It's vital to get flavor and color right when developing snack and bakery products. Color helps establish the consumer's initial expectations of a product, and flavor is a critical part of delivering against those expectations.

Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery was recently able to talk to Jonathan Davis, SVP of innovation, La Brea Bakery, Los Angeles, about upcoming bakery trends for 2020.

Flavorchem Corporation has released their 2020 Trends & Flavor Forecast.

Vegan & vegetarian options continue to grow in popularity as meat alternatives rise.

By all accounts, the private label sectors of the snack and bakery markets are doing quite well. Overall, across all food and beverage categories, store brands accounted for about half of all sales growth recorded in major U.S. retail channels

PLMA's 2019 Private Label Trade Show, produced by the Private Label Manufacturers Association (PLMA), will be held from November 17 to 19 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, IL, located minutes away from Chicago's O'Hare International Airport.

Salty snacks are a staple of any American gathering; the big game is on TV, so make sure there is plenty of chips, tortilla chips and salsa to go around.

Tortilla chips are a party staple. And while traditional versions still soundly resonate with the masses, chip manufacturers have been experimenting with new and interesting flavors, as well as better-for-you versions like organic options and chips based on vegetables or legumes.

According to the "Top 10 Trend Predictions for 2019" from SPINS, Chicago, internationally inspired innovation in nuts and seeds is gaining ground. SPINS says that nuts and seeds are watch-worthy because they're not only protein-rich and easy to eat, but they deliver antioxidants and long-lasting energy.