Modulation of snack foods: An approach to overcome hidden hunger in children

IF 3.2 3区医学 Q2 NUTRITION & DIETETICS

Nutrition Pub Date : 2025-03-28 DOI:10.1016/j.nut.2025.112777

Sana Manzoor , Ammar B. Altemim , Allah Rakha , Hina Rasheed , Muhammad Shaffay Ali Khan , Seemal Munir , Zuhaib F. Bhat , Rana Muhammad Aadil

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The global snack foods market had grown to 585 billion USD by 2022. Consumption of snacks has gained attention at a commercial level since they are liked by people of all ages, including millennials and elderly people. An increasing trend in snacking provides a potential opportunity for delivering micronutrients to minimize hidden hunger throughout the world. Various strategies are proposed in this review for modifying these snacks to improve snacking. The practical implications, including methodologies and approaches of such strategies, have also been summarized. The raw materials used for snack development can be biofortified for additional mineral content. By-products of fruits and vegetables can be used as ingredients and nutrient sources in the food industry. Organic salts, industrial fortificants, and nutritive substitutes can be used in extrusion processing as an enrichment method. Snacks can also be reformulated to contain more nutrients. Such strategies could greatly improve not only individual health but also the global market.

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调节零食：一种克服儿童隐性饥饿的方法

到2022年，全球休闲食品市场已增长到5850亿美元。零食的消费在商业层面得到了关注，因为它们受到包括千禧一代和老年人在内的所有年龄段的人的喜爱。零食日益增加的趋势为提供微量营养素以最大限度地减少世界各地的隐性饥饿提供了潜在的机会。在这篇综述中提出了各种策略来修改这些零食，以改善零食。还总结了这些战略的实际影响，包括方法和办法。用于零食开发的原料可以通过生物强化来增加矿物质含量。水果和蔬菜的副产品可以作为食品工业的原料和营养来源。有机盐、工业强化剂和营养替代品可作为一种富集方法用于挤压加工。零食也可以重新配方，以包含更多的营养。这种战略不仅可以极大地改善个人健康，而且可以极大地改善全球市场。

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Nutrition 医学-营养学

CiteScore

7.80

自引率

2.30%

发文量

300

审稿时长

60 days

期刊介绍： Nutrition has an open access mirror journal Nutrition: X, sharing the same aims and scope, editorial team, submission system and rigorous peer review. Founded by Michael M. Meguid in the early 1980''s, Nutrition presents advances in nutrition research and science, informs its readers on new and advancing technologies and data in clinical nutrition practice, encourages the application of outcomes research and meta-analyses to problems in patient-related nutrition; and seeks to help clarify and set the research, policy and practice agenda for nutrition science to enhance human well-being in the years ahead.