Snack and Bakery Top Stories - Articles - Page 144

California almond community announces pollinator protection plan

January 15, 2020

The plan consists of important initiatives aimed at protecting bees during almond bloom and beyond.

Hygiene, flexibility among top priorities for belt, conveyor customers

Customers want easy-to-use belts and conveyors that also maximize energy efficiency and durability.

Ed Finkel

January 15, 2020

Snack and bakery industry customers want belts and conveyors that are fast and easy to clean, maximize energy efficiency, offer strength and durability, require as few tools as possible, and provide flexibility to either switch out products and/or run multiple products at once.

Inspection/detection continues to advance in the snack and baking industry

X-ray, metal detection, checkweighing and vision systems improve quality control

Neal Lorenzi

January 13, 2020

X-ray, metal detection, checkweighing and vision systems continue to advance, offering bakery and snack producers many ways to improve their quality control programs. Today's sophisticated inspection equipment can detect smaller foreign objects, reduce false rejects, and handle a wider range of products to assure maximum food safety along with higher productivity.

7-Eleven personal-size breakfast pizza

January 12, 2020

For people who love pizza for breakfast or breakfast anytime, 7-Eleven, Inc. has introduced a personal-size breakfast pizza, great as either a hearty snack or meal and available morning, noon and night.

Insights to fuel R&D strategies for bread products

Bakers have a wide range of opportunities to breathe new life into bread categories.

Douglas J. Peckenpaugh

January 10, 2020

Despite pockets of growth at individual companies, the categories spanning fresh bread, including bread, buns and rolls, bagels and English muffins, continue to remain relatively flat.

ERP software improves features, product development for 2020

Companies look for efficiency and clarity in ERP software for the snack and baking industry

Liz Parker Kuhn

January 9, 2020

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) software is extremely useful for snack and bakery companies, including its ability to track ingredients and other tasks, thereby making companies more efficient.

Increased demand for reduced sugar drives sweetening solutions

Keeping an eye on added sugars is the new normal

Joyce Friedberg

January 8, 2020

Sugar is now squarely top of mind for consumers. According to the 2019 International Food Information Council (IFIC) "Food & Health" survey, limiting sugar intake is one of the top ways in which consumer diets have changed over the past several years, and 80 percent of consumers are trying to limit and/or avoid added sugars.

Doritos Flamin' Hot Limon and Cool Ranch chips

January 8, 2020

Calling on all fans of Flamin’ Hot and Cool Ranch flavors, Doritos, one of the marquee brands from PepsiCo’s Frito-Lay division, is taking these fan favorites up a notch.

The Best New Snack & Bakery Products of 2019

Pretzels from a famous Boston chef and a special offering from one of the most-beloved companies in baking climb to the top of voting for the year.

Douglas J. Peckenpaugh

January 7, 2020

In 2015, we launched the "Best New Snack & Bakery Products" of the year contest to honor outstanding new snack and bakery products entering the industry, with the online SF&WB audience voting for their favorites.