Multi-Conveyor recently built a set of sanitary food-grade conveyors that combine dual lanes of cup-size containers to feed an existing metal detector.  

Multi-Conveyor recently built a system that transports bagged food products through from one to two lanes of travel.

The snack company’s latest chip release blends, garlic, lemon, basil, and parmesan flavors.

The new tortilla chips join the brand’s permanent line-up and are available now at retailers nationwide for an SRP of $5.79 per 7.8-oz. bag.

New “Compozym” enzyme series reduces dependence on global wheat markets.

Private label grows more competitive with snacks geared toward health and wellness, clean label and gluten-free.

Functional ingredients like dough conditioners are important components of any formulation to help improve the quality, texture and shelf life of snack and bakery products.

While fresh bread is the largest category in the bakery industry, it has remained relatively flat for the past several years. But several emerging trends have fostered growth, pointing the way toward future potential for the category.

Functional ingredients such as dough conditioners are fundamental additions for many snack and bakery products. Dough conditioners, like enzymes and emulsifiers, help improve product quality, extend shelf life, streamline dough handling and machinability, and more.

Clean-label snack and bakery insight and analysis for new product development, including ingredient options.

The newest addition to the snack nut line combines a touch of heat and tangy citrus flavor.

The sweet, spicy nuts are hitting shelves ahead of the fall and winter holidays.

Fats, oils, starches, fiber, dough conditioners and texturizers all serve critical functional roles in snacks and baked goods, particularly maintaining the quality of the product throughout the desired shelf life. As consumers demand cleaner labels, more health-and-wellness benefits and better sustainability, product developers face a wide range of functional ingredient challenges.

After 12 years, Blaze Pizza is launching its biggest menu overhaul ever. 

IFPA Global attendees will get to experience the variety before its release in February 2025.

Emplex Non GMO is the newest addition to Corbion Caravan’s emulsifier portfolio.

Be they kettle-cooked, baked, fried, formed and even puffed, potato chips are still gold medal winners in the snack race.

Crunch and flavor have always been gold and silver medalists in the cracker and crisp game, but because consumers are looking for more healthful snacks, there have been interesting developments with these products.

 Webinar showcases how ingredients work together to create excellent tortilla products.

The tortilla category largely flatlined during the past year, with some variation by type or brand of shell, as the world began to reopen after the worst of the pandemic and fewer consumers worked at home. 

Givaudan has published initial insights and the first commercial innovation inspired by the fifth savory edition of its global Chef’s Council event – The Protein Challenge.

Ingredion's proprietary deflavoring technology to enable manufacturers to achieve taste, nutrition, and functionality must-have in food and beverages containing pulse-based plant proteins.

The Finnish food tech company Gold&Green Foods is expanding beyond the meat replacement category with the launch of Gold&Green Protein Granules and Protein Flakes.

Joel Clark, founder of Baker Mills and the Kodiak Cakes brand, got his start in the food business when he was just 8 years old, pulling a wagon around his Salt Lake City neighborhood selling whole-grain pancake mix in paper bags door-to-door. His mom ground the wheat. It was his grandfather's recipe.

During the interview for our September issue cover story profile on fast-growing entrepreneurial brand Ka-Pop! Snacks, a company founded and led by Dustin Finkel, he talked about the need to keep the joy in better-for-you snacking.

Over the past few months, as I went through the process of developing SF&WB's annual "Top 50 Snack & Bakery Companies" list, I felt a renewed sense of admiration for the inherent power of merging true nutrition with indulgence.

Culinary history can bring powerful elements to storytelling, as seen in the origin of Mikesell's Potato Chip Co. and its Saratoga chips.

Our work in food is visceral. It's immediate. It's supremely intimate to serve a role in preparing the daily bread for people across our planet.

Traceability takes a top spot in modern food industry food safety strategies, following every aspect of the supply chain through manufacturing and to the point of consumer purchase.

Limagrain Ingredients has developed Pep's Balls: a new range of extruded pulses to enrich products with plant-based proteins, without any compromise on taste and offering a great mouthfeel.

Products range from Daiya’s dairy-free pizza redesign, to Cici’s chicken and Eggo waffles pizza, BJ’s Restaurant & Brewhouse’s seasonal menu, and more.

Candy is still dandy, but there is an increasingly broad range of trick-or-treat options.

PepsiCo is launching a new initiative that will introduce people to new food experiences with the inaugural PepsiCo Foods Culinary Advisory Board.

With this latest product launch, Calise Bakery is expanding its lineup of signature rolls and sourdough products.

This month’s eMagazine explores the field’s current health and future success.

Consumers keep eyeballing snacks in the freezer case while keeping an eye on their budgets.

To overcome industry obstacles and entice consumers, producers are getting creative.

Category producers entice consumers with adventurous flavors and BFY benefits.

Boulder Canyon has introduced its first ranch product, Buffalo Ranch Canyon Cut Kettle Style Potato Chips. 

Over the past 15 years, Late July Snacks, the 2018 Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery "Snack Producer of the Year", has steadily grown its business to its position today as a leader in organic, non-GMO snacks, most notably its strong level of innovation in the tortilla chip category.

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

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

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

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 new high-performance co-extruder from GEA is designed to simultaneously deposit two different types of dough, plus a third, fluid filling.

Checking in on what’s new in the muffins bakery category.

Delkor will introduce its new Corrugated Case Former/Erector at Gulfood Manufacturing in the Dubai World Trade Center, November 7–9 in Hall 4, stand E4-15.

The space-saving design of the  high-output horizontal wrapper makes it ideal for facilities with limited floor space or those seeking to expand packaging throughput in existing production environments. 

Paxiom has announced the installation of its turn-key bulk nut packaging system, designed to streamline the packaging process for peanuts and ensure freshness and efficiency at every step.

The new bulk weigh filling machine is the first to integrate an in-line metal detector between the filling process and weigh bucket.