https://www.snackandbakery.com/rss/6061-new-snack-and-bakery-technology en-us By eliminating manual processes, the module delivers clear production instructions based on customer input.

]]> http://www.snackandbakery.com/articles/114425 Wed, 17 Sep 2025 09:24:49 -0400 https://www.snackandbakery.com/articles/114425-cybake-unveils-online-cake-ordering-module Andrea Chappell, Hannah Arneso, and Scotty Savage bring food and beverage SaaS experience to growing team.

]]> http://www.snackandbakery.com/articles/114337 Fri, 29 Aug 2025 17:27:53 -0400 https://www.snackandbakery.com/articles/114337-cybake-expands-us-sales-team-ahead-of-ibie In addition, the theater's Dine-In options are getting a makeover, with additions like Korean Fried Cauliflower, Buffalo Chicken Pizza, and a Spicy Chicken Sandwich.

]]> http://www.snackandbakery.com/articles/113994 Tue, 01 Jul 2025 10:50:00 -0400 https://www.snackandbakery.com/articles/113994-amc-theatres-launches-summer-of-spice-menu Cybake has added a new paperless lot tracking, traceability, and manufacturing execution module to its ERP-type bakery management software system.  

]]> http://www.snackandbakery.com/articles/113338 Fri, 28 Mar 2025 12:25:00 -0400 https://www.snackandbakery.com/articles/113338-cybake-updates-its-traceability-manufacturing-module Thew new intelligent document processing introduces vertical AI model to food and beverage brands built on contextual TraceGains data.

]]> http://www.snackandbakery.com/articles/113325 Thu, 27 Mar 2025 15:55:00 -0400 https://www.snackandbakery.com/articles/113325-tracegains-launches-certificate-of-analysis-solution Insomnia Cookies is conjuring up sweet treats inspired by Marvel Television’s Agatha All Along, now streaming on Disney+.

]]> http://www.snackandbakery.com/articles/112149 Mon, 23 Sep 2024 17:50:00 -0400 https://www.snackandbakery.com/articles/112149-insomnia-cookies-marvel-debut-agatha-all-along-collab In addition to marking on glass and hard plastics, the lasers can deliver high-resolution, permanent codes on flexible film, foil, labels, paperboard, and other packaging.

]]> http://www.snackandbakery.com/articles/110548 Wed, 24 Jan 2024 12:15:00 -0500 https://www.snackandbakery.com/articles/110548-videojet-introduces-3350-series-lasers-for-marking-on-flexible-film-bags-pouches The collaboration combines M&M's Minis hardshell candies with Edible's fruit arrangements and baked goods platters. 

]]> http://www.snackandbakery.com/articles/109235 Tue, 20 Jun 2023 11:50:00 -0400 https://www.snackandbakery.com/articles/109235-edible-arrangements-m-and-ms-partner-to-create-limited-time-sweet-goods-line With the theme “SNAX to the MAX,” SNAXPO23 welcomed thousands of attendees to check out the latest supplier innovations, talk technology, taste interesting flavor innovations, and more. 

