Snack, bakery industry personnel are constantly learning.

Validated 3rd party study confirms an average 5.40 log reduction of pathogens in wheat temper with the Guardian System.

The May 8–11 event connects snack and bakery professionals with safety solutions.

The producer’s frozen pizza brands utilize the supplier’s Smart Sort technology in production.

Taking place in Rosemont, IL, the event will also stream select sessions online.

Speakers from J&J Snack Foods, Cargill, and the FDA outlined root cause analysis.

The 2023 event drew 2,700 food professionals, policymakers, and other stakeholders.

The food safety specialist has added the 20-year food industry veteran to its staff.

The American Bakers Association program salutes safety practices and awareness.

Like all types of food operations, snack food, and wholesale bakery plants need to monitor and maintain quality control, which prompts the need for inspection and detection equipment and technology to ensure that particles of glass, stone, and other contaminants don’t inadvertently get mixed into their formulations.

The 2024 event programming aims at maintaining safety in processing environments 

The Peanut and Tree Nut Processors Association event features targeted education.

Bakery Equipment Assessment Group (BEAG), an authority in the assessment and certification of bakery equipment, has announced the new Certified Internal Equipment Evaluator Online Training Course.

Efficient weight controls and checkweighing systems on bakery production lines are integral to meeting consumer expectations and ensuring compliance with net weight regulations.

Global Food Traceability Center's Blake Harris to share traceability best practices as part of GS1 Supply Chain webinar series.

Tastykake has released its limited time St. Patrick’s Day Snowballs. 

Hostess Brands, Inc., a  sweet snacking company, announced as part of its recent successful Investor Day presentation that it has redesigned and modernized its corporate brand identity in collaboration with New York-based brand design agency CBX.

Tastykake has teamed up with Sonic the Hedgehog 2 to unveil all-new packaging.

Tastykake has released its limited time Easter offerings for 2022.

Company commits to not engage in advertising primarily directed to children under age 13.

Strong consumer demand drives 25% organic net revenue growth, raises 2022 full year guidance.

Tastykake has recently debuted its limited-time USO products, available in stores through mid-September.

Tastykake is sweetening the season, as it has released its limited-time summer products, available on shelves now until July 30.

Tastykake will bring back its themed on-the-go packaging for football season.

New products include Holiday HoHos and CupCakes, Mint Chocolate Flavored Twinkies, and Hot Chocolate & Marshmallow Flavored Donettes.

Products now available until December 17.

The snack cakes join the company's other outside items, including Big Pack Swiss Rolls and Big Pack Oatmeal Creme Pies.

The Chocolate Caramel and Triple Chocolate cakes draw inspiration from candy bar flavors and textures.

The bakery brand will be rolling out the new variety of its popular cakes in March 2023.

Tastykake is "hopping into spring" with classic fan favorite treats decorated in Easter packaging

The snack cakes and loaves sector showed great promise over the last 12 months, presumably because consumers are now out and about more, and they want individual servings or on-the-go bakery snacks to fit their busy lifestyles.

The sweet baked goods brand has renamed its Minis line with a new name and packaging.

The better-for-you brand’s newest products celebrate Disney’s 100th anniversary.

The items join the McKee Foods brand’s lineup of fall seasonal bakery treats.

The Mondelēz International brand has announced the trio of treats ahead of the new year.

The items feature golden cake filled with creme and covered in dark fudge icing.

The quartet of treats comes in heart-bedecked packaging for seasonal snacking.

The latest Hostess cake creation will be available in two Hostess fan-favorite flavors: Double Chocolate and Chocolate Creamy Caramel.

Consumers are still looking for indulgences, despite the fact that many products now have health halos. However, in our current era of “little treat culture,” the bakery snacks category—aka smaller servings of snack cakes and pies—continue to be popular.

The bakery brand and Instagram influencer collaborated on the secret flavor.

The McKee Foods brand’s 2024 Christmas lineup includes a pair of new items and several returning products.

Puratos recently launched two new sourdough starters.

As the artisan bread movement continues to gain momentum across the U.S., one of its most-ancient forms—sourdough—is garnering more-widespread attention.

BreadPartners, Inc. Paste Product range, Superior, offers an alternative to running a scratch formula, which involves scaling a minimum of 5-7 ingredients. 

Passion underpins the dedication to invest the time and resources required to bake bread with unmistakable Old World artisan flavor, appearance and texture. And strong business sense leads such bakers to judiciously capitalize on the technological tools available to help bring those truly artisan breads to a wide customer base without compromising craftsmanship.

The Essential Baking Co. also now reaches a national audience with its Take & Bake line of artisan sourdough batards and baguettes, which get a notable 190-day ambient shelf life thanks to modified-atmosphere packaging (MAP).

There is a lot of confusion in cookie and cracker manufacturing today. Let’s focus on one of the major areas of confusion: leavening.

To successfully bake products requires an astute blend of art and science. A fundamental ingredient in the baking process is the leavening agent. Leavening contributes essential sensory characteristics to bakery products.

Biospringer North America Corporation has announced an expansion on its yeast extract site in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to support the growing market trend for natural origin ingredients derived from fermentation.  

One of the concepts often overlooked in the baking industry is that baking is really fundamental chemistry in action.