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Paleo snacks bring dietary guidance from 10,000 years ago to center store

These new products turn ancient philosophies into modern fixes for today's paleo diets

Holly Petre, Assistant Digital Editor

December 3, 2019

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Bag of Dang! chips, coconut chips with few ingredients in caramel flavoring.

Named for our paleolithic ancestors who wandered the earth 10,000 years ago, the paleo diet has taken hold of consumers all these years later. Inspired by the ancient diets of these people, this lifestyle is free of refined sugars, dairy and grains while focusing heavily on meats.

This diet is possible for those following a vegetarian diet as evidenced by some of the following items which are all meat-free. Current estimates classify 1% of the population of America as paleo but the market share is there, $300 million in 2018 to be precise, according to Nutrition Business Journal. Though there are more vegans roaming the world in 2019, the diet of those who lived without most of the foods we enjoy today is gaining popularity.

About the Author

Holly Petre

Assistant Digital Editor

Holly Petre is a content producer and assistant digital editor as well as the host of Nation’s Restaurant News’ podcast, Extra Serving, and producer for Informa Restaurant and Food Groups other three podcasts, One On One by Food Management, Off the Shelf with SN and In the Kitchen with Bret Thorn. Holly holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a concentration in Sculpture, fibers and Material Studies and Ceramics from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. A native New Yorker, Holly enjoys her place on staff as the resident pop-culture expert and millennial with a sassy attitude and great sense of style.

Holly Petre’s work on Nation’s Restaurant News and Restaurant Hospitality often covers marketing and trends, either aimed-at or examined-through the millennial mindset. Holly is responsible for introducing TikTok and Twitch to NRN and RH readers as well as explaining terms like “Karen” to staff and readers alike. She also spends her time on staff trying not to make every headline a pun.

Holly Petre hasn’t spoken at any events or on panels, but she is readily available with a killer shoe wardrobe and several witty quips.

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