, Fruit cocktail
• Ice cream
• Jell-O
• Jerky
• Kaassoufflé
• Latiao
• Lunchables
• Milkshake
• Muffins
• Nuts
• Pound cake
• Papadum
• Peanuts
• Pita bread
• Popcorn
• Pork rinds
• Potato chips
• Pakoda
• Pretzels
• Raisins
• Ratatouille
• Rice cake
• Rice crackers, distinguished from the above
• Samosa
• Seeds
• Shortbread
• Smoked salmon
• Smoothie
• Teacake
• Trail mix
• Vegetables (e.g., carrots, celery, cherry tomatoes)
• Yogurt

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File:Irachikkaya.jpg|Irachikkaya

File:SnackfoodRackDF.JPG|A rack of Chip (snack)

File:Popcorn.jpg|Popcorn

File:Planters-Trail-Mix.jpg|Trail mix

File:Cheez-It-Crackers.jpg|Cheez-It, a popular cheese-flavored cracker

File:Lots_of_Candies.jpg|Candy

File:Snickers-broken.JPG|Snickers, a popular chocolate bar

File:Pepperidge-Farm-Nantucket-Cookie.jpg|Chocolate chip cookie

File:Fruit Stall in Barcelona Market.jpg|Fruit

File:00409 paczki z serem, sanok.jpg|Pączki

File:Potato-Chips.jpg|Potato chips

File:Absolute bretzel 01.jpg|Pretzels

File:Salzstangen_Workshop.jpg|Pretzel sticks

File:J.CO_Donuts_aren%27t_photography_materials.jpg|Doughnuts

File:Muffin_NIH.jpg|A blueberry muffin

File:Antsonalogb.jpg|Ants on a log

File:Bitterballen mosterd mayo.jpg|Dutch bitterballen

File:Bowl of peanuts - stonesoup.jpg|Peanuts

File:Taro_Balls_at_Jiufen,_New_Taipei_City,_Sept_2011.jpg|Taro ball

File:Aiyu jelly by abon in Taiwan.jpg|Aiyu jelly

File:Pineapple_Pastry.JPG|Pineapple cake

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• Canapés
• Junk food
• List of brand name snack foods
• List of foods
• List of Indian snack foods
• List of Indonesian snacks
• List of Japanese snacks
• List of snack foods
• List of snack foods by country
• Savoury (dish)

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