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Five ounces of chocolate cookies finished with a blush of fragrant ginger. Joining ZEST’s Lemon Coconut Cookies and Shortbread Sandies, these delicious treats feature organic cocoa and ginger crystals baked with 75 percent California Almonds.

Gluten-free has hit its apparent peak across snack and bakery, and now a new level of innovation is starting to take hold.

LEAF Brands, maker of Hydrox the "original sandwich cookie," will announce at the 2017 Sweets and Snacks show in Chicago that they have improved their flagship sandwich snack cookie, Hydrox, by moving to a clean label formula and non-GMO.

Bridor recently launched its Clean Label program, which bans the use of over 150 ingredients.

One momentous evening in 2011, amidst the verdant hills of Italy’s Tuscany region, as Jerry M. Bello, Jr. and his wife Shannon sat down for a meal at a traditional osteria while on vacation, inspiration struck.

Usage of the term “better-for-you” can be confusing for some, but generally it means taking traditional foods—including many snacks and baked goods that are normally thought of as indulgent, like cookies and sweets—and improving them nutritionally, including cleaning up the label. This can largely be accomplished through ingredient selection.

As with many ingredient categories, added food colorings have been on the mind of industry professionals and consumers alike.

Formulating products with the ever-increasing demands of today’s marketplace is no easy task.

Clean label continues to drive innovation, and when innovations can also help bakers increase production efficiency and save money, everyone wins. 

Olam Cocoa held the opening of its latest Cocoa Innovation Centre in Willowbrook, IL, which will provide innovation capabilities to support Olam Cocoa’s North American customers.