Watch out Cheetos! Beanitos has got a lot of puff!
Continuing on our bean-based odyssey, our next stop was at the Beanitos booth, where the firm was promoting its new extruded Beanitos puffs, which contain 4g of fiber and up to 5g of protein per 1oz serving, 4g of fat and 120 calories (Cheetos flamin hot lemon have 1g protein, 1g fiber, 11g fat and 160 calories).
While there were a lot of snacks highlighting beans on the label at the Fancy Food show, a lot of them were basically "corn snacks with some bean flour or flakes added", claimed marketing manager Mike LaRocca, who said Beanitos sales are still growing in the triple digits year-on-year.
"Look at the ingredients list. We use whole navy beans as the number one ingredient."