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Ed Finkel, Contributing Writer

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Upgraded belts and conveyors to improve snack and bakery production

Upgraded belts and conveyors to improve snack and bakery production

Snack and bakery customers seek compactness, cleanability, and automation.
Ed Finkel
March 24, 2021
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Compact belts and conveyors for snack and bakery production meet demands for cleanability and automation.
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Perspectives on modernized bakery pans and systems

Perspectives on modernized bakery pans and systems

Baking industry suppliers modernize pans, tins, trays, coatings, and pan handling systems.
Ed Finkel
February 24, 2021
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Modernized bakeware including pans, tins, trays, and coatings, as well as automated pan handling systems.
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Inspection and detection equipment advances improve quality control

Snack, bakery facilities improve facility, equipment cleaning and sanitation during the pandemic

Snack and bakery companies focus on cleaning and sanitation in the midst of COVID-19.
Ed Finkel
January 25, 2021
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Equipment and facility cleaning and sanitation solutions during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Safe and automated dough laminators and sheeters

Safe and automated dough laminators and sheeters

Snack and bakery companies have advanced options with today’s dough laminators and sheeters.
Ed Finkel
December 17, 2020
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Automation, ease of operation, simple cleanability, hygienic design, operator safety, and the ability to process nontraditional and healthier ingredients are among the top of mind requests for snack and bakery operators looking to buy or upgrade laminators or sheeters.
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Machines and sensors in snack and bakery facilities: Q&A with Interflon

Machines and sensors in snack and bakery facilities: Q&A with Interflon

Ed Finkel
December 3, 2020
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How does proper lubrication impact the performance of machines in snack food and wholesale bakery facilities? And how does that relate back to their use of sensors for processing-related issues like quality assurance and control, food safety, efficiency and productivity, and product verification?
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Report highlights use of sensors in supply chain and logistics

Report highlights use of sensors in supply chain and logistics

Ed Finkel
December 2, 2020
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How can sensors be used to refine and streamline supply chain and logistics in industries like snack food and wholesale bakery?


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Strategies for using refurbished equipment in snack and bakery production

Strategies for using refurbished equipment in snack and bakery production

When does it make sense to refurbish equipment?
Ed Finkel
November 20, 2020
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Cost, safety, efficiency, footprint, operator familiarity, and the ability to meet regulations are among the key factors that snack and bakery facilities need to consider when deciding whether to keep and refurbish an old piece of equipment, or send it to the scrap heap and buy new.
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Advanced options in baking and frying equipment

Advanced options in baking and frying equipment

Equipment suppliers offer advanced options with today’s ovens, proofers, fryers, and dryers.
Ed Finkel
September 22, 2020
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Bakeries and snack makers in the market for ovens, proofers, fryers, and dryers have a healthy list of features and benefits in mind. These include capabilities for customization and flexibility, reliability and consistency, temperature control, faster processing times and continuous production, and automation that operators can control and monitor remotely.
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Washing systems help automate sanitation for bakery pans and more

Washing systems help automate sanitation for bakery pans and more

Snack and bakery customers have options to streamline procedures for washing pans, buckets, and more.
Ed Finkel
August 21, 2020
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Snack and bakery facilities have a daily need for thoroughly cleaning pans, trays, containers, utensils, equipment, parts, and more, especially anything that comes into contact with the finished product or human hands, in order to meet the needs of food safety programs, including mitigating contamination from allergens or pathogens.
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Updated bakery mixers for improved safety and automation

Updated bakery mixers for improved safety and automation

Manufacturers of dough mixing equipment add improvements related to safety, preserving product quality, and automation.
Ed Finkel
August 18, 2020
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Snack food and bakery companies in the market for mixers want machines that provide qualities like ease of sanitation, food safety, automation, airtight seals, and consistent operation that guards against product degradation during the mixing cycle.
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On Demand BEMA’s leadership will engage in a roundtable discussion focused on current events, the state of the industry and an outlook for the remainder of 2020. Tune-in for dialog about recent lessons learned and information on upcoming opportunities being brought to you by BEMA.

April 22, 2021

Clean Label Snack & Bakery Shopper Insights

Food industry dynamics like organic, natural, ingredient avoidance, and overall product simplification continue to drive category growth. Understanding shopper patterns related to these trends helps provide a roadmap for future product strategies. This webinar will highlight shopper intelligence from Thea Bourianne, MBA, RD, LDN, manager of solutions consulting for Label Insight, a leading CPG metadata specialist that performs comprehensive ingredient analysis to identify unique product attributes across over 30,000 brands and a leading collaborator with IRI.
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