With 67 percent of consumers stating that they were concerned about their stress and anxiety levels in 2020, Americans are more stressed than ever before.

Idaho Milk Products recently promoted Pratishtha Verma to the position of research & development (R&D) scientist.

Consumers are hungry for dairy-free cheese, and Papa Murphy’s is ready to serve it up.

The white paper shares ways to overcome challenges associated with incorporating real dairy ingredients.

Cheddies uses its own proprietary cheddar cheese recipe, sourced fresh from regenerative farms.

Cheese Buds Simple Cheddar Cheese Concentrate makes it possible to increase overall cheddar cheese flavor with very low inclusion levels without the need to declare as “flavor” or “natural flavor” for a cleaner label.

Dawn Foods has added three new flavors to its frozen ready-to-finish doughnut product line: Apple Crisp, Birthday Cake, and Cherry.

The Hunter’s Supermoon appearing in the sky this week reportedly will be this year’s biggest.

The women-owned, mission-driven small business has expanded its Uniquely Crunchy product line with the addition of Dill Pickle + Pepitas.

Southern Recipe Small Batch is rereleasing its Cranberry Jalapeno and Apple Cinnamon pork rind flavors for the holidays.

Snack food and bakery companies in the market for mixers want machines that provide qualities like ease of sanitation, food safety, automation, airtight seals, and consistent operation that guards against product degradation during the mixing cycle.

Haas-Meincke food technologists helped develop Hup Seng recipes for its cookie assortment, which have been awarded with the Monde Selection International High Quality Trophy.

It’s National Raisin Day and the California Raisin Marketing Board has announced partnerships with small businesses across the country who are bringing baked goods featuring California Raisins to consumers.

Symrise continues to develop its health expertise with the launch of a new range of aronia health actives.

This week's Fun Friday includes a Nutella and Betches book club partnership, Nerds at the Big Game, Pillsbury partnering on candles, a Cheez-It college tailgating food truck, and Haribo's float debut at Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade.

The foundation is honoring six students with $5,000 PACK EXPO scholarships.

This week's Fun Friday includes a Menchie's and HI-CHEW partnership, Oprah's Favorite Things pound cake, Pinkbox Doughnuts' treat of the month, a Haribo and Adidas sneaker collab, and IT'SUGAR's "Chews-Your-Mix" candy experience.

The dark chocolate mini chips, available for commercial baking as well as home baking, contain no refined cane sugar.

The low-carb producer has partnered with the Grammy-winning DJ on its new flavor.

This week's Fun Friday includes a bagel with no holes, the most popular pizza chains by state, and more.

The Grain Foods Foundation has announced the addition of Stephen Lindemann, PhD, to its Scientific Advisory Board. 

Swiss technology group Bühler and Ardent Mills celebrated the opening of Ardent Mills’ new Port Redwing Mill in Gibsonton, Florida. 

Total grain intake is associated with lower risk of type 2 diabetes.

The organization advocates for incorporating various grains as part of a healthy diet.

The products are aimed at helping snack and bakery producers develop items with less sugar.

Usage The food ingredient landscape is changing, with consumers shifting their focus away from specific ingredients to overall calories and nutrition.

The company's three-year initiative puts forth ambitious sustainability goals.

An R&D expert from the sugar company shares insights on how the sustainable farming practice can benefit food producers, and the planet.

Partake, the allergy-friendly snack brand, has teamed up with Marvel for another cookie collaboration that will be sure to "save the day."

Schär’s gluten-free Speculoos cookies and Panettone offer options for gluten-free holiday celebrations.

Phoenix-based Inventure Foods expands its portfolio of brands by entering into a licensing agreement with Vidalia Brands of Glennville, Ga., to develop new snack line.

Rudolph Foods’ Second Annual Pork Rind Appreciation Day campaign will culminate on the biggest football day of the year 

Quick changeovers, smaller products, sanitation needs, oil quality and temperature control are all top-of-mind for customers of griddle and fryer equipment used for key snack and bakery applications, including doughnuts and frozen breakfast products like waffles and pancakes, as well as fried snack items, like chips.

Other priorities include frying more than one product concurrently, handling both older and newer snack and bakery formulations.

David Co-Founders Peter Rahal, founder of protein snacks brand Rxbar, and Zach Ranen, former investor and founder of Raize, bring extensive experience to their latest venture.

100% natural Ziggy Bars are packed with essential nutrients and fiber and are a way to support digestive health.

The limited-time bars incorporate ginger, allspice, and other simple ingredients, with a total of 12 g of protein in each serving.

Previously only available in four-packs, single-serve Organic Snack Bars are now available at select 7-Eleven and Circle K locations in San Diego and Los Angeles to meet the desires of today’s busy, health-conscious consumers.  

The food industry is reveling in the digital age with the continual improvement of new technology. More snack producers and bakeries aspire toward alignment with Industry 4.0 ideals

The long and tortuous path to enacting and implementing President Obama’s signature achievement, the Affordable Care Act, has taken yet another twist.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been on a roll lately. Its regulatory agenda is so full that advocates went to court to force timelines on the multitude of food-safety regulations required by the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). 

With great trepidation that this column will become immediately obsolete or at least very dated in the short time from submitting it to publication, I want to address the whirlwind of regulatory relief announcements from the new Trump Administration.

At long last, FDA has provided guidance on many dietary fibers. To be clear, the FDA announcement covers about 70–75 percent of common dietary fibers in use today, so more work needs to be done.

All federal food policy is based on the recommendations stemming from the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. The American Bakers Association (ABA) leads the Grain Chain, an organization of 10 groups from grain growers and millers, as well as bakers and others who have an interest in growing grain consumption.

The ‘Roaring Twenties’ were a time when all participants had their act together.

American plumbers have accomplished more in two centuries than the Romans did in 10.

We are a full service plumbing company. There are times when we have to gain access to the roof of million dollar homes. 

Not too long ago, the plumbing industry relied strictly on analog processes. Every job was manual, from installation and repair to dispatch, invoicing and accounting. In 2022, the plumbing profession now runs on advanced technologies that range from thermal-imaging leak detection to smart water heaters and trenchless pipe repair.

Let’s be honest. The trades are the inventors of 'remote work.' For decades, we’ve been dispatching remotely while technicians are awarded company vehicles to drive home each evening. They begin their mornings from the comfort of their own homes by receiving their work log for the day through walkie-talkie, text, email, slack, pager… remember those? Shoot, we’re awesome — others should take note!

The partnership between Interplay and Peterman comes at a pivotal time as Peterman continues to expand its operations and scale its technical training efforts.