When I think of snack foods containing eggs that one can purchase at retail, I tend to think of hard-boiled eggs and protein bars containing egg whites. I have never been a fan of either. When it comes to snacking, crunchy and salty are at the top of my wish list.
Pretty soon, I may just have a crunchy egg snack option. Two snack food companies, startup firm Quevos and 14-year-old LesserEvil, are launching new crunchy snack food products with egg whites as featured ingredients.
Coming soon: Quevos Egg White chips
Quevos, a firm launched with a Kickstarter campaign, expects to have its Egg White Chips in a handful of Chicago stores in July 2019 and is taking online preorders for shipment in July. The flavors listed are Quevos Rancheros, Sour Cream & Onion, Sweet Barbecue and Sea Salt & Black Pepper. The chips are dairy free and gluten free and use avocado and chia seeds as ingredients. A single 120-calorie serving of Egg White chips will provide 10 grams of protein, six grams of fiber and two or three grams of carbs.
Quevos egg white chips are scheduled to debut in some Chicago stores in July. (Courtesy Quevos)
LesserEvil Grain-Free Egg White Curls
LesserEvil is launching a new line of snack foods, grain-free egg white curls. The initial flavors will be Egg & Cheese, Himalayan Pink Salt and Huevos Rancheros. These products contain six grams of protein per serving and contain egg whites from cage-free hens. Where I live, LesserEvil snacks can be purchased at Publix and Earth Fare grocery stores.
I wish LesserEvil and Quevos luck with these new products. I am not a fan of the ingredient sourcing approaches favoring organic ingredients, but if these products succeed, look for egg whites in more mainstream snacks soon.
