Healthy Baking

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Enduring Ingredients

Baked goods and snacks made with fruits, nuts and chocolate get a second look from consumers, as food manufacturers continue to introduce better-for-you products and tout these ingredients’ nutritional benefits.
May 18, 2012
As consumers’ interest in healthy eating continues to grow, so does their search for flavorful, prepared foods—including baked goods and snacks—with fewer calories and less salt, processed sugar and artificial ingredients. Products made with nutritious ingredients that have been around forever, such as fruit, nuts and chocolate, are more likely to find their way into the shopping carts of these concerned consumers.
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Pleasing Pretzels

There’s more than one way to coat a pretzel and some manufacturers are leaving the simple salt behind for bolder, richer and even sweeter options for the popular snack item.
May 16, 2012
These days, pretzels aren’t just your average bar snack. Manufacturers are producing their savory snacks with a bit of a twist, reaching the consumers who crave bolder flavors, a better-for-you snack or an innovative accompaniment to an everyday meal.
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The Breadmen Cometh

Hudson Bread is more than a bakery. With an adjacent bake shop called the Breadman Café, the North Bergen, N.J., self-described artisan bakery supplies bread, rolls, boules, flatbread and more.
May 16, 2012
There’s something to be said about artisan craftsmanship. Hudson Bread, North Bergen, N.J., knows that quite well. With a view of New York City’s skyline, the bakery uses only the best ingredients to produce a wealth of fresh bread creations daily, and top sellers including French baguettes, seven-grain loaves and hand-cut loaves Francaise, which are signature rustic items.
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Solazyme Roquette Nutritionals develops new whole algalin flour

May 02, 2012
Solazyme Roquette Nutritionals is developing new lipid-rich flours that enable produce developers to create bakery and dessert products with super nutrition and taste. Solazyme Roquette Nutritionals was formed between Solazyme and Roquette as an ingredient solutions provider that develops natural, functional ingredients, like those featuring microalgae, for food and beverage applications.
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A Look Back at Baking

We’re celebrating our magazine’s centennial anniversary by taking a look back at the bygone days of the baking and snack food industries and their progress through the years. Here’s a retrospective look at the baking industry.
April 23, 2012
It doesn’t feel like Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery is 100 years old, and that’s partly because we have changed names, formats, management, ownership and staffs several times throughout our long existence.
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A Bar for Every Body

Bar manufacturers are creating products to accommodate a variety of nutritional and lifestyle demands in the growing market.
April 23, 2012
Consumers are asking for a lot of bars these days. Some want bars to be a healthy, easy snack, while others demand that their bars act as a supplement to an active lifestyle. Many prefer a bar that can substitute for a meal or act as a diet aid. Either way, bar manufacturers are making products that satisfy all of these requirements, so it’s just a matter of picking which bar is right for the job.
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Dole acquires healthy snack company, Mrs. May’s

March 12, 2012
Dole Food Co. says it has purchased Mrs. May’s Naturals, a company committed to wholesome snacks and a healthier lifestyle. Dole says Mrs. May’s will become part of the Dole Packaged Foods division, and help accelerate the development of its all-natural offerings.
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More foods are being developed to target specific health conditions

March 02, 2012
Packaged Facts report sees a boost in recognition that diet plays a major role in the fight against assorted health conditions and is increasing sales in targeted foods and beverages.
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Healthier Pizzas, Creative Crusts

Pizza manufacturers answer the demand for healthier varieties of consumers’ favorite dinnertime staple by creating all-natural, vegetarian and gluten-free varieties.
March 01, 2012
Whether served during the big game, as an after-school snack for the kids or as an easy Wednesday night dinner, frozen pizza is a staple in consumers’ everyday lives. Now, pizza manufacturers are finding ways to increase their market share by customizing their products for emerging lifestyle trends.
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Snack Food Company of the Year: Kangaroo Brands.

February 17, 2012
Family-owned Kangaroo Brands, Milwaukee, strives for consistent quality and value when it comes to all things pita. Passionate about baking and snack production, Kangaroo uses quality ingredients to provide quality products, including its popular line of light, crunchy pita chips for retail and foodservice. It’s for these and other reasons that Kangaroo is our Snack Manufacturer of the Year.
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Hudson Bread, North Bergen, N.J.

Hudson Bread, North Bergen, N.J. is more than a bakery. The artisan bakery combines tradition with sophisticated technology.
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