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Skjodt-Barrett debuts Signature Caramels & Fillings

The company's curated portfolio is reportedly designed for efficiency and scalability.

January 7, 2026

After 40 years of selling caramel and fillings, the company has released its most trusted recipes to the market, it says.

Consumers seek health benefits, taste, and sensory experience with inclusions

Snack and bakery producers have a lot to balance when incorporating such ingredients.

Jenni Spinner

November 10, 2025

Those little bits in cakes, cookies, crackers, and other food products must meet consumer expectations with flavor, texture, health, and other aspects.

Dairy ingredients deliver on health, flavor, and function

Cheeses, milk proteins, and other dairy-based products help snack and bakery formulations fulfill consumer needs.

Joyce Friedberg

December 17, 2024

Interest in boosting protein intake and adventurous, authentic flavor drives innovation with dairy-based ingredients.

Inclusions increasingly balance taste, texture, and BFY bites

Ingredients innovations aim to enable a greater degree of flexibility and culinary adventure.

Joyce Friedberg

October 22, 2024

Innovative inclusions are geared toward delighting snack and bakery consumers while delivering BFY benefits.

Consumers look for healthier bakery inclusions

New fruit, vegetable, and chocolate inclusions balance better-for-you with indulgence.

Joyce Friedberg

August 15, 2022

Inclusions such as fruits, vegetables, and chocolate can add another dimension of visual appeal, flavor, and texture to snacks and baked goods.

Pep’s balls, a nutritional boost for recipes with pulses

December 2, 2021

Limagrain Ingredients has developed Pep's Balls: a new range of extruded pulses to enrich products with plant-based proteins, without any compromise on taste and offering a great mouthfeel.

Consumers search for snacks with healthy inclusions

Inclusions help manufacturers strike right balance between indulgent and better-for-you products.

Joyce Friedberg

August 16, 2021

Striking the right balance between indulgence and better-for-you is important in winning over the consumer. The pandemic has heightened consumers' interest in health and well-being.

Creative Food Ingredients (CFI) joins the Parker Products portfolio

September 1, 2020

Parker Products, a provider of inclusions and other specialty ingredients for the baking, dairy, beverage, confectionery, RTE and snack, and foodservice industries, has announced that cookie manufacturer Creative Food Ingredients (CFI) has joined the Parker portfolio.

Fruit and vegetable ingredients add plant-based nutrition to snacks and baked goods

Interest in healthy, plant-based foods creates opportunities for fruits and vegetables in snack and bakery products

Joyce Friedberg

February 10, 2020

The 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines recommends consuming 2 cup equivalents of fruit and 2 and a half cup equivalents of vegetables per day, based on a 2,000-calorie diet.

Healthy snacking and plant-based foods fuel growth of nuts, seeds and inclusions

Joyce Friedberg

August 14, 2019

Nuts and seeds are growing in popularity due to an increase in healthy snacking and consumer interest in plant-based products. According to Innova Market Insights, 7 in 10 U.S. consumers sought healthier snacking options in 2018.