Almonds are the seeds of the almond tree, eaten as a nut. For snacking they are roasted, salted or coated in a seasoning, which keeps their crunch while adding a sweet or savoury layer on the outside.
The almond snack on SeekSnack is Honey Butter Almond (Tom’s Brand) from Gilim Co., Ltd in South Korea. Its coating combines syrup, sugar and a honey butter seasoning, the sweet-salty flavour that became a craze in Korean snacks in the mid-2010s. The label also lists the sweetener aspartame, a source of phenylalanine.
Almonds are tree nuts, one of the common food allergens, and flavoured nut snacks may be made on lines that also handle other nuts, so the “may contain” warning on the pack is worth reading.
