Savory snacks: The bold and spicy side of snacking
Though sweet is the attention thief of the snack world, savory provides a wealth of rich and satisfying options from various cultures, cuisines, and cravings. With crunchy chips and cheese bites and spicy nuts and dainty slivers of meat, savory snacks are for the kind of people who cut the roof of their mouths on potato chips and like it that way. What makes a snack savory? Savory snacks have salty, spicy, and or umami taste profiles, which are a result of non-sugar-based ingredients used in the product, such as (flour, grains, starches, cheese, vegetables, meat, etc. Unlike sweet snacks, they activate a different part of the palate, providing a satisfying depth and complexity. Some of the most common include: Tubers in chip form and chips of tortillas come in flavors, and if we didn’t know that, I'd tell you that we were in province town for this (it’s the savory seasoning of the cape that gets sacrificed). Crackers and pretzels are generally accompanied by dips or cheese. Popco...