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Nutritive and Health aspects of cereal-based snack products

In most adult populations, cereals are a primary staple food, while in infants they present the primary choice for weaning foods. They are a major source of energy and an important contributor to starchy carbohydrate and dietary fibre intake. They also contribute substantially to the protein intake as well as vitamin B, iron, zinc, and calcium intake. Due to all these contributions, cereals and cereal-based foods are generally considered as a healthy food choice. Snack products, on the other hand, are generally considered as unhealthy, while snacking contributes with almost one-third to the total daily energy intake via “empty calories”. Cereal-based snack products (CBSP) combine advantages of cereals as a staple food and the disadvantages of snacking as a habit, and therefore can be considered health promotors as well as risk factors for certain diseases at the same time. The aim of this lecture is to present the range of CBSP benefits and risks, with the focus on overall energy and nutrient intake, nutrient insufficiencies and excesses, and cardiometabolic health.

cereal based snack products (CBSP), dietary intake, benefits, risks

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