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snack
Sign in to saveAlso known as snack food, convenience snack food, convenience snack, snack product, snacking food, snacking product, snack foods, light meal
porzione di cibo, spesso più piccola di un pasto regolare, mangiato generalmente tra i pasti principali
OverviewAI-generated
A snack is a type of food item categorized under "Snack food" in various databases. It is referenced by 1,236 other encyclopedia articles. In the Openfoodfacts database, the snacks category contains 200,669 products.
Nutritional data for this category indicates an energy value of 433 kcal. The composition includes 19.8 of fat, with 7.1 of that being saturated fat. Carbohydrates total 57.9, of which 29.9 are sugars. The fiber content is 4.2, proteins are 7.9, and salt is 5.37. The category holds a nutriscore of e and a nova rating of 4. A PubMed search for the query "snack" yields a count of 12,685.
Synthesized by Vinony from 18 facts across 4 sources: Wikidata, PubMed, Openfoodfacts, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Nutrition · Open Food Facts
Typical values per 100 g · averaged across 200,669 products
- Energy
- 433 kcal
- Fat
- 19.8 g
- — of which saturates
- 7.1 g
- Carbohydrates
- 57.9 g
- — of which sugars
- 29.9 g
- Fibre
- 4.2 g
- Protein
- 7.9 g
- Salt
- 5.37 g
via Open Food Facts · ODbL
Research
12,685 papers- Snack Food, Satiety, and Weight.ReviewAdvances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2016Njike VY, Smith TM, Shuval O et al.DOI: 10.3945/an.115.009340
- Snack food and beverage consumption and young child nutrition in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review.Maternal & child nutrition · 2019Pries AM, Filteau S, Ferguson ELDOI: 10.1111/mcn.12729
- Snack Consumption Patterns among Canadians.Nutrients · 2019Vatanparast H, Islam N, Patil RP et al.DOI: 10.3390/nu11051152
- Snacking in nutrition and health.ReviewInternational journal of food sciences and nutrition · 2019Marangoni F, Martini D, Scaglioni S et al.DOI: 10.1080/09637486.2019.1595543
- Modulation of snack foods: An approach to overcome hidden hunger in children.ReviewNutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.) · 2025Manzoor S, Altemimi AB, Rakha A et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2025.112777
- Fortified Snack Preferences among Patients with Cancer.Nutrition and cancer · 2022Enriquez-Fernandez BE, Chen L, Klassen P et al.DOI: 10.1080/01635581.2021.1957948
- Exercise Snacks and Other Forms of Intermittent Physical Activity for Improving Health in Adults and Older Adults: A Scoping Review of Epidemiological, Experimental and Qualitative Studies.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2024Jones MD, Clifford BK, Stamatakis E et al.DOI: 10.1007/s40279-023-01983-1
- The effect of discretionary snack consumption on overall energy intake, weight status, and diet quality: A systematic review.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2024Cooke CB, Greatwood HC, McCullough D et al.DOI: 10.1111/obr.13693
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Wikidata facts
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- has characteristic
- small
- Commons category
- Snack food
- topic's main category
- Category:Snack foods
- Commons gallery
- Snack food
- different from
- Snack
- equivalent class
- dbpedia.org/resource/Snack
Sources (6)
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Article · Italiano
Per snack, meno comunemente spuntino, merenda, o merendina, si intende una categoria di alimenti industriali dolci e salati, altamente calorici e a basso contenuto nutrizionale. Gli snack vengono solitamente consumati per soddisfare temporaneamente la fame, fornire una quantità minima di energia per il corpo o semplicemente per soddisfare un piacere personale. Gli spuntini confezionati vengono solitamente classificati come "cibo spazzatura" perché contengono grandi quantità di dolcificanti, conservanti, aromi, condimenti, sale e altri ingredienti saporiti, come cioccolato e arachidi e perché sono privi o carenti di valori nutrizionali. Nel settore alimentare occidentale, gli snack generano enormi profitti all'anno e il loro mercato, che è costantemente in crescita, vede numerose aziende in lotta per dominarlo. Con un'accezione diversa, il termine "spuntino", con cui si designa lo snack, identifica anche un pasto leggero consumato fra i pasti principali.
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