date:Mar 28, 2013
the day and during more snack occasions than other typical snack foods. During a two-year period ending in March 2012, consumers snacked on fresh fruit 10 more times a year than chocolate, the next top snack food, and 25 more occasions a year than potato chips, the third-ranking snack.
Of the six need-states prompting a snack, fresh fruit ranked number one in five of them (health and weight, hunger satiety, on-the-go/convenience, routine/habit and satisfying a craving), falling short only in t