Snack and bakery companies that work with dough, or looser components like batters, fillings or toppings, turn to manufacturers of depositors, dividers and rounders to cut, divide, portion and round or mould their products—and the equipment continues to get faster, more accurate, more customizable and easier to clean, among other winning qualities.

New and updated equipment makes short work of slicing, cutting and portioning dough, as well as other snack and bakery essentials.

The Deco-iSpot from Unifiller base ices cakes and decorates cupcakes directly from a bowl or pail.

Consumer demand for baked goods and snacks that are better-for-you, clean-label, gluten-free or in line with other food trends are prompting many bakers and snack manufacturers to re-examine existing products and develop new ones. Depending on the ingredients they add to or remove from formulations to achieve the results they desire, manufacturers can find themselves dealing with dough that’s thicker, stickier or otherwise different from the original recipe—and wondering whether their processing equipment will be able to handle it.

The bakery systems supplier has promoted Colin Powell to vice president, global operations.

New fryers and oils enable bakers and snack producers to create more and better-for-you versions of the fried dough products and snacks consumers can’t live without.

BEMA members will be able to prepare for upcoming challenges, participate in events and network at the association’s annual event, held Feb. 27–28 in Chicago

Munson Machinery’s new model HD-3.5-7-S316 ribbon blender blends up to 65 cubic feet of powders, pastes or slurries.

Doran Scales' new Selecta in-motion checkweigher provides high-speed checkweighing and valuable production floor data.