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Nut-based Snacks

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Snack Food Technology

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Nuts are frequently used to upgrade popcorn-based snacks and are themselves sold for snacks, either as the individual variety or as mixed nuts. Peanut butter is used in relatively small quantities as an ingredient in commercially prepared snacks, e.g., cracker and peanut butter sandwiches.

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Matz, S.A. (1984). Nut-based Snacks. In: Snack Food Technology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-9778-9_16

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