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Pastry market trends: Still hitting the sweet spot

COVID-19 catalyzes multiple variables impacting bakery businesses.

September 22, 2021

It's a safe bet that nobody in the sweet-goods or pastry sectors, nobody anywhere, for that matter, expected still to be contending with COVID-19 a full year and a half after lockdowns threw the baking industry, and life as we know it, into upheaval.

Standardizing traceability in foodservice bakery and manufacturing industry

GS1 strives to unify traceability efforts for improved efficiency and food safety.

Douglas J. Peckenpaugh

September 21, 2021

A robust food safety program will include advanced traceability systems that align with other businesses up and down the supply chain. As the foodservice industry seeks to implement improved connectivity to improve recall readiness, more producers continue to look for solutions that will offer strong traceability.

Exclusive Q&A: How the Food Labeling Modernization Act will affect consumers

Liz Parker Kuhn

September 21, 2021

Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery was able to speak with Claudia A. Lewis, co-chair of Venable LLP’s FDA Group and a key member of the firm’s Food and Drug Law and Regulatory practices, about the Food Labeling Modernization Act.

Searching for better-for-you, yet indulgent, chocolate ingredients

When it comes to chocolate, consumers want it all: indulgence, better-for-you choices, and sustainability.

Joyce Friedberg

September 20, 2021

Everyone loves chocolate: In fact, according to recent Statista data, 268 million Americans consumed chocolate and other candy in 2020.

Exclusive interview with DSM: Shelf-life for bakery products

Exclusive interview with DSM: Maintaining freshness and quality in baked goods

Liz Parker Kuhn

September 16, 2021

Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery was recently able to talk to Kjeld van de Hoef, business director baking, DSM, about shelf-life in the baking industry.

Q&A with United Soybean Board: The benefits of high oleil soybean oil

Q&A with United Soybean Board: The benefits of high oleic soybean oil

Liz Parker Kuhn

August 26, 2021

Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery was recently able to talk to United Soybean Board staff and affiliates about the benefits of high oleic soybean oil in bakery products.

2021 Snack Producer of the Year: ALDI’s affordable simplicity

ALDI, the 2021 ‘Snack Producer of the Year,’ brings affordable clean-label snacking to America.

Douglas J. Peckenpaugh

August 24, 2021

Product purchase and consumption patterns in America point toward a desire for affordable simplicity in our foods. This has catalyzed ongoing product development efforts to meet increasing consumer demand for natural and organic snacks. And efforts to bring cleaner snacking options to more Americans find increased success when retailers can offer such simplified products at affordable price points.

Snack and bakery brands support sustainability inside and out

Companies cater to consumers’ preferences on packaging, including recyclable options.

Kimberly Decker

August 23, 2021

Lest anyone think that the pandemic pressed "pause" on campaigns for corporate sustainability, think again. If anything, COVID-19 reminded consumers, and the snack and bakery sectors, just how interconnected we are, whether we’re selecting suppliers, expanding production, or packing a protein bar into our gym bags.

Automation, scalability, integration sought for dividers, depositors, and rounders

Manufacturers have laundry list of features they want in their next dividers, depositors, and rounders equipment.

Ed Finkel

August 20, 2021

Snack food and wholesale bakery manufacturers in the market for dividers, depositors and rounders have a long list of considerations. These include automation, reliability, scalability, integration, flexibility, communication, customization, ease of maintenance and sanitation, and different packaging capabilities, according to companies that produce such machines.

Spotlight on product handling systems

Secondary packaging equipment meets the needs of a fast-changing marketplace.

Neal Lorenzi

August 19, 2021

The latest product handling equipment, cartoners, case erectors and packers, loaders and palletizers, are designed to meet the needs of bakery and snack producers as well as consumers in a fast-changing marketplace. These flexible systems can run a large array of SKUs and they feature quick-change capabilities.