'Chiridos' is the name of a line of spicy chips from Bitty Foods that puts an innovative new spin on a traditional Mexican snack. Chapulines, or grasshoppers, are commonly eaten in certain areas of Mexico. Chiridos twist this idea by reinventing the snack into protein-packed chips made with lentils and cricket flour.
The three savory flavors available include Baja Ranchero, Salsa Verde and Spicy Mole and each type boasts about three times the protein content of ordinary snack chips. At the 2016 Natural Products Expo West, the Bitty Foods Chiridos Cricket Flour Snack Chips were named a finalist in the Best New Snack or Convenience Food category.
In addition to making these savory-spicy chips, Bitty Foods also creates cocoa chai, chocolate chip and orange ginger cookies using a base of cricket flour.
Why This Trend Is Growing
- Protein-packed Snack Chips
- Opportunity for brands to innovate by creating savory snack chips with high protein content using alternative ingredients like cricket flour and lentils.
- Alternative Protein Sources
- Potential for disruptors to explore using cricket flour and other alternative protein sources in a variety of food products as a sustainable and nutrient-rich solution.
- Insect-based Foods
- Creating insect-based foods like cricket flour chips opens up possibilities for brands to tap into the growing demand for sustainable and unconventional food options.
Industries Being Reshaped
- Snack Food Industry
- Opportunity for snack food companies to differentiate themselves by offering protein-packed snack chips made with alternative ingredients like cricket flour and lentils.
- Food Manufacturing Industry
- Potential for food manufacturers to incorporate alternative protein sources, such as cricket flour, into a wide range of food products to cater to the increasing demand for sustainable and nutritious options.
- Sustainable Food Industry
- Disruptive opportunity for sustainable food companies to create innovative products like insect-based foods to meet the growing consumer demand for eco-friendly and unconventional food choices.
