Functional - Articles - Page 28 | Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery

Gums and starches, two baking industry staples, are being reformulated to meet growing baker and snack producer demands for ingredients that will enable them to reduce their ingredient costs, produce clean labels and create products that address consumer eating trends.

Ingredient Briefs: February 2013

February 13, 2013

Read about the latest ingredients for the baking industry.

Agropur purchases Foremost Farms USA’s dry-blending business

January 4, 2013

Agropur’s acquisition of Foremost Farms USA’s dry-blending business includes several dough conditioner and milk replacer brands.

Ingredient Briefs: December 2012

December 10, 2012

Read about the latest ingredients for the baking industry.

Bay State Milling buys T.J. Harkins Inc. and subsidiaries

August 29, 2012

The Quincy, Mass.-based flour and grain-based products provider says it’s acquiring T.J. Harkins Basic Commodity Brokers Inc. and subsidiaries, a supplier of natural, nutritious and flavorful ingredients for grain-based foods. Harkins also supplies sesame and edible seeds, sweet spices, ancient grains, specialty grain flours and grain blends.

State of the Industry: Bread, Buns, Rolls—A Clubhouse of Bakery Offerings

Though the bread market is a bit on the downswing, bakers are still on course with a bevy of new products, healthful ingredients, quality touches, artisan processes and more.

June 18, 2012

It’s golf season, and that means it’s State of the Industry time. Have things changed much since last year? The sluggish economy is still bearish and has had an effect on bakers, though they continue to iron out new products and spin old favorites.

A Bar for Every Body

Bar manufacturers are creating products to accommodate a variety of nutritional and lifestyle demands in the growing market.

Jen Roth

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.