]]> http://www.snackandbakery.com/articles/108711 Wed, 29 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.snackandbakery.com/articles/108711-snaxpo23-round-up-snack-industry-gather-for-education-innovation Howard Friedman.jpg Utz Brands CEO Howard Friedman sat down with SNAC International President/CEO Christine Cochran for a fireside chat. The newly appointed executive stressed the importance of being open and honest with staff, and remaining true to your mission. Elite Spice.jpg SNAXPO 2023 attendees flocked to booths to engage attendees like Elite Spice about their latest product and service offerings. Exhibitors told Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery they ended this year’s event with a number of solid leads and deals. Flavor Showdown.jpg Sponsored by Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery, the event invites flavor companies exhibiting at SNAXPO to come up with their best, most innovative sweet and savory flavors. Attendees then taste the flavors at the show, voting on their picks for the best in each category. View this year’s winners here. Fryers.jpg During the “Heating Methods for Fryers” SNAC Bites session, Daniel Luna of PPM Technologies outlined differences in heating methods, and which types of snack fryers might be best suited for different types of snack-producing operations. Gavel.jpg Justin Spannuth, COO of Unique Snacks and the incoming chairman of SNAC International’s 2023-2024 Executive Committee, accepted the gavel from outgoing chairman Dan Sifer, senior vice president of global sourcing with Herr’s Foods. Continuous Mixing.jpg During the SNAC Bites session “Continuous Mixing for Snack Foods,” Nico Roesler of Reading Bakery Systems shared how the practice can yield a number of benefits, including increased productivity, improved consistency, boosted flexibility, and more. Jenny Mintel.jpg During her keynote presentation, Jenny Zegler, director of Food & Drink and Global Consumer, Mintel, discussed the trend producers should be acting on now (healthy indulgences), trends to act on next (“savvy sustenance”), and what’s next (snacks that enable consumers to stay sharp). Puppy Lounge.jpg While the show floor was mostly keenly focused on doing business and making connections, the SNAXPO Puppy Lounge (where attendees could pet and play with dogs from a local animal shelter) offered attendees a stress-relieving respite from the action. Shane Battier.jpg Former NBA great Shane Battier delivered an inspiring keynote address, with lessons on succeeding in business and in life. The Michigan native shared tales of exchanging empty bottles as a kid for the deposit so he could rack up enough change to buy packets of Better Made potato chips. Snack rack.jpg Stand-up displays outside the SNAXPO entrance and throughout the show floor kept attendees well feed. Companies like Unique Snacks, Utz, Old Dutch, and other producers donated the product, which was rotated and refilled throughout the event. Startups.jpg The Startups Hub offered new and emerging producers a chance to showcase their innovations and network with peers from larger, established companies. Participating firms included OffLimits, a line of vegan, gluten-free, “offensively delicious” cereals. tna award.jpg Alf Taylor (left) and Nadia Taylor, co-founders of TNA Solutions, with John Mark Singleton of Rudolph Foods. Next Year.jpg SNAC International communicated the news about upcoming events—including SNX 2024 (April 14-16 in Dallas) and SNAXPO 2025 (March 30-April 1 in Orlando) in the one part of the convention center nearly every SNAXPO 2023 attendee stopped by. Thermo Fisher Scientific has simplified the workflow for the SureTect PCR System, by introducing streamlined handling and fail-safe color-coded plates and reagents, to smart, intuitive software and instrumentation.

]]> http://www.snackandbakery.com/articles/108351 Mon, 06 Feb 2023 15:00:00 -0500 https://www.snackandbakery.com/articles/108351-thermo-fisher-scientific-announces-enhancements-to-food-pathogen-pcr-system Global conditions and crises are putting increasing pressure on the world's flour market.

]]> http://www.snackandbakery.com/articles/108094 Tue, 03 Jan 2023 08:26:00 -0500 https://www.snackandbakery.com/articles/108094-muhlenchemie-establishes-award-for-composite-flour-research Direct-store delivery can help snack, bakery manufacturers get their products into end-users’ hands faster.

]]> http://www.snackandbakery.com/articles/108089 Wed, 28 Dec 2022 00:00:00 -0500 https://www.snackandbakery.com/articles/108089-direct-store-delivery-technologies-assist-snack-bakery-companies Removing extraneous vegetable matter (EVM), dirt, and other lightweight materials, this system cleans product of debris to improve product quality and line efficiency. 

]]> http://www.snackandbakery.com/articles/107992 Thu, 08 Dec 2022 15:10:00 -0500 https://www.snackandbakery.com/articles/107992-key-technology-debuts-new-air-cleaner The partnership seeks to simplify and streamline restaurant orders of breads and other bakery goods.

]]> http://www.snackandbakery.com/articles/107989 Thu, 08 Dec 2022 13:18:00 -0500 https://www.snackandbakery.com/articles/107989-cybake-bakery-software-integrates-with-rekki-restaurant-app Technology replaces error-prone manual record keeping and monitors energy and utilities parameters, improving efficiency and productivity.

