Kimberly Decker

After offering creative flavors and ingredients, tortilla chip producers are drawing double-digit growth.

America remains a nation of avid snackers. Who can blame us? Snacks are delicious, and snacking is just plain fun. Best of all, snacks—at least when wisely chosen—need be no less, and may be even more, healthful than going hungry.

Nothing says “reward” quite like a sweet baked good. After several years of overcoming near-herculean challenges—plague, war, and, if not outright famine, at least persistent supply shortages—it’s only fair that the sweet-goods sector received a reward of its own this past year: strong sales.

Consumers crave fresh-baked artisan bread, partially due to in-home pandemic baking.

Snack and bakery brands are factoring sustainability into their production models, and their ingredient and equipment suppliers are doing the same.

All that and a bag of chips: You don’t have to be an Urban Dictionary editor to know that the phrase suggests something’s pretty special. And given the continued dynamism in today’s chips space, it’s apparent that snack chips—from retro potato platforms to better-for-you fruit and grain options—are something special, indeed. One could even argue they’re “all that” and a whole lot more.

A few generations ago, finding anything organic was hard work. Now, although organic food is mainstream, it's still hard work to formulate and produce to USDA's National Organic Program.