Talk:Snack food

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I don't think it's true that "snack foods are designed as ..." and the rest. A snack does not have to be a "store-bought" meal.

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I changed the photos to some crisps as I think that they are a much more common snack.--Moonlight Mile 11:31, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

Contested change
"Snack foods are designed to be less perishable, more durable, and more appealing than prepared foods. They often contain substantial amounts of sweeteners, preservatives, and appealing ingredients"

Not all snacks foods are unhealthy, or "designed" to be more appealing than prepared foods. There are many healty snacks, such as fruits and vegetables, cheese and crackers, whole wheat bagels, etc, that do not fall into the category described above. This article largely ignores these types of snacks, and the variety of reasons people have for consuming snacks. There are groups of people who eat 6 to 8 times a day to help maintain their caloric intakes, to deal with pregnancies, or to be more in tuned with their diets. Snacks can be used to supplement a healthier lifestyle for many people. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.211.174.41 (talk • contribs)


 * Hence the use of the term 'often'. What suggestions would you make?  And stop adding candy necklaces, it is covered in 'hard candy'.  The list is for an overview, not a comprehensive list of all snacks; there is a page for that.  A bias tag is not a minor edit.  WLU 18:37, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

While you did use the term 'often' to describe the use of ingredients such as sweeteners and preservatives, you still stated that "snack foods are designed to be less perishable, more durable, and more appealing than prepared foods," implying all snack foods. I appreciate the addition of "processed snack foods" to that statement, however I still question its legitimacy. Can you really say that something like a plain rice cake (a processed snack food) was designed to be more appealing than a prepared meal? Most significantly, however, I feel that this article continues to cast snacks and snacking in an unfairly negative light, choosing to focus on the 'junk food' genre of snacks and largely ignoring healthy snacks and the ways in which snacking can be incorporated into a healthy lifestyle, which is why I added the bias tag. Additionally, I do not believe that candy necklaces are covered in 'hard candy,' as hard candy is generally seen as something that you suck on. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.211.174.45 (talk • contribs)
 * All snack foods are designed to be less perishable, more durable and more appealing. An apple is less perishable and easier to transport than a roast beef dinner, but does not have sweeteners and preservatives.  Ditto for cheese versus cereal with milk or scrambled eggs.  A plain rice cake within the context of a snack food is more appealing because it is quick, portable, and probably salty.  Now there's an 'or' so it's not exclusive.  The page is about snack food, not snacking.  Most snack foods are junk food, witness the general porkiness of Americans we keep hearing about.  Snacks are now framed in terms of processed when it's unhealthy.  You can suck on a candy necklace, and it's still far too specific a term when compared to the rest of the list.  Please sign your posts with four tildes ( ~ or the button between the "W" and the horizontal line). WLU 19:25, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

vegetables are snacks?
? that photograph? although is true that there are some vegetables crisps... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.40.140.158 (talk • contribs)
 * Snack food encapsulates more than just processed junk food, but there's less to say about it so less info in the text. WLU 00:14, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Hit 40, and you'll discover your snack foods change by necessity. I'd say the bias for less healthy in the entry tends to reflect the age group of those editing.  I also grew up (quite happily) with carrot sticks in my lunch bag, but again, that might be a generational thing.  68.63.165.28 15:16, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Self Referential
The first two sentences essentially said "A snack is something intended as a snack".

ALL snack foods are portable?
Not really. Try walking around with chips and dip... I'm changing this. - super &beta;&epsilon;&epsilon; cat 22:40, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

"Snacks" vs. "Snax?"
Not everyone pronounces the 'cks' consonant cluster when pluralizing 'snack.' Are there any linguists reading this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.18.223.243 (talk) 05:37, 26 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Thank you for posting this. I'm a speech therapist, and I frequently see this in patients with left temporal lobe damage(also "trix"). It seems as if there's a critical period in childhood where people can pronounce it both ways, but after age 7 or so a type of "gelling" occurs, after which about 99% of the population can only pronounce "snacks". I did read a medical journal entry once about a man in Switzerland who was "cross dominant" in this regard, and I will try to dig it up. It would be great to have a section about the two different pronounciations.75.18.223.243 (talk) 19:17, 1 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Um, what is the difference between 'cks' and 'x' ?