]]> http://www.snackandbakery.com/articles/99805 Mon, 28 Nov 2022 10:00:00 -0500 https://www.snackandbakery.com/articles/99805-emerson-launches-analytics-software-to-automate-utilities With remote monitoring solutions, technical help is never far away.

]]> http://www.snackandbakery.com/articles/99787 Thu, 17 Nov 2022 00:00:00 -0500 https://www.snackandbakery.com/articles/99787-remote-technology-connects-snack-and-bakery-equipment-with-expertise How to best handle supply chain shortages.

]]> http://www.snackandbakery.com/articles/99745 Tue, 15 Nov 2022 15:00:00 -0500 https://www.snackandbakery.com/articles/99745-automating-the-supply-chain-to-backfill-ingredient-shortages Automating the supply chain to backfill ingredient shortages Automating the supply chain to backfill ingredient shortages Automating the supply chain to backfill ingredient shortages Festo AX, a new machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) software platform, ensures maximum uptime, product quality, and energy efficiency in a host of applications.

]]> http://www.snackandbakery.com/articles/99670 Tue, 25 Oct 2022 15:55:00 -0400 https://www.snackandbakery.com/articles/99670-festo-debuts-ai-platform Festo debuts AI platform Festo debuts AI platform Pretzel twisting process Companies should make a plan to ensure cleanliness, standard operating procedures of facilities.

]]> http://www.snackandbakery.com/articles/99656 Fri, 21 Oct 2022 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.snackandbakery.com/articles/99656-food-safety-strategies-for-snack-and-bakery-companies Direct store delivery, third-party logistics often popular with snack manufacturers.

]]> http://www.snackandbakery.com/articles/99595 Fri, 14 Oct 2022 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.snackandbakery.com/articles/99595-distribution-strategies-for-snack-and-bakery-companies MOXē makes operator experience easier with an all-in-one application that offers enhanced speed, confidence, and control.

]]> http://www.snackandbakery.com/articles/99550 Tue, 11 Oct 2022 10:15:00 -0400 https://www.snackandbakery.com/articles/99550-us-foods-debuts-e-commerce-application-for-foodservice Amid product reformulations and continued supply chain disruption, new solution automatically flags impending ingredient shortages, potential safety recalls, and other risks.

]]> http://www.snackandbakery.com/articles/99489 Mon, 03 Oct 2022 10:55:00 -0400 https://www.snackandbakery.com/articles/99489-tracegains-debuts-networked-intelligence-solution TraceGains debuts networked intelligence solution TraceGains debuts networked intelligence solution Held in Las Vegas every three years, the International Bakery Industry Exposition (IBIE) gathers the baking community to fuel the next generation of bakers, promote economic growth, and educate and advance the future of baking together.

