Jenni Spinner

The new U.S. dietary guidelines, updated by federal health agencies every five years, recommend consumers avoid ultra-processed foods and beverages.

According to the ingredients expert, producers are having fun with creative takes on traditional flavors, global influences, and other concepts.

An expert from the 114-year-old brand shares insights into the creation of Oreo Zero Sugar, launching in original and Double Stuf versions.

Between inflation, surging materials costs, tariffs, and other factors at play, U.S. are feeling the pinch of surging prices. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports in its Consumer Price Index for September 2025 that most of the consumer-forward price categories tracked by the agency had increased over the previous 12 months, up about 3% overall.

Our most-viewed articles of the past 12 months cover product innovations, IBIE award winners, and Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery exclusives.

The ingredient can play an important role in a product’s appeal, according to a representative from the supplier.

Sweet-toothed shoppers continue reaching for familiar favorite flavors as well as interesting twists on traditional types.

Recent limited-time and seasonal offerings include an Oreo partnership with Selena Gomez and spooky Oreo BOO! Cookies for Halloween.

Snack and bakery operations, continually pressed to do more with less, cannot afford to cut corners when it comes to hygiene.

If you didn’t know that the face of Little Debbie Snack Cakes is a real person, now you do.