A further type of intermediate moisture meat product, which has also had little commercial success, is an ambient temperature spreadable meat product, resembling paté. In some cases this was presented as a snack product, packaged in a sealed plastic tray together with savoury biscuits and a spreader, The snack market, currently consisting mainly of starch-based products such as potato crisps(chips, is large and growing and there is much interest in development of meat-based snacks . Attempts are being made to develop intermediate moisture snacks, using a combination of meat and starch-based