Fecha de publicación: -- Fuente: WIPO "tomato" Disclosed is a hollow snack product and a process (100) for preparation thereof. The hollow snack product has crispy-crunchy texture and is nutritious, zero-added oil product having consumer-desired organoleptic properties comparable to fried snack counterparts. The process is versatile, uses wide range of base ingredients to form the hollow snack product into any desired shape. The process is economical and can be carried out on commercial scale to prepare uniformly textured snack crisp comparable to the sensory characteristics of fried potato snack chips and crisps available in the market.