snack
Let an agent handle snacks by type, ingredients, nutrition, allergens and child safety.
Research draft, second pass
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Purpose and description
Let an agent handle snacks by type, ingredients, nutrition, allergens and child safety.
A small portion of food eaten between meals, such as crisps, nuts, fruit, edamame, savoury mixes like sev, and in some cultures edible insects.
What it is for: Satisfying hunger between meals and social eating.
It can be choose snacks by nutrition; check allergens; reduce choking risk for children; explore regional snacks.
Distinguishing features
Small portion between meals
Sweet or savoury
Often processed
Nutrition varies widely
What it looks like
Small packaged or fresh foods, sweet or savoury.
How it is recognised
Packaged snack labels
Regional snacks
Whole nuts and small round foods are choking risks for young children
Related models
is a kind of - category
is contrasted with - eating occasion
is regulated by - rules
includes - examples
In practice
Families and kinds
savoury snacks such as crisps
nuts and seeds
fruit and vegetable snacks
traditional fried snacks
edible insects
Standards and regulation
Nutrition labelling rules
Allergen labelling rules
Rules on advertising unhealthy food to children
Failure modes and hazards
Choking in young children
Nut and sesame allergy
High salt, sugar and fat
Also called
+160
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Snack Which snack.
Type and ingredients.
Type
Savoury or sweet.
Type
Snack type.
- What kind of snack is it? definition
- Where does it come from? provenance
Ingredients
Composition.
Ingredients
Ingredients.
- What is it made from? definition
- Is it novel food such as insects? boundary
Nutrition Health.
Nutrition varies.
Content
Salt, sugar, fat.
Content
Nutrition content.
- How much salt, sugar and fat per portion? measurement
- From the label or a database? provenance
Portion
Size.
Portion
Portion size.
- What is a sensible portion? measurement
- What does dietary guidance say? provenance
Safety Allergens and choking.
Snacks carry risks.
Allergens
Declaration.
Allergens
Allergens.
- Which allergens are declared? boundary
- Could there be cross-contact? boundary
Choking
Children.
Choking
Choking risk.
- Is it a choking risk for young children, such as whole nuts? boundary
- How should it be prepared for them? action
Culture Traditions.
Snacks are cultural.
Regional
Local snacks.
Regional
Regional snacks.
- Which regional snack is meant? definition
- How is it traditionally eaten? definition
Insects
Novel food.
Insects
Edible insects.
- Are edible insects authorised as food here? provenance
- Could they cross-react with shellfish allergy? boundary
What the second pass must settle
- Should snack types be separate entries?
- How should regional snacks be linked?
- How should insect foods be regulated in entries?