snacks

IT'S been a long week.

EVEN if your diet is the epitome of good health the rest of the year, the treats and traditions of the festive season can be enough to lead even the most disciplined health foodie into temptation.

Researchers teamed up with Iceland supermarkets to trial new layouts including placing fruit and vegetables near store entrances.

Survey results are released ahead of the British Heart Foundation’s (BHF) challenge to the nation to give up sweet treats in March.

DO YOU get hungry between meals? For most of us, snacking is the norm, but is it a good idea for our heath? I am sure you have heard the advice to 'eat little and often', but this is old news now.

NOW that we are resigned to the new ‘normal’ of working from home, I wonder what’s on your shopping list for snacks.

A STUDY published at the end of last year suggested that including a snack or two into our daily diet could be good for us.

PLENTY of us eat fairly healthy fare for breakfast, lunch and dinner, but when it comes to snacks, sometimes the munchies can get the better of us, and we end up with a high sugar, high fat ‘treat’ food to get through the morning, boost our flagging energy levels at 3pm, or give ourselves a reward at the end of a hard day.

THE Manderley Food Group, which operates the popular Tayto Crisps brand in Northern Ireland and is the UK's the largest producer of snack foods, swung from profit to loss last year following the acquisition of a rival snack firm in Liverpool.

BEING a toddler is an energetic business that needs plenty of fuel - including lots of snacks.