Functional ingredients like dough conditioners are important components of any formulation to help improve the quality, texture and shelf life of snack and bakery products.
Kemin Food Technologies team helps tortilla manufacturers deliver great tasting, better performing and longer lasting tortillas
May 16, 2019
Kemin Industries, a global ingredient manufacturer focused on improving the quality of life for more than half the world’s population, has been expanding its line of tortilla solutions to provide tortilla manufacturers with a complete suite of products, including mold inhibitors, dough conditioners, tortilla softeners and enzymes.
Tortilla manufacturers now have a conditioning option that delivers all the product quality and performance their customers are used to while catering to their desire for a cleaner ingredient label.
The Tortilla Industry Association (TIA), founded in 1989, is a nonprofit organization whose members include tortilla manufacturers, industry suppliers and distributors from around the world, as well as companies with interests in the rapidly growing tortilla industry.
According to IBISWorld, tortilla production in the U.S. has grown 3 percent in the past five years thanks to the fact that tortillas, especially ones boosted with ingredients like spinach and whole wheat, are perceived to be healthier than bread during a time when consumers value nutrition.
As much as the tortilla category stays the same, it also has been striving to include more clean-label, non-GMO, and organic options. The standard white flour or corn tortilla that you see on grocery shelves will continue to persist, but consumers may see vegetable options like sweet potato tortillas alongside them, too.
Maria and Ricardo’s, a manufacturer of high-quality tortillas based in Canton, Massachusetts, has announced the launch of a new online store locator on the company’s website.
Potillas LLC, which manufactures and sells Potapas Gluten Free Potato Tortillas, is launching a new line extension, Veggie Medley Potapas, joining Original Potato and Sweet Potato Potapas already in market.
Jose and Mary Tamayo embarked on a pathway of innovation in 1977 when they opened La Tortilla Factory in Santa Rosa, CA. It was Sonoma County's first taquería, but the Tamayos distinctively dubbed it a "Mexicatessen", and it put the family on the map. Patrons could order burritos and tacos from the storefront deli, and in the back, they had a machine and bags of masa to produce each day's fresh corn tortillas.