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Stratas Foods has introduced Superb Select 1020 Shortening, a shortening made with non-PHO soybean oil with a substantial reduction in saturated fats and no hydrogenated fats on the label, at the annual Institute of Food Technologists Meeting and Expo.

The standard of performance for organic dough rises higher today with the introduction of Corbion's Pristine Organic 522, the company's most advanced organic dough improver to date.

Fats, oils, starches, fiber, dough conditioners and texturizers all serve critical functional roles in snacks and baked goods, particularly maintaining the quality of the product throughout the desired shelf life. As consumers demand cleaner labels, more health-and-wellness benefits and better sustainability, product developers face a wide range of functional ingredient challenges.

To help bakery manufacturers meet the growing demand for simplified ingredients, Corbion has broadened its clean-label portfolio to include cake mixes, bases and icing stabilizers.

The Essential Baking Co. also now reaches a national audience with its Take & Bake line of artisan sourdough batards and baguettes, which get a notable 190-day ambient shelf life thanks to modified-atmosphere packaging (MAP).

Bakery ingredient manufacturer Pak Group, through its North American brand, Bellarise, announces its new, certified organic, clean label and Non-GMO dough conditioner: Bellarise BellaSPONGE Organic.

Consumers are reading labels more, looking for products that are nutritious, with ingredients that are easy to understand and that work with their family's budget. While there's no official definition of "clean label," consumers and the snack and bakery industry have their own definition in mind.

Blue Diamond Almonds Global Ingredients Division is continuing its record of innovation with the introduction of 100 percent pure, premium almond oil for the food ingredients market.