Snacking is on the rise with $900 million spent on beating hunger pangs last year - and healthy options came out on top.
A Nielsen report released yesterday found 97 per cent of survey respondents said they regularly snacked between meals.
Spending on snacks has increased by 4 per cent from last year.
Although snacking has been labelled an unhealthy habit, healthier snacks were the preferred option, with 69 per cent of respondents eating fruit in the past month.
But chocolate came a close second with 67 per cent, followed by potato chips at 62 per cent.