Corintha Collins pours more Pasta Chips into a container at the Pasta Chips booth. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
Pasta Chips, created by Jerry Bello, CEO and founder of Pasta Chips, displays the snack for visitors. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
Brianna Gardner, brand manager of Pasta Chips, left, and Shannon Bello, center, wife of Jerry Bello, CEO and founder of Pasta Chips, watch as a pair of women try a sample of their snack product. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
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Jim Breen, founder of Way Better Snacks, right, talks with his sister Linda Carter surrounded by their display. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
People attend the Winter Fancy Food Show at Moscone Center in San Francisco on January 12, 2015. The Winter Fancy Food Show is the West Coast’s largest specialty food & beverage trade show, held annually in January. There are 80,000 on-trend and best-in-class products including confections, cheese, coffee, snacks, spices, ethnic, natural, organic and more. Around 1,300 exhibitors representing the latest in specialty foods and beverages from across the U.S. and 35 countries and regions participated in the show. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
Zach Greenberg, covered in packages of Perky Jerky, and Art Holscher, try to drum up some attention for his company’s product at the Fancy Food Show. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
A detail shot of The Daily Crave Veggie Chips. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
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Cynthia Lapprte, with Fine Cooking Magazine, left, samples puff corn from Cosmos Creations under the watchful eyes of Dayla Springer, center, and Sarah J. Wilson, director of marketing for the Junction City, Ore., company. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
Lori Miller and Brian Wollin tend the Valley Lahvosh Baking Co. Sweetheart Snacks booth. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
Vendors tend to potential clients at the World’s Best Cheeses display. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
People visit the Jelly Belly display at the Fancy Food Show. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
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Visitors nibble on samples while making their way through the Fancy Food Show. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
A pair of women make their way across the main floor at the Winter Fancy Food Show at Moscone Center in San Francisco on Jan. 12, 2015. The winter Fancy Food Show is the West Coast’s largest specialty food and beverage trade show, held annually in January. There are 80,000 on-trend and best-in-class products including confections, cheese, coffee, snacks, spices, ethnic, natural, organic and more. Around 1,300 exhibitors representing the latest in specialty foods and beverages from across the U.S. and 35 countries and regions participated in the show. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)