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Improving snacks and baked goods with healthy grain ingredients

New grain ingredients deliver flavor, function and nutrition

September 13, 2018

Grains are fundamental ingredients in snacks and baked goods, providing function, flavor, texture and nutrition. Grains are classified as either whole grains or refined grains.

Best healthy school snacks of 2018

August 23, 2018

For the fourth annual Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery "Best Healthy School Snacks" survey, we gathered together some of the best healthy snack products and baked goods released within the past year or so. The products that make up the selections for this year's candidates all bring strong nutrition to snack time or the school cafeteria, and they all offer appealing flavor.

iba 2018 Show Preview

August 17, 2018

The world's leading trade fair for bakery, confectionery and snacks, iba 2018, organized by GHM (Gesellschaft fur Handwerksmessen mbH). will take place in Munich from September 15 through 20, providing bakers, confectioners and industry representatives with unique inspiration for their everyday professional lives.

Natural Products Expo East: Searching for sparks of innovation

August 17, 2018

Natural Products Expo East, presented by the New Hope Network, will take place September 12–15 at the Baltimore Convention Center. Nearly 30,000 attendees are expected to attend the event, visiting with over 1,500 exhibiting companies. Expo East is a leading trade show in the natural, organic and healthy products industry.

Water management systems a key element in snack, bakery success

Efficient delivery and use of water, management and treatment of wastewater among goals

Ed Finkel

August 15, 2018

Snack food and bakery facilities need to efficiently deliver water for sanitation and cleaning tasks, using just the right amount, while reusing what they can. They also often need to manage, treat and/or recover wastewater, maintaining peak sanitary standards and food safety, including proper placement of drains, to help save time and money.

Better-for-you category offers more choices in ingredients, formats

Consumers search for clean-label ingredients in better-for-you products

Liz Parker Kuhn

August 14, 2018

As you walk down the aisle of your local grocery store nowadays, you'll find more better-for-you snack and bakery choices. Companies know that consumers are reading ingredient labels more closely, and even private label is getting in on the game.

Robotics improve snack and bakery packaging operations

Advanced end-of-arm tooling, robot learning, sanitation and space optimization bring sophistication to packaging automation

Neal Lorenzi

August 10, 2018

Designing robotics for packaging functions in snack and bakery plants is a challenge. This market segment requires robots that are highly flexible for product changeover, yet easy to program.

Salty snacks market continues growth through grab-and-go and flavor diversity

Innovative flavors and ingredients help brands differentiate themselves in a crowded market

Melissa Kvidahl Reilly

August 10, 2018

Thanks to Americans' increasingly hectic lifestyles, sales of grab-and-go items like salty snacks, including chips, popcorn and pretzels, are increasing, according to the June 2018 "Salty Snacks: U.S. Market Trends and Opportunities" report from Packaged Facts. Convenience is cited as a top purchase driver.

Warehouse software helps snack producers and bakeries manage and track inventory

New software can track all facets of warehouse management

Liz Parker Kuhn

August 8, 2018

New and updated software suites available today help snack and bakery companies efficiently manage any supply-chain or finished-product traffic traveling in and out of the warehouse. Companies benefit from this software because their facilities always have what they need for production runs on hand at any given time, there's no lag in ingredient ordering.

Healthy nuts, seeds and inclusions don’t compromise on taste

Nutritious inclusions make for delicious snack and bakery products.

Joyce Friedberg

August 7, 2018

Nuts, seeds and other inclusions add new dimensions of color, appearance, texture, nutrition, flavor and more to an increasing range of snack and bakery products. Nut and seed consumption has continued to increase over the past several years. One of the contributing factors to the growth is consumer awareness and interest in plant-based foods.

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Improving snacks and baked goods with healthy grain ingredients

Best healthy school snacks of 2018

iba 2018 Show Preview

Natural Products Expo East: Searching for sparks of innovation

Water management systems a key element in snack, bakery success

Better-for-you category offers more choices in ingredients, formats

Robotics improve snack and bakery packaging operations

Salty snacks market continues growth through grab-and-go and flavor diversity

Warehouse software helps snack producers and bakeries manage and track inventory

Healthy nuts, seeds and inclusions don’t compromise on taste

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