5. Healthy Indulgence
While consumers are looking for healthy snack options, Innova stressed that indulgence is still a crucial driver of snack sales. Taste is king, and manufacturers still need to consider flavor and texture when developing new and healthy snack options.
Marketed as a “high protein, low fat, creamy indulgence,” Stonyfield Organic has introduced Stonyfield Petite Crème to offer a similar nutritional profile to Greek yogurt, but with a milder, creamy taste and texture. Modeled after French fromage blanc, Petite Crème is a yogurt alternative offering 10 grams of protein per cup. It is also certified gluten-free, non-GMO, organic, and free from pesticides, hormones and antibiotics. The sweet cheese snack is available in a variety of indulgent flavors such as Vive la Vanilla!, La Vie en Strawberry, Belle Blueberry, Mon Cherry Amour, Ooh lala Peach, Plain & Simple, and Strawberry-Banana Mènage.