Precisely, studies worldwide highlight that the snacking (eating small amounts of food between meals) is a behavior that has been growing in incidence due to the routine, dynamics and habits of the inhabitants of developed countries.
Argentina is considered the ssecond country on a global scale in number of annual consumption per personwith an average of 11 kilos of cookies per year. In comparison, in Uruguay consumption is around 9 kilos, while in Paraguay reaches 2.5 kilos per inhabitant.
The packaging Nowadays they adapt to different occasions, from family consumption to a more practical, accessible and simple snack at any time, and also for those who, by their own decision or due to intolerance, want to enjoy the options offered by the brands. without TACC.
How the snack custom arose
The historians point out the need at the time to have nutritious foodseasy to store, transport and preserve, led the armies of civilizations before the birth of Christ to make the first cookies, with cooked cereals to endure the great land movements and marine.
From December 4, 1987 began to celebrate world cookie dayin honor of the American businessman Matt Naderwho developed the first white chocolate nut cookies.
Furthermore, the special thing about its preparation was that the so-called silver generation remembers them by their storage in metal canswith the classics transparent windows that allowed you to visualize the different varieties to be purchased in bulk.
The cookie market: sweet or savory?
It is determined that the 75% of people declares snack regularly and 88% He does it at least once a week. He Argentine market is respected for his high competition and for the great variety of products with wide alternatives in sizes, flavors and ingredients.
According to market studies, they indicate that the snack is present in the 99% of homeseven more than classic foods of our custom such as grass and the noodlesand the business moves u$s1,000 with the commercialization of almost 500,000 tons per year.
The debate and real crack It was always between if the cookies are sweets either saltyand the statistics allow us to declare a clear winner. He 59% consume sweet cookieswhile the 52% consume stuffed cookieswhich together with the assortments, are the most consumed due to their infinite combination of fillings, textures and flavors.
Regarding the salty crackersthey are usually associated more with the daily accompaniment of infusions, typical of mate, tea either coffeeand particularly for the beginning of the morning with breakfast.
Source: Ambito
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