The Grocer’s New Product Award 2026: Healthier Snacking

Champion: Eatlean Original Protein Cheese Bites

What sets this savoury snack apart is a clever technical process that turns cheese into a functional protein player. A proprietary, all-natural manufacturing process manages to intensify the protein content in each cheese bite, while significantly reducing fat, while a ‘state-of-the-art’ baking technology ensures the product remains completely shelf-stable, turning it into a convenient, portable snack.

Plus, rather than rely on added protein isolates like whey or soy powder, protein comes directly from the concentration of milk used in cheesemaking. The end result plugs “a genuine gap in the market”, said our judges, “a really innovative take on cheese snacking satisfying demand for a health-led savoury solution”.

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Gold

• Pip & Nut Peanut Butter Stuffed Honey Nut Oat Bar

• Zombie Real Fruit Stringz

Silver

• Hartley’s Protein Collagen Jelly - Strawberry & Watermelon

• Pip & Nut Dark Chocolate Peanut Protein Bar

Bronze

• SNACK’d Apple & Raisin Oat Bar

• Zombie Fruit Sours - Cola Chaos

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