Available in a fully sliced and thaw and serve format, the product is a convenient labor-lean option for operators, requiring little to no prep and minimal employee training.

Hardee's will offer its Made from Scratch Buttermilk Biscuits in the shape of a heart on all breakfast sandwiches Feb. 1–14.

Dancing Deer Baking Co. has added Crispy Cookie Bites to its line of mini desserts.

Mondelēz International has introduced Nabisco Honey Maid Dippers Graham Snacks, now in the perfect shape for dipping.

Advances in packaging materials continue to extend shelf life, while adding convenience and freshness to bakery and snack goods. Innovations in modified-atmosphere packaging (MAP), microbial-inhibiting film, and the use of cellulose nanocrystals are helping to push the envelope.

Cookies are a bakery treat that fit in many places—solo snacking sessions, birthdays and special occasions, tucked into lunchboxes for school or work consumption, and more. 

Speakers set to present include experts from Circana, SNAC International, and ABA.

Snacking is a constant, with BFY and other trends mixing things up.

Ease of cleaning, maintenance and access, as well as the ability to produce a wider variety of items, are among the top desires of companies looking to purchase dough laminators and sheeters for production of snack foods and baked goods.

Dough comes in many styles, and today's laminators and sheeters need to accommodate an increasing range of requirements.

Consumers continue to crave salty snacks—that behavior isn’t fading anytime soon. However, shoppers increasingly seek more meaningful than mindless noshes.

Otis Spunkmeyer has debuted an individually-wrapped Birthday Cake Cookie—a blend of vanilla flavor and candy confetti on top. 

Chips Ahoy! Big Cookies are available in Chocolate Chip, Chocolatey Brownie, and Chocolatey Caramel flavors.

Honey Bunches of Oats, a Post Foods brand, has launched an on-the-go breakfast option with the crunch and honey sweet taste of the classic breakfast cereal.

The company will launch an integrated marketing campaign this month titled “Love, Your Bread” to reinforce the goodness of whole grains.

Spiroflow will now be offering the full range of Cablevey tubular drag conveyors in its product portfolio.

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

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

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

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

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

Handtmann has announced the appointment of Christian Strohm and Sean Gorman to bakery sales specialist positions in Canada and the U.S.

Hygienic design, quicker changeovers, reduction of maintenance time, improved cooling ability and the modularity and flexibility to run more-diverse products-sometimes with exotic raw materials that need gentler processing-are the top-of-mind issues for customers of extrusion equipment.

Flexibility, greater sanitation, gentle handling of ingredients, quicker changeovers, more precise weight control, and the ability to make products with healthier ingredients are top of mind features and benefits for snack and bakery customers of extrusion equipment and technology.

Snack and bakery companies looking at new or improve extrusion equipment to create puffed and popped snacks, bakery items like nutrition bars, and other types of SKUs have features and benefits like cleanability, flexibility, and remote support high on their list of considerations, according to companies that make extrusion equipment.

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.  

Welcome back a classic campfire treat turned bite-sized muffin just in time for warm weather activities: Little Bites S’mores Muffins.

Evive has introduced a savory snack for wellness warriors: Muffin Bites, a wholesome treat packed with fruits and vegetables.

Seasonal favorite is packed with real pumpkin and contains 0g trans fat and no high fructose corn syrup. 

The limited-edition muffins are made with real apples and no high fructose corn syrup or trans fat.

Bimbo Bakehouse recently introduced Entenmann’s Little Bites for foodservice distribution in both Chocolate Chip and Blueberry varieties.

Muffin brand rereleases limited-edition flavor for spring and summer snacking.

The muffins are available now through October, and each pouch is 200 calories.

The bakery snacks come in multi-packs of single-serve pouches for portable convenience.

McKee Foods aims to meet the ever-growing demand for larger pack sizes while delivering the same quality and taste that consumers expect.

Available now through July at most retailers, the muffins are made with real ingredients like cinnamon and maple syrup, and no high fructose corn syrup or trans fat. 

The new muffin varieties feature less sugar plus real ingredients like apple and chocolate, and a touch of hidden vegetables.

Little Bites Biggie Muffins come in two new pack sizes: 8 muffins that are individually wrapped in 4 twin packs and a single-serve 4-pack designed for convenience.

McKee Foods Corp. is launching Little Debbie Cosmic Mini Muffins, a tribute to its Cosmic Brownie, which is celebrating 25 years.

The new and improved AGELESS provides a timely packaging solution for customers navigating the PFAS regulatory landscape.

The SiftAI Smart Table from Smart Vision Works, a KPM Analytics brand, promises better contaminant detection and product grading.  

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it intends to propose that “Acacia (Gum Arabic),” also known as gum acacia, be included as part of the FDA's definition of dietary fiber.

RATIONAL has announced the launch of the iCombi Pro in the United States.

Renewable Lubricants new food grade Bio-Extreme High Temperature Oven Lubricants perform at extreme high temperatures up to and over 1000° C, with protection up to 2000° C. 

It's safe to say COVID-19 has made its mark on the food industry. People are cooking more at home than they used to.

Nationally recognized SUPERPRETZEL  Soft Pretzel brand is expanding its snack offerings, as it was announced that J&J Snack Foods Corp. is introducing SUPERPRETZEL Filled Soft Pretzel Bites.

Whisps expands to the pretzel category, bringing to market the world's first 100% real cheese & clean label pretzel bites that are higher in protein, lower in carbs, and 100% crunchy.

Little Bites and its parent company, Entenmann's, are rereleasing pumpkin products for fall.

Krispy Kreme is celebrating Barbie's 65th anniversary with four all-new doughnuts featuring unique designs and flavors inspired by Barbie.

According to SF&WB's 2019 State of the Industry analysis, the frozen retail pizza segment increased by 4.8 percent from 2018 to 2019 and has hit $5.0 billion in annual retail sales, per IRI.