Globalize
I've tagged this article as not representing a worldwide view of the subject as it represents an almost exclusively Western European view of snack foods and snacking. Even the gallery only shows images of western foods. Furthermore, typical oriental snack foods are referred to as "international" snacks. This definitely needs to be addressed. &mdash;/M endaliv /2¢/Δ's/ 07:34, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

The concept of a snack is global, I think, but the whole first section is very westernized and lacking in citations - hunger between meals, when meal isn't defined, just alluded to as breakfast/lunch/dinner, which doesn't apply in all cultures; "processed" - all food is processed unless you're chewing parts directly off plants and animals; convenience stores - convenient how; "appealing" etc. many of these don't even have links to elsewhere on wiki, let alone citations. Is there a good global book or other reference on human diet that might define a snack? Nail down the definition and go from there. I think it's close to correct in definition but lacking in formal justification, and yes the examples are too American ("International" = anything outside the USA) 71.160.148.166 (talk) 08:46, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Notability guideline
What are the notability guidelines for snack products? Obviously snack foods are rarely referenced by other works, since they're just things you just buy or make and eat. A previous snack food article Articles for deletion/Soft salad was deleted, however probably a majority of snack food articles on Wikipedia fall under the same level of non-notability, which makes me worried. Is a huge cull in order? --Bxj (talk) 09:59, 25 October 2010 (UTC)

Characters
Pibul-- a potato that plays mystery. He is good and great. And he was first great.

Lendy-- a lemon that is yellow. He is a fruity fruit.

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What is this? what does this have to do with snacks? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.83.232.232 (talk) 19:12, 27 December 2010 (UTC)

Arent Muffins Snacks?
Should Muffins be put in the list? 11:44, 15 January 2011 (UTC)CanadianWagon (talk)


 * Perhaps muffins best belongs on the list of all snack foods and not under types of snack foods.BigMoose22 (talk) 18:28, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

Types of snack foods
Should the section "Types of snack foods" be split into actual types (Candies, pastries, salty snacks, packaged foods, nuts and legumes...)?BigMoose22 (talk) 18:29, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

Requested move

 * The following discussion is an archived discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section. 

No consensus' to move. Vegaswikian (talk) 02:13, 7 August 2011 (UTC)

Snack food → Snack – Common name. Since there is also an requested move over at Talk:Candy bar I decided to follow suit with this. Is this ENGVAR or something? Because in America we usually call them snacks. Marcus  Qwertyus   08:54, 31 July 2011 (UTC) This article, which is primarily about processed and convenience foods, should not be renamed "Snack", nor should "Snack" redirect here, imo. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zentomologist (talk • contribs) 01:13, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Support. Seems sensible. As to ENGVAR, I'm Australian we generally call them snacks (can't speak for the Brits, though). Jenks24 (talk) 12:18, 31 July 2011 (UTC)
 * I don't think this is an ENGVAR situation; it's a scope issue. Is the article about the meal (which is "snack") or the food (which is "snack food").  They are two different things.  Not everything eaten for a snack is a "snack food", and "snack food" can be eaten at any meal.  Powers T 15:47, 31 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Oppose. The "snack" is the act of snacking; "snack food" is food specifically produced for snacks. The article seems to be predominantly about the latter. -- Necrothesp (talk) 22:43, 31 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Oppose. I also agree this is a scope issue. A snack is a small portion of any food rather than a full meal.
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

Merged
Snack food has been merged into Snack, as proposed for half a year. bd2412 T 04:57, 10 February 2016 (UTC)