Nuts, seeds and other inclusions add new dimensions of color, appearance, texture, nutrition, flavor and more to an increasing range of snack and bakery products. Nut and seed consumption has continued to increase over the past several years. One of the contributing factors to the growth is consumer awareness and interest in plant-based foods.

To help ensure a long-term sustainable red seaweed supply chain, Cargill has launched the Red Seaweed Promise.

Buckle up. The top trend driving innovation in the snack and bakery industries has no formal definition, isn't regulated, and is shifting all of the time. Yes, clean label demands are touching every facet of the food industry, from formulation to packaging and marketing, and everything in between.

As a natural gum coming from wild trees, Karaya gum is a natural and vegetal ingredient that can be used for many food and pharmaceutical applications.

Stabilizers such as thickeners, hydrocolloids, gums, and starches are a category of ingredients that many are probably not familiar with, yet they help create the desired texture, mouthfeel, and sensory characteristics of the product.

Freeze quality is essential when manufacturing well more than a million baked and prepared food items a day for shipment nationwide.

Did you miss the following new products, ingredients and equipment in and for the baking and snack industries on www.snackandbakery.com this week? If so, check them out now.

Papa Murphy’s Take ‘n’ Bake Pizza has announced the return of the crowd-favorite Taco Grande Pizza, from April 22 to May 19.

Aldi recently released its lineup of food and beverage, lifestyle products, and seasonal products for the autumn season. 

Aldi recently announced its lineup of food and beverage products for Halloween, Thanksgiving, and autumn.

The pizza combines Eggo waffles and crispy chicken on a crust, with a drizzle of maple syrup.

The better-for-you line of cookies is made without corn syrup or peanuts.

The founder of Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams has launched a line of snack bars.

The private-label line features a range of nutritious yet tempting snack options.

The B.T.R. x Blue Bottle Spiced Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Superfood Protein Bar can be found at all Blue Bottle Coffee locations nationally.

The purchased company offers a line of seed-based, better-for-you crackers.

The bread brand is aimed at the BFY market with zero added sugar, non-GMO ingredients, and high fiber content.

The Quincy, Mass.-based flour and grain-based products provider says it’s acquiring T.J. Harkins Basic Commodity Brokers Inc. and subsidiaries, a supplier of natural, nutritious and flavorful ingredients for grain-based foods. Harkins also supplies sesame and edible seeds, sweet spices, ancient grains, specialty grain flours and grain blends.

Consumer and industry demands prompt manufacturers to search for gums and starches that do more than just thicken and texturize formulations. Ingredient suppliers are stepping up to the mixing bowl and developing functional ingredients for gluten-free, clean-label, and nonallergenic, GMO-free and low-calorie products.

MGP Ingredients taps food industry executive Michael Buttshaw to lead its ingredients business.

In response to consumer scrutiny, snack and bakery brands hustle to achieve a “clean label.”

Cargill offers multiple solutions to assist food manufacturers in replacing all the various egg types.

In today’s highly competitive snack and bakery market, collaboration between ingredient and equipment supplies and their customers continues to grow more common.

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.

Interview with Ajinomoto about strategies for snacks and baked goods that offer both craveable flavor and better-for-you nutritionals.

Old El Paso is taking the flavor intensity up a notch this fall with its new Takis Fuego-inspired Hot Chili Pepper and Lime-Flavored Stand 'N Stuff Taco Shells.

Mexican food brand introduces small-sized tortillas using authentic soft flour tortilla recipe.

Freebirds World Burrito, known as Texas’ No.1 Burrito, is adding two new plant-based options to its endless possible combinations of bowls and burritos.

Starting in March 2022, Egglife Foods is bringing its everything bagel egglife egg white wraps to Costco stores exclusively in the Pacific Northwest, for the first time ever.

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

Better-for-you tortillas available at select Sprouts, Shop Rite, and Wegmans locations.

The line of tortillas features chocolate, churro, ranch, BBQ, pumpkin spice, and buffalo spice flavors.

The new design is intended to give the bakery product line a more ‘festive’ feel.

The retailer’s new line includes snacks, desserts, beverages, and other items.

Parabel USA Inc, producer of plant protein ingredients, has announced the discovery of a natural plant-based source of Vitamin B12 in its water lentil crop.

When it comes to convenient breakfast options, consumers are looking for products that meet their dietary needs without sacrificing flavor or taste.

Lenny & Larry's, is proud to announce the introduction of their newest, 18G—as in 18 grams of protein—cookie: Lenny & Larry's The Boss! Cookie

Comax Flavors has released new primary research on consumers’ behavior, usage, and attitudes towards Protein Powder, Ready-To-Drink Protein Drinks, Protein Bars, Protein Chips/Tortillas/Puffs/Popcorn, Protein Cookies/Wafers, Protein Brownies, and Protein Cake Bites.

Ingredion Incorporated has announced a new addition to its extensive range of plant-based solutions for the U.S. and Canada, VITESSENCE TEX Crumbles 102 textured protein.

Merit Functional Foods, a solutions-based plant protein company, is pleased to announce that its new 94,000 square-foot facility in Winnipeg, Manitoba, is fully scaled to supply food and beverage customers with the highest purity pea and canola proteins available for use in plant-based applications.

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.

Whether for breakfast, a snack, or a meal replacement, the nutrition bars category is ubiquitous, and its products can be consumed at any time of day. Sales have rebounded after a flat period, and innovation is ongoing in the category.

The snack and bakery solutions providers will collaborate on next-generation food R&D.

The snack and bakery industry is filled with wonderful stories. Writing about the origins, growth and scope of the amazing companies that grace our covers is absolutely one of the best aspects of my job.

So much of this industry is about creating meaningful connections. Successful products that generate long-lasting repeat purchase patters resonate with their consumers.

This month marks the unveiling of the new look for Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery.

Since identifying the novel coronavirus and COVID-19 in Wuhan, China in late December 2019 until press time for our April issue of SF&WB at the end of March, the virus is known to have infected over 750,000 people, tragically causing over 36,200 deaths.

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.

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