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According to a recent report from Mintel, nearly all Americans (94 percent) snack at least once a day. And half (50 percent) of adults snack two to three times per day with 70 percent agreeing that anything can be considered a snack these days. That means everyone is eating the equivalent of a small bag of chips every day. If I don’t eat any, that means someone else is eating two small bags of chips every day.

Today snack foods make up about 23 percent of the diet. That’s more than double the amount eaten in the last century. In addition to extra salt, snack foods provide calories from refined grains and sugar. They contribute little nutritional value and displace more nutritious fruits and vegetables in the diet. In 2021, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued new guidelines directed toward food companies to use less salt in their food products. A majority of the sodium in the U.S. diet comes from packaged or restaurant foods, not the salt added to meals at home. The FDA is allowing this change to happen gradually, but at least it’s a step in the right direction.