Tortillas, always one of the most versatile breads, had extra mileage to accomplish this past year: consumers wanted better-for-you options for their tacos, flautas, and fajitas. They also wanted these to be easily accessible at their local grocery stores so that they could cook at home during the pandemic.

Capitol Food Company, headquartered in Cerritos, California, is proud to announce it has made significant financial investments resulting in improved efficiency in their blending and packaging facility located in La Mirada, CA. 

Three-year export initiative unveiled at Bakery @ SIAL America.

Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery was recently able to talk to DIOSNA about grain cooking for baked goods.

According to the company, consumers want grains that fit in with their taste buds and health goals.

The United Sorghum Checkoff Program announced today its new national sponsorship of the American Heart Association’s Healthy for Good initiative, which inspires Americans to make lasting changes in their diets and health one small step at a time.

The organization’s Farm-to-School Curriculum aims to bring food science to classrooms.

The Dietary Guidelines for Americans recognize grains as an important part of a healthy eating pattern. Grain foods provide dietary fiber as well as essential vitamins (i.e., folate, thiamine, niacin, vitamin B6, riboflavin, and vitamin A) and minerals (i.e., iron, zinc, manganese, copper, magnesium, phosphorous, and selenium).

Grains are a fundamental ingredient in bakery and snack food products that can provide flavor, texture, nutrition, and functional benefits. What’s more, there exists a multitude of different grains to choose from, depending upon the product needs. 

Sweegen is expanding its extensive sweetener portfolio in early 2022 with the zero-calorie, high-intensity sweetener brazzein.

One-to-one natural drop-in sugar replacer helps cut sugar load in food applications.

Through a strategic partnership distribution agreement with a leading supplier of erythritol, this addition expands Tate & Lyle's ability to help customers deliver on consumer demand for healthier sugar- and calorie-reduced products.

The sweetener is 90% as sweet as sucrose while containing 60% fewer calories.

The addition expands Tate & Lyle’s ability to help customers solve stevia solubility issues in foods and helps deliver on consumer demand for healthier sugar- and calorie-reduced products.

“Sweet” is one of the five basic tastes, which also includes salt, sour, bitter, and umami. Many people crave sweet foods, but at the same time, consumers are more mindful of sugar in their diet.

NutraEx Food, Inc. has launched BI-Sugar, a new plug & play sweetener solution that inhibits the digestion of sugar.

An expert from the company discusses how the rare sugar compares to other sweeteners on the market.

Consumer attitudes and perceptions about health and nutrition issues are always changing. The United Soybean Board’s 19th annual Consumer Attitudes About Nutrition study looks at general nutrition and consumer responses to many of the major issues in the food industry today. The study can be helpful to food industry professionals making formulation, purchasing and marketing decisions.

The World Packaging Organisation’s president Thomas L. Schneider, CPP, discusses meetings and speaking engagements in Sydney, Bankok, new packaging shows and packaging news and technology from across the globe and much more.

Available now, the “Zen Guide to Manufacturing Intelligence” leads manufacturing professionals down the path to an enlightened look at quality metrics that shows the potential for greater quality control and cost savings by extracting more value from manufacturing data.

van Poppel will lead the food solutions firm in its efforts to improve its environmental impact.

The announcement represents a significant step as part of Kellanova's Better Days Promise to advance sustainable and equitable access to food.

Bob's Red Mill bags are now recyclable through Ridwell, a recycling service that will pick up multi-layer plastic bags right from consumer's doorsteps.

Along with Unreasonable Group, the snack producer will drive toward Net Zero by 2050.

For the second consecutive year, Grupo Bimbo received recognition for its actions to mitigate the effects of climate change at a global level.

The limited-time protein bar is made with sustainable, Hawaii-sourced ingredients.

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

The company reportedly has achieved significant carbon cuts on the plant-based line.

The mill and farmer collaboration aims at offering sustainable products to customers.

The report details momentum across the company's three strategic focus areas: products, people, and planet.

The IBIE organizers name SF&WB sponsors of BEST in Baking for another show cycle.

The suppliers are uniting to launch a sustainable farming initiative.

The Enriching Communities effort seeks to feed the hungry and boost sustainability.

The woman-founded brand features premium ingredients and upcycled flour.

The line of snacks is aimed at supporting women and communities in Columbia.

The 2010 Census revealed that one in every six U.S. residents is Hispanic. The U.S. Hispanic population ranks second worldwide. Unfortunately, the growing Hispanic population experiences similar health issues as non-Hispanics but the prevalence may be higher.

I am 100% sure that you have received a load of “must-have” nutritional advice. The overload of life lessons like this can be quite overwhelming, not to mention scary. I used to go to bed at night questioning my nutrition skills, thinking about how in the world I missed the research proving all of those theories. Well, a quick search or even a phone call to mom (or grams), proved false.

During the last few years, sustainability has received significant attention from many different groups.

“Sustainability” means different things to different people.

The number of gluten-free products that have entered the market in recent years is quite large—almost mind-boggling. To some degree, this trend was fostered by FDA’s relatively new rule, Gluten-Free Labeling of Foods (August 2013), which allows manufacturers of foods inherently gluten-free to make such label claims. Thus, we now have gluten-free tomato sauce, a product that was probably always gluten-free.

An engineer’s perspective on cleaning efficiencies is scary on its own merit—and I’m certainly going to date myself here—but remember the old boil tanks sanitation was so proud and protective of?

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

The debut of Chips Ahoy! Gluten Free cookies comes on the heels of the brand’s MMMproved Chips Ahoy! Original recipe debut, which brought an improved taste to the chocolate chip cookie.

Artisanal buckwheat snack producer Better With Buckwheat is expanding into six regional and ecommerce grocery chains through June and July. 

The brand is introducing a trio of burrito varieties, making restaurant-quality frozen food more accessible.

Feel Good Foods, a gluten-free frozen comfort food brand, has announced availability of its Jalapeno Bites, now available at Costco stores in the Bay Area.

The waffles are available in three flavors, including the first-to-market savory Cheesy Waffle.

Stellar Snacks recently debuted grain-free pretzels crafted with superfood ingredients, now officially available at select grocery stores throughout the U.S.

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

Celebrating 20 years in business, with its latest cookbook hot out of the oven, Metropolitan Bakery, Philadelphia, delights in baking delicious breads and creating incredible pastries, popcorn and granola, among other foods.