]]> http://www.snackandbakery.com/articles/99464 Fri, 30 Sep 2022 12:00:00 -0400 https://www.snackandbakery.com/articles/99464-ibie-2022-round-up-baking-industry-showcases-equipment-ingredients-new-products IBIE 2022 roundup IBIE 2022 roundup ADM featured the latest bakery and snack trends with concepts focused on meeting the evolving demands of consumers today and tomorrow. It also recently achieved net carbon-neutral status for the company’s U.S. flour milling operations, an industry first of its kind and scale. At its booth, ADM featured a Biotic Blueberry Apple Crisp Bar, with a pro- and postbiotic, a vegan and gluten-free Espresso Black Bean Brownie Cookie featuring its botanicals portfolio, and a Spicy Garlic Low Carb Cracker, with only 6g of net carbs, chia seeds, and an ancho chile pepper flavor. IBIE 2022 roundup At IBIE, Ardent Mills showcased the use of chickpeas in baking applications. Ardent Mills offers a chickpea flour and also a roasted chickpea flour. 47% of Americans say plant-based eating is important to dietary/eating goals, according to the brand’s new fall survey, and 96% of consumers are familiar with chickpeas, although only 17% accurately identify chickpea as a grain. IBIE 2022 roundup Bartek highlighted its new Uphold Clean Natural Mold Inhibitor Booster at IBIE. The booster, a proprietary acidulant-based ingredient system, boosts the performance of NMIs, extends mold-free shelf life, and lowers ingredient cost-in-use—all while minimizing the negative sensory attributes often associated with NMIs.  IBIE 2022 roundup At IBIE, Cargill showcased its commitment to the bakery industry with new solutions that offer improved functionality and address prevailing consumer trends around personal and planetary health. It debuted its new soluble corn fiber, which supports sugar reductions of 30% or more, while also giving products a fiber boost. It also added RSPO-certified segregated palm olein and palm stearin to its North American portfolio. At its booth, it offered a Reduced Sugar Linzer Cookie, with 50% sugar reduction, to attendees, as well as a Savory Spinach Pinwheel with onion and garlic, made with PURIS pea protein, soy flour, canola, and lecithin. Cimcorp ibie 2022 Cimcorp displayed its fast, modular, scalable automated solution for optimizing bakery order fulfillment, which was named an honoree in the BEST in Baking Awards program. Its bakery solution combines buffer storage and order picking into one operation, meeting high throughputs with 100-percent order accuracy. With its gantry design, the equipment can handle a large volume of inventory stored in standard crates, trays, and totes stacked across a high-density floor-based storage area. This design maximizes storage space, eliminates expensive racking, and makes it easy to clear the entire storage floor for sanitation. IBIE 2022 roundup Corbion showcased ingredients for extending product shelf life, increasing operational efficiency, reducing waste and protecting against price and supply variability. Visitors to the Corbion Booth learned about its new customer support offering, 360° by Corbion. Encompassing Corbion's four key areas of Sustainable Food Solutions services (applications, technical service, market insights, and models and calculating tools), it was created to help customers take their product development process to the next level of innovation, efficiency, and profitability. IBIE 2022 roundup Dawn Foods showcased the most popular trends in bakery, including insights from its 2023 Global Trends report, at IBIE. The booth was separated into the four trend areas, as well: Technology Transformation, Experience Exploration, Daily Delights, and Mindfulness Matters. Every recipe showcased at the booth tied into the trends. It also showcased a new glaze for doughnuts, which never melts or becomes gooey. Booth attendees were treated to whole doughnuts, as well as samples of cakes and other sweet goods, and encouraged to use the #YouDeserveADonut hashtag to share pictures on social media. IBIE 2022 roundup Harvest Advanced Manufacturing for Bakeries simplifies the complex requirements of manufacturing baked goods products. It helps in creating production schedules, grouping like items, managing unique baked goods changeover requirements, all while tracking granular costs throughout the multi-site/multi-line manufacturing and wrapping processes. The software was awarded the Innovation Showcase award IBIE, and this is the company’s second time winning, the first being at IBIE 2019 for Harvest DSD. IBIE 2022 roundup IFF presented at IBIE for the first time, with a booth theme of “Bakery Beyond Tradition,” signaling a new chapter in the bakery category for IFF after its 2021 merger with DuPont’s Nutrition & Biosciences business. Today’s IFF combines functional ingredient and flavor expertise, bakery solutions, and product design capabilities for grain-based applications. Featured ingredients included ENOVERATM 3001, an enzyme-only solution that replicates the robustness and functionality of conventional dough strengtheners; RE-MASTER VANILLA, which can be customized according to product development needs; and Taura by IFF, real fruit and vegetable inclusions for healthy bakery products. IBIE 2022 roundup Kemin Industries launched SHIELD Pure, a new clean-label mold inhibition solution that offers bakers a 1:1 replacement for synthetic mold inhibitors, at IBIE. This 1:1 replacement for traditionally used synthetic mold inhibitors, can be used to achieve extended shelf life of baked goods such as white breads, tortillas, and more—without any negative sensory impact. Kerry IBIE 2022 Visitors to Kerry’s IBIE booth found a range of solutions to reduce food waste through enzymes and preservation. The brand spoke about its efforts around reducing food waste, and how it has extended the shelf life of approximately 34.5 billion loaves by 75% through advanced preservation technology. Kerry also launched an online indicator for both manufacturers and consumers, which shows how they can reduce food waste.  