Sophisticated Snacking

Sahale Snacks combines texture and flavor to create an elevated snacking experience.

BY: TAYLOR HUGO

Sophisticated Snacking

Sahale Snacks combines texture and flavor to create an elevated snacking experience.

BY: TAYLOR HUGO

 

When Sahale Shacks first started producing its lines of bean, nut and fruit snack mixes, the company—which prides itself on artisan manufacturing—set out to create a multisensory snacking experience through texture and flavor.

First, nuts like cashews, peanuts, almonds and pecans are dry-roasted using hot air—never oil—to achieve that perfect crunch. “We really wanted to layer diverse textures into the Bean + Nut Snack Mixes,” says Natalie Masters, research and development for Sahale Snacks. “Consumers are really interested in a lot of different crunch and crisp profiles.”

Next comes the flavor. Between culinary tours of restaurants around Seattle, where the brand is headquartered, and international travel, Sahale Snacks pulls inspiration from every corner of the globe. “[The founders] traveled the world, not only to explore new cultures, but also to find just the right ingredients to make our snacks come alive,” says Julia Danicic, project management for Sahale Snacks.

“Once we have those flavors or that restaurant dish or that cuisine identified,” adds Masters, “that becomes our gold standard. If you were sitting down eating that dish in a restaurant, what would your experience be like? Then we choose what those hero ingredients are.”

Read on to learn more about the regions that have inspired flavors in Sahale Snacks' Bean + Nut line.

 

Africa

North Africa

Thought to have originated in Tunisia, the hot chili pepper paste known as harissa was the impetus behind Sahale Snacks Harissa Bean + Nut Snack Mix. Almonds, chickpeas, fava beans, pepitas and puffed brown rice are given a spicy hit with a blend that combines paprika, chili pepper and garlic powder.

Africa

North Africa

Thought to have originated in Tunisia, the hot chili pepper paste known as harissa was the impetus behind Sahale Snacks Harissa Bean + Nut Snack Mix. Almonds, chickpeas, fava beans, pepitas and puffed brown rice are given a spicy hit with a blend that combines paprika, chili pepper and garlic powder.

New Orleans

A city with rich Cajun influence, the Big Easy is captured in Sahale Snacks Creole Bean + Nut Snack Mix. Dried red pepper, sea salt, brown sugar and garlic and onion powder coat fava beans, chickpeas, peanuts, pepitas and pecans, offering the perfect balance of heat and sweet.

Buy Creole Bean + Nut Snack Mix >

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new orleans

New Orleans

A city with rich Cajun influence, the Big Easy is captured in Sahale Snacks Creole Bean + Nut Snack Mix. Dried red pepper, sea salt, brown sugar and garlic and onion powder coat fava beans, chickpeas, peanuts, pepitas and pecans, offering the perfect balance of heat and sweet.

Buy Creole Bean + Nut Snack Mix >

Tokyo

Tokyo

Japanese flavors were the Sahale Snacks team’s inspiration to create its Asian Sesame Edamame Bean + Nut Snack Mix. A foundation of roasted edamame, lentils, puffed brown rice, cashews, chickpeas and sesame seeds is given that quintessential Asian flavor thanks to seasonings like soy sauce, paprika, pineapple juice, brown sugar and garlic and onion powder.

Buy Asian Sesame Edamame Mix >

Tokyo

Tokyo

Japanese flavors were the Sahale Snacks team’s inspiration to create its Asian Sesame Edamame Bean + Nut Snack Mix. A foundation of roasted edamame, lentils, puffed brown rice, cashews, chickpeas and sesame seeds is given that quintessential Asian flavor thanks to seasonings like soy sauce, paprika, pineapple juice, brown sugar and garlic and onion powder.

Buy Asian Sesame Edamame Mix >

Italy

The classic Italian pasta dish cacio e pepe—which literally translates to “cheese and pepper”—is given new life in Sahale Snacks White Cheddar Black Pepper Bean + Nut Snack Mix. Be transported to a trattoria in Rome with every bite of chickpeas, pepitas, fava beans, cashews and puffed brown rice tossed in a cheddar cheese blend, sea salt, black pepper and garlic powder. Delizioso!

Buy White Cheddar Black Pepper Mix >

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Learn more about Sahale Snacks

 
 

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