Hunting for healthy school snacks at SNA trade show
July 22, 2015 |09:21 PM
SALT LAKE CITY — Snacks are a major feature of school foods, and companies that make the snacks for the schools exhibited products ranging from fresh fruit to juices, popcorns, and small packages of commercially sold snacks at last week’s School Nutrition Association trade show at the Salt Palace in Salt Lake City.
This second of four photo essays features the snack sellers. If the school food service administrators found it stressful to make a choice, they could also get a massage at the wellness center.
Left: All these snacks meet Agriculture Department requirements for calories, salt, sugar, and fat. Right: This 100-calorie bag boasts popcorn free of genetically modified ingredients. (Jerry Hagstrom/The Hagstrom Report photos)
Cookies may not be popular with nutritionists, but these fit in the smart snack guidelines. (Jerry Hagstrom/The Hagstrom Report)
A sales assistant at Epic Harvest, a Jackonsville, Fla., firm, says its product line “takes the junk out of junk food” by replacing some fats, oils, sugar, and grains with veggie purees. Small samples of muffins are offered to school food service administrators, but (right) kids would eat 2-ounce brownies and 3.5-ounce muffins made of cocoa and apple. (Jerry Hagstrom/The Hagstrom Report photos)
School food service administrators inquire about Dole fruit products. (Jerry Hagstrom/The Hagstrom Report)
The pear industry says schools should roast pears and butternut squash. (Jerry Hagstrom/The Hagstrom Report)
Left: At the Pacific Northwest Canned Pears booth, school food service administrators could get squeezable cans to relieve stress. Right: School food service administrators could get stress-relieving massages at the School Nutrition Association trade show. (Jerry Hagstrom/The Hagstrom Report)
This second of four photo essays features the snack sellers. If the school food service administrators found it stressful to make a choice, they could also get a massage at the wellness center.
Left: All these snacks meet Agriculture Department requirements for calories, salt, sugar, and fat. Right: This 100-calorie bag boasts popcorn free of genetically modified ingredients. (Jerry Hagstrom/The Hagstrom Report photos)
Cookies may not be popular with nutritionists, but these fit in the smart snack guidelines. (Jerry Hagstrom/The Hagstrom Report)
A sales assistant at Epic Harvest, a Jackonsville, Fla., firm, says its product line “takes the junk out of junk food” by replacing some fats, oils, sugar, and grains with veggie purees. Small samples of muffins are offered to school food service administrators, but (right) kids would eat 2-ounce brownies and 3.5-ounce muffins made of cocoa and apple. (Jerry Hagstrom/The Hagstrom Report photos)
School food service administrators inquire about Dole fruit products. (Jerry Hagstrom/The Hagstrom Report)
Left: At the Pacific Northwest Canned Pears booth, school food service administrators could get squeezable cans to relieve stress. Right: School food service administrators could get stress-relieving massages at the School Nutrition Association trade show. (Jerry Hagstrom/The Hagstrom Report)
