Where can I find healthy snacks?

 You want to live healthier and give your body good nutrients to fly through your day energetically and swiftly, but you're not so sure where to look? Finding healthy snacks is not as hard as you might think, it just takes some alertness and common sense.

In your own kitchen

The simplest and most obvious place to find healthy snacks is in your own kitchen. You can easily choose a yogurt with chia seeds or a piece of fruit. If you have more time, you can get to work making your own healthy, pure snacks. Thanks to the countless recipe ideas from, for example, Sandra Bekkari, Pascale Naessens, Claudia Van Avermaet, Madam Bakster, ... !

And the ingredients you can easily find in your usual supermarket.

But let's face it, you don't always have the time (or inclination) to get started yourself. Sometimes you're on the road, but you want to take a healthy break and not eat junk. On a quest, then!

Supermarkets 

In the supermarket you can find more and more healthy options and we can only applaud that. Bear fruit rolls, for example, are readily available everywhere.

There is still some work to be done, however, because healthy snacks are not yet available at the checkout counter, where supermarkets want to tempt you into making impulse buys.

Even in the cookie or candy department, you can feel overwhelmed by the large (often still unhealthy) selection at eye and grab level. It is sometimes difficult to see the healthy forest for the trees. But healthy is becoming an increasingly important criterion for supermarkets, so things are certainly moving in the right direction.

Also, some of the "healthy" bars you can find in the healthy aisle are not always as healthy as they make it seem. So always check the ingredient list looking for hidden additives, added sugars. You can use official designations like 'no added sugar', 'no palm oil', 'high in fiber', 'high in protein' as an extra guide in your search for a healthy snack, but don't follow them blindly either.

Natural food stores 

The days when you could only find healthy options in health food stores are fortunately behind us. But of course, the range of choices in health food stores remains large. So be sure to take a curious look at your local health food store and enjoy the wide range on offer.

Specialized websites 

Of course, there are also online solutions for finding healthy snacks. These websites do the thinking and selection work for you, so you can enjoy your healthy break carefree. For example, JustBite delivers healthy boxes packed with tasty and balanced snacks to your home or office, for a delicious healthy break!

On the go

You may not immediately associate a gas station with healthy snacks, but if you can step past the impulse buying section, you can increasingly find healthy options on the go. Go for a piece of fruit, unprocessed nuts, a rice cake, ...

Conclusion

The offer of healthy food and snacks, is becoming more and more mainstream and that is good news! You can find a nice range of healthy options in your usual supermarket.

It remains important to look critically at the list of ingredients, even for those that seem healthy at first glance. Is it a long list with many incomprehensible names? Is sugar (in its various forms) at the top of the list? Then you'd better choose another option, no matter what the claims on the package or the store would have you believe.

We've already done the work for you and applied our rigorous selection process to the snacks we offer in our snack boxes.