Know your nuts: Healthy Snacks For On The Go

Find the perfect snack for any time of the day with our new ‘Snack & Graze’ range

Today’s busy lifestyles mean that you can often find yourself having to grab a snack on the go. While it might be easy to reach for the sweet treats to see you through the last hour of work or as a post-gym reward, healthy snacks provide a much more effective solution, without any of the guilt!

Our new Snack, Graze and Share range has been specially designed to offer a healthy snack alternative. Available in handy ‘eat now’ and ‘sharing’ packs, our new SPAR brand healthy snack range includes:

• Almonds
• Berry mix
• Brazil nuts
• Chocolate, fruit and nut mix
• Dried mango
• Fruit, nut and seed mix
• Mixed nuts
• Unsalted cashews
• Walnuts

Pack a Snack and Get Active

Our new healthy snack bags are ideal for lunch boxes, picnics or as a healthy treat at work. They’ve also been specially selected to help you get the most from your favourite activities and get you through your busiest of days. Here’s some healthy snack ideas to accompany some of your favourite active pursuits:

Walking

Nuts are full of protein, fibre and unsaturated fats – and because they are full of calories, too, they are an ideal snack to keep you going for longer. Brazil nuts are especially high in calories, which is great when you need the energy to power through a strenuous hike. Pack a bag of Brazil nuts or mixed nuts into your rucksack before heading off into the great outdoors for a quick energy boost full for nutrients and antioxidants.

Perfect snack: Brazil nuts, Mixed nuts

In the office

Almonds are packed full of good stuff, including two special brain-boosting nutrients – riboflavin and L-carnitine. These nutrients have been found to increase brain activity, making them the perfect mid-afternoon snack to reach for at work. Their unique blend of nutrients will help get you through the rest of the day without filling you with calories or fat. Alternatively, opt for a fruit, nut and seed mix – full of goodness and great flavours.

Perfect snack: Almonds; Fruit, nut and seed mix

On the go

Walnuts are said to be the healthiest of all nuts, thanks to their high levels of antioxidants, vitamins and minerals. In fact, a handful of walnuts contains twice as many antioxidants as any other nut. Walnuts are also rich in omega-3, meaning they can help lower cholesterol. All in all, this makes them a great snack to carry around when you are out and about, running from work, school, meetings or the shops.

Perfect snack: Walnuts, Mixed nuts

Post gym or swim

When you’ve gone all out at the gym or done several laps of the pool, your energy levels will plummet. Give yourself a quick ‘pick me up’ with a dried mango or berry mix fruit bag. Dried fruit is a great snack to have post-exercise, as it is full of natural sugars, vitamins and fibre. What’s more, these sweet treats are delicious too!

Perfect snack: Dried mango, Berry mix

Relaxing at home

When it gets to the end of the week and all you want to do is relax with friends or family – a sharing bag of everyone’s favourite nut is the perfect answer. Cashew nuts are jam packed with proteins and unsaturated fats, meaning they taste great and have a low fat content, especially when compared to most other nuts. Their high levels of unsaturated fats also makes unsalted cashews good for the heart – so you can be healthy and watch TV. Home alone? Why not indulge in a chocolate, fruit and nut mix instead – just the right side of naughty.

Perfect snack: Unsalted cashews sharing pack; Chocolate, fruit and nut mix

Next time you need a snack on the go, pop into your local SPAR and choose from one of our healthy and tasty Snack & Graze range.