snack food

plural snack foods · alternative snackfood

1. countableuncountableA food traditionally or commonly consumed as a snack between meals.

   The consumption of snack food is linked with obesity.

2. countableuncountableAny other food consumed as a snack.

   ... Bee Wise with Bee Pollen, Bee Propolis, Royal Jelly smoothies or other drinks, or it may be eaten plain as a snack food by the spoonful.

   2010, David Wolfe, Superfoods: The Food and Medicine of the Future, →ISBN

   2 more examples

   ...in Italy, customers can buy an espresso; in India, the restaurants use lamb instead of beef; and in Athens, McDonald's sells spanakopita as a snack food.

   2010, Amy Kates, Jay R. Galbraith, Designing Your Organization, →ISBN

   You can have salads that taste extraordinary! You can eat amazing foods like avocados and literally become hooked on them as your favorite snack food.

   2013, David Wolfe, Longevity Now, →ISBN