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Prevailing and emerging trends in snack and bakery including and related to artisan, better-for-you, clean label, flavor trends, food safety, gluten-free, plant efficiency, portion control and sustainability.

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Artisan Baking

Trends, ingredients, products and operations related to artisan and artisanal products, including handmade techniques.

Better-For-You

Equipment, technology, ingredients, products, data, research & development & trends related to nutritionally improved, better-for-you products.

Cannabis Edibles

The latest news and trends about the cannabis edibles market.

Clean Label

Equipment, technology, ingredients, products, data, research and development and trends related to creating clean label ingredient statements, including natural, organic, non-GMO, no artificial colors, no artificial preservatives, allergen-free, easy to understand and simple.

Flavor Trends

Ingredients, tactics, formulation and data related to flavor trends, including flavor pairing.

Food Safety

Trends, regulatory, legislation, packaging, equipment and operational aspects related to food safety.

Gluten-free

Gluten-free trends, ingredients, products, sanitation and formulation strategies.

Plant Efficiency

Equipment, technology, ingredients and tactics to improve processing plant efficiency and throughput.

Portion Control

Trends, ingredients, products, packaging and formulation strategies for controlled-calorie and portion-controlled foods.

Sustainability

Agricultural, supply-chain, operational, packaging and other trends and initiatives related to environmental and business sustainability.

Organic

News and trends about organic snack and bakery foods.

ARTICLES

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Robotics and COVID-19

Robotics service and maintenance during the COVID-19 pandemic

Robotics suppliers have had to adapt to provide service, maintenance and parts
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Wayne Labs
August 4, 2020
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No doubt about it, COVID-19 has changed the way most—if not all—businesses operate. While food and beverage processors have had to struggle with supply chain issues, robotics and system suppliers have had to face similar supply chain problems, plus come up with solid methods of service and maintenance support during the pandemic.


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Cargill commits to restoring 600 billion liters of water by 2030

Company also sets targets to reduce 5 million kg of pollutants, improve access to safe drinking water and implement Water Stewardship program at facilities
July 28, 2020
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Reliable access to clean water is essential for people and agriculture. Increasingly, poor water availability and quality threaten many communities around the world.


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IFT18 review: ingredient innovations and industry trends

IFT recently took place at McCormick Place, Chicago, from July 15-18. IFT is presented by the Institute of Food Technologists.

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The Essential Baking Company

The Essential Baking Co. in Seattle—which was the first certified-organic and non-GMO bakery in the Pacific Northwest—brings baked goods to the greater Seattle area via three cafés and regional wholesale direct store delivery (DSD) throughout the Pacific Northwest. It also now reaches a national audience with its Take & Bake line of artisan sourdough bâtards and baguettes, which get a notable 190-day ambient shelf life thanks to modified-atmosphere packaging (MAP). For the full story, see “The organic and artisan ingenuity of The Essential Baking Co.”

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Rudi's Organic Bakery

For over 40 years, Rudi’s Organic Bakery, based in Boulder, CO, has resonated with a growing group of consumers seeking natural, authentic, organic baked goods. Rudi’s has grown from a storefront retail bakery into one of the nation’s leading certified-organic bread brands, even expanding into gluten-free production. Recent developments include working with local grain farmers for its Community Grains breads, with full traceability back to the farm. For the full story, see “Rudi’s Organic Bakery continues its pioneering path of success.”