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New shapes, interesting flavors and better-for-you ingredients help make tortilla chips the second most-popular salty snack among U.S. consumers.

The pretzel segment today maintains time-honored product formats interspersed with innovative flourishes that can capture more snack dollars.

Despite flat sales, bright spots of growth in frozen appetizers and snacks help point toward the next generation of products that will breathe new life into the category.

Better-for-you ingredients and innovative flavors continue to keep potato chips at the top of consumers’ list of favorite snacks, while the classics still resonate.

While changes related to flavor, format, ingredients and convenience step front-and-center in new product releases, much of the snack industry continues to thrive on tried-and-true classics.

Snack manufacturers are giving the humble cracker a makeover - launching new flavors, formats, textures and functionality—as consumers demand more from these snack staples.

KIND Healthy Snacks adds two bars made with coffee to its KIND Healthy Grains Bars line.

Beanitos' new Hint of Lime Navy Bean Chips offer a nutritious crunch with a crisp taste of citrus.

The Gluten Free Bar has added two flavors to its line of Gluten Free Bites: Peanut Butter & Jelly and Dark Chocolate Hazelnut.

Canyon Bakehouse says the taste and texture of its new Brownie Bites are so similar to those of “real” brownies that consumers won’t know they’re gluten-free.