KPM Analytics At IBIE, KPM Analytics spoke about four trends it has identified that are affecting the market: Automation has been amplified by a depleted work force; Whole wheat / high-fiber options are a necessity in product lines; Data is in high demand to understand batch-to-batch quality variations; and with high inflation, mediating ingredients costs is a top priority. Its equipment, such as its Alveolab and its TheiaVu compact vision inspection system, were also on display. MECATHERM At IBIE, MECATHERM presented M-Care, its new intuitive predictive maintenance application specifically designed for industrial bakeries using MECATHERM equipment. M-Care makes it possible to promptly detect anomalies on equipment and to guide operators and maintenance teams on the first level checks to be carried out. The aim is to prevent breakdowns and optimize the availability rate of production line equipment. Messer At IBIE, Messer showcased its new, patented Wave Impingement Freezer for individually quick frozen (IQF) foods like inclusions or pizza toppings. It combines the efficiency of nitrogen impingement freezing with an adjustable wave-action to improve product quality and reduce labor requirements. In addition, its Spiral Freezers, good for processing products like whole pizzas, snacks, and burritos, were on display. These freezers provide flexibility and can boost productivity on existing lines. Easy to operate and maintain, they offer large freezing capacity of up to 10,000 pounds per hour in a small footprint.  Mettler-Toledo METTLER TOLEDO Product Inspection presented its new X34C x-ray system for small, individually packed products at IBIE. It’s ideal for inspecting a variety of confectionary, snack, and bakery products immediately after packages exit a high-speed flow wrapper or pack sealer. At the show, the X34C was mounted on a loop conveyor with a C35 AdvancedLine checkweigher that features FlashCell to demonstrate how these systems can be used for high-throughput production lines. ORBIS ORBIS showcased its new retail-ready merchandising trays that offer a sustainable, efficient replacement for the manual shelf-replenishment process. The trays are also an IBIE Best in Baking award recipient. It also showcased products and systems designed to improve the flow of product, drive sustainability, and enhance supply chain performance. IBIE 2022 roundup Right before IBIE, Precision Food Innovations (PFI), a manufacturer of sanitary conveying and bulk material handling equipment for food processing operations, announced that it has rebranded and will now be known as PFI. The change impacts the look and feel of the brand, as well as its website, which is now pficonveyors.com. At the show, PFI showcased its new branding and a running conveyor line. For its conveyors, PFI handles the building, installation, and preventative maintenance, and can also help with customer training. Primera Technologies At the RBA Bakers Center, Primera Technology held a demonstration of its Eddie printer at the show, which is designed to print patterns, logos, or characters directly onto cookies, fondant, macarons, marshmallows, candies, doughnuts, and more—no hand piping, frosting sheets, or edible printer paper needed. It is the first and only NSF International and GMP-certified ink printer, and can print one cookie in 10 seconds or 12 in two minutes. A carousel feeder rotates the cookies into position, while the printer pulls in cookies one at a time before printing them, then putting the cookies back on the carousel—no drying time needed. Puratos Puratos’ booth included the Artisan Marketplace, an interactive hub providing hands-on experiences for attendees looking to hone their artisan baking skills. As part of The Sourdough Experience demonstration, attendees were able to access Puratos’ Sourdough Library through the magic of virtual reality and get a first-hand look at historic sourdough samples from the Library in Belgium. Puratos also received the 2022 BEST in Baking award for Workforce Development in honor of its first Bakery School in the U.S., in Pennsauken, NJ. Rexfab Rexfab displayed its new Pan Stacker-Unstacker at IBIE. The machine’s technology comes in the form of a fully-electric system. By using electromagnetic technology and servo-motors, Rexfab’s Pan Stacker-Unstacker ensures smoother, gentler pan stacking and unstacking. It also completely automates pan handling processes, eliminates the need for expensive compressed air, eliminates chain stretching, minimizes pan damage, and limits pan jams. Rexnord Regal Rexnord Corp. displayed new products in the Rexnord KleanTop line. The PacTitan Pro Belt, alongside a new series of Active Drive Spiral Belts and the new 1600 Plastic Belt Series, were on display, and visitors were able to view a demonstration of all of the belts. Regal Rexnord will also feature a new series of Active Drive Spiral Cage Belts. These belts are designed to be actively driven from the inside edge by the drum via conical tips, eliminating the risk of overdrive. Customers can choose from different belt styles to meet the needs of their application: grid-style, or link-style. Tate & Lyle IBIE 2022 Tate & Lyle recently acquired Nutriati, a developer and producer of chickpea protein and flour. For its booth attendees, it had a vegan blueberry muffin made with Artesa 10 Chickpea Flour and Artesa 60 Chickpea Protein concentrate, as well as Cheesy Chickpea Crackers made with the chickpea flour and X-PAND’R SC Starch. It also had keto-friendly cheesecake, in blueberry and strawberry flavor, available for attendees, with the crust made from its PROMITOR soluble fiber. The cheesecake included DOLCIA PRIMA DS Allulose, INTESSE Stevia sweetener, PULPIZ A starch, PFT 200 and 400, and SPLENDA Sucralose, 25% solution. Wherefour Wherefour highlighted its ERP and traceability software at IBIE with added features making it easier for bakeries to manage and produce their daily orders. The software now allows work orders and “production batch sheets” to be produced directly from customer orders. Production batch sheets can be set to show all the sub-recipes required to make each product, or just the top-level recipe, to match the bakery’s desired workflow. For bakeries that do their own distribution, the platform now also collates invoices into a single PDF for each customer, or a combined invoice PDF for a set of customers or a delivery route. Cybake bakery software has announced the introduction of its solution for retail in-store bakeries, Cybake ISB, to the market in the United States.

