Healthy Snacks on the horizon, says NPD Group
…rends to snack more — and snack more healthfully. Generation Z, ages 0-23, Millennials (Generation Y), ages 24-37, and Generation X, ages 38-48 have a craving for snacks in-between meals, at meals, or in lieu of a meal, based on NPD Group’s ongoing food consumption research. Salty, sweet, high, low, or no calories are all contenders for attention, as long as they have a perceived health benefit. Protein, natural, or no-sugar or reduced-sugar are a…