Snack mix explained

Snack mix is a subset of snack foods consisting of multiple snack items. Popular snack mixes are as follows:

• Bridge mix – Nuts, raisins (or other dried fruit), and candy, all covered in chocolate.
• Chex Mix – Rice, corn and/or wheat Chex, peanuts, pretzels, and usually bagel chips. Chex cereal was introduced in 1937 by Ralston Purina.^[1]
• Gardetto's – Bread sticks, rye chips, and pretzels made by General Mills, owner of the similar Chex Mix.
• Munchies – A prepackaged snack mix made by and with Frito-Lay products such as Doritos, Cheetos, Rold Gold Pretzels, and Sun Chips.
• Trail mix – These generally contain granola, raisins, nuts, and chocolate chips or M&M's Popular brands include Planters Nuts And Chocolate Trail Mix (from KraftHeinz), and Kirkland Signature Trail Mix (from Costco Wholesale).
• Tropical Fruit Snack Mix – Dried pineapples, dried papayas, dried mangos, dried apples, dried bananas and raisins.
• Bombay mix, also known by other names (saloonia, chiwda, chevdo, bhuso, chevda, or chivdo), a spicy mix of dry ingredients originating in Indian cuisine
• Tex Mex mix, including nuts, dried chili, and crunchy corn-based sticks^{[2] [3]}

See also

• List of snack foods
  • List of Indian snack foods
• Snacking

Notes and References

1. (2008). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved December 22, 2008, from Encyclopædia Britannica Online
2. Web site: Amazon.com: Archer Farms Tex Mex Trail Mix - 26 Oz Jar : Grocery & Gourmet Food . 2022-10-24 . www.amazon.com.
3. Web site: Enforcement Report - Week of February 5, 2014. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150528200903/http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/enforcement/enforce_rpt-Product-Tabs.cfm?action=select&recall_number=F-1464-2014&w=02052014&lang=eng . 2015-05-28 .