]]> http://www.snackandbakery.com/articles/99442 Fri, 23 Sep 2022 11:00:00 -0400 https://www.snackandbakery.com/articles/99442-cybake-launches-isb-management-planning-system-for-in-store-us-bakeries Festo to introduce AI-based software for machine uptime, soft-robotic grippers, and economical electric motion at IBIE 2022.

]]> http://www.snackandbakery.com/articles/99372 Thu, 08 Sep 2022 09:15:00 -0400 https://www.snackandbakery.com/articles/99372-festo-to-introduce-solutions-for-increasing-bakery-productivity An interview with KPM Analytics on key performance indicator (KPI) solutions.

]]> http://www.snackandbakery.com/articles/99354 Tue, 06 Sep 2022 10:15:00 -0400 https://www.snackandbakery.com/articles/99354-key-performance-indicators-in-the-snack-and-bakery-industry Key performance indicators in the snack and bakery industry courtesy of: KPM Analytics Key performance indicators in the snack and bakery industry courtesy of: KPM Analytics New platform features seamlessly combine visibility data from all modes, truck appointment scheduling, and warehouse yard management—driving productivity and performance

]]> http://www.snackandbakery.com/articles/99287 Mon, 22 Aug 2022 10:35:00 -0400 https://www.snackandbakery.com/articles/99287-fourkites-debuts-new-unified-customer-interface New product series provides faster, higher quality print and simple, untangled connectivity to simplify the portable, full-page thermal printing process.

]]> http://www.snackandbakery.com/articles/99273 Thu, 18 Aug 2022 09:00:00 -0400 https://www.snackandbakery.com/articles/99273-brother-mobile-solutions-launches-pocketjet-8-series Traceability is an important facet of warehouses, especially for snack and bakery companies.

]]> http://www.snackandbakery.com/articles/99276 Thu, 18 Aug 2022 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.snackandbakery.com/articles/99276-traceability-software-for-snack-and-bakery-companies SFWB_Logistics_0822_slideshow02.jpg courtesy of Axele SFWB_Logistics_0822_slideshow01.jpg courtesy of FoodLogiQ SFWB_Logistics_0822_slideshow03.jpg courtesy of FactoryEye The new Alveolab is the first Alveograph instrument able to analyze whole wheat doughs for all rheological characteristics: tenacity, extensibility, elasticity, and baking strength.

]]> http://www.snackandbakery.com/articles/99272 Wed, 17 Aug 2022 15:40:00 -0400 https://www.snackandbakery.com/articles/99272-kpm-industries-releases-updated-whole-wheat-analyzer