# Open on a loud crunch or tear

A food and nutrition format, measured November 8, 2026 by Volume. https://tryvolume.app/working/food-and-nutrition/open-on-a-loud-crunch-or-tear

Start the video with audible texture of the finished food, such as a crack, crunch, scrape or paper tear, with the music muted, then go into the recipe. It worked for 11 accounts, with a median of 6x their usual reach. Type: Editing trick. Seen as: Video, Talking head.

## Why it works

Sound is the strongest instant proof of texture, and the raw audio makes viewers stop. Fried wraps, chocolate shells, crumbles and cookies all use it in the first 1-10 seconds.

## How to make it

1. Mute the music and mic the finished food
2. Crack, crunch, tear or dip it in the first 1-3 seconds
3. Keep the raw audio for a few seconds, then start the steps

## Hook formula

[Crispy food], [loud crack or crunch], then the recipe

## Examples

- @nea_arentzen (147K followers, Instagram video): 71x their usual views. Hook: “making a blackberry fig fall pavlova with candied walnuts and pistachios! With the blackberry jam...” [Original post](https://www.instagram.com/p/DfAGoJCx0hW/)
- @humo.treats (7K followers, TikTok video): 238x their usual views. Hook: “Crispy cheeseburger tacos” [Original post](https://www.tiktok.com/@humo.treats/video/7698424988365278477)
- @iramsfoodstory (1.2M followers, TikTok video): 21x their usual views. Hook: “HOW TO MAKE crispy cheeseburger sauce” [Original post](https://www.tiktok.com/@iramsfoodstory/video/7690673524758924557)
- @caked.by.chloe (36K followers, TikTok video): 28x their usual views. Hook: “homemade Apple Crumble 🍏🍎” [Original post](https://www.tiktok.com/@caked.by.chloe/video/7695681712549809430)
- @ajfoodie0 (3K followers, TikTok video): 24x their usual views. Hook: “HIGH PRO” [Original post](https://www.tiktok.com/@ajfoodie0/video/7691051554329201942)
- @gisellecooks_ (250K followers, TikTok video): 8.6x their usual views. Hook: “How to make Chicken Alfredo Wraps” [Original post](https://www.tiktok.com/@gisellecooks_/video/7699350666153577742)
- @littlecajunhouse (610K followers, Instagram talking head): 7.6x their usual views. Hook: “CRANBERRY SEASON” [Original post](https://www.instagram.com/p/De9oYY-xWHo/)
- @cookwithhali (756K followers, TikTok video): 4.5x their usual views. Hook: “Stop Making Regular Pizza… Make This Instead!” [Original post](https://www.tiktok.com/@cookwithhali/video/7689197822721133854)
- @cookwithshaaa (399K followers, Instagram video): 4.4x their usual views. Hook: “HOW I MAKE BANANA CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES” [Original post](https://www.instagram.com/p/De2RRwDS_Jv/)
- @mrsvitale (439K followers, Instagram talking head): 5.0x their usual views. Hook: “Oven-fried cutlets that shatter like this without standing over the stove and frying batch after batch is what dreams are made of.” [Original post](https://www.instagram.com/p/DfM9nP4hwk8/)
- @natashagreene (861K followers, Instagram talking head): 4.8x their usual views. Hook: “Don't make peach cobbler, make this” [Original post](https://www.instagram.com/p/DfSJHIKOhGu/)

More food and nutrition formats: https://tryvolume.app/working/food-and-nutrition.md

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## How this is measured

- Every post is compared with its own account's usual reach, not with other accounts. "14x their usual" means the post got 14 times the median views of that account's recent posts.
- TikTok videos and Instagram Reels are measured on views. Instagram carousels have no view count, so they are measured on likes against the account's usual likes, and say so.
- A post makes the library at 2x its account's usual or more. A format is a repeatable move (what is said or shown, or how it is edited) that several accounts used in breakout posts. It is listed here once it worked for 3 or more different accounts.
- Formats rank on how many accounts they worked for and how far above usual, damped so a fluke on one tiny account cannot outrank a format that worked for ten.

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