Crunchsters brings salty, savory and superfood to snack aisle

BOULDER — One snack company is looking to replace the potato chip with a protein-packed but equally salty and crunchy alternative: the mung bean.

Boulder-based Crunchsters Inc., formerly known as Highlight Foods Inc., is raising $2.8 million in an equity offering, according to a Form D filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on June 19.

Those funds will be used to expand the company’s product line — three flavors of sprouted mung beans flash-fried to make them crispy — to the Eastern U.S., as well as expanding into mainstream grocery and convenience stores and…