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

SNAXPO18, taking place March 12-14 in Atlanta at the Georgia World Congress Center, is a must-attend event for anyone working in today’s snack food industry.

Snack and bakery producers are demanding more features than ever from extrusion equipment.

Leavening ingredients and leavening aides are important ingredients that help consistently create the textural qualities of various baked goods. And like every ingredient segment within bakery, leavening agents are subject to ongoing shopper trends.

Ingredient suppliers and bakery clients are discovering new products and ways to use existing ingredients. 

Available in Mott's Apple and Hawaiian Punch Fruit Punch flavors, the new products can be found in select grocers nationwide next month.

The idea of "better for you" encompasses much of what consumers desire today in many of their snacks and baked goods: clean label, non-GMO, natural and—at its core—solid nutrition to make those foods a healthy part of their daily diet.

Grains are fundamental ingredients in snacks and baked goods, providing function, flavor, texture and nutrition. Grains are classified as either whole grains or refined grains.

Consumers want to achieve better overall health and wellness, and adding more dietary protein and fiber helps. FDA defines dietary fiber as "certain naturally occurring fibers that are 'intrinsic and intact' in plants, and added isolated or synthetic non-digestible soluble and insoluble carbohydrates that FDA has determined have beneficial physiological effects to human health."

MGP Ingredients, Inc. is pleased to announce the formal approval of its citizen petition requesting dietary fiber status under the new nutrition facts labeling regulations for its flagship brands of Fibersym RW and FiberRite RW.

While taste will remain a dominant factor for all food products, health, wellness and the nutritional value of the product is growing in importance. Several studies point to the fact that consumers are looking to achieve better overall wellness by selecting foods and ingredients that provide a functional health benefit.

Ingredients by Nature (IBN)—supplier of high-quality, customizable, science-based food ingredients—has announced the launch of MonkFiber, a functional, sweet fiber from the pomace of the monk fruit.

Ingredion Incorporated has launched a dietary fiber in the U.S.—NOVELOSE 3490.

BENEO has announced the expansion of its chicory root fiber and rice starch ingredient portfolio with two new organic solutions.

Consumer interest in foods that support holistic health and well-being is increasing. According to the 2020 IFIC Food and Health Survey, over half of consumers report that healthfulness has more of an impact today versus 10 years ago on their food and beverage purchase decisions.

The pandemic has heightened consumers' interest in health and well-being. According to the 2021 IFIC Food and Health Survey, 58 percent of respondents stated that healthfulness had an impact on their food and beverage decisions.

Some people innately embody a strong entrepreneurial spirit. Such is the case with Joel Clark, CEO of Kodiak Cakes, Park City, UT, a pioneer in better-for-you baking, offering whole-grain, protein-enhanced products that currently span multiple categories across breakfast, snacking, and beyond.

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.

The doughnut combines the tastes of chai and coffee in a baked item.

Tous les Jours has announced a lineup of seasonal treats just in time for pumpkin season.

The limited-time items feature a quartet of pumpkin-flavored breakfast and sweet items.

Admix, Inc., global manufacturer of hygienic and industrial mixing equipment serving the food and beverage, chemical/industrial, cosmetic and pharmaceutical markets, has announced their newly redesigned RS-02 Pilot Scale Mixer is now available.

Tree Top has announced the addition of a new fruit ingredient to its extensive plant-based portfolio: Drum Dried Pumpkin Flake Powder.

Fruit ingredients and nutritional bar products are a natural fit.

Comprehensive range from three berry species offering various organoleptic properties, actives compounds, and health benefits.

The new citrus fibers are in response to the increasing demand for natural, sustainable, and organic food ingredients.

Students utilized frozen Washington red raspberry puree to develop new product concepts for the grocery/CPG market.

After celebrating 10 years in business (online only), the woman-owned Little Red Kitchen Bake Shop is soft-opening its first brick-and-mortar store today in Brooklyn.

The bite-size cookies are coated in Belgian chocolate and available in two flavors.

Consumers increasingly seek products with better-for-you nutritional profiles; the right ingredients can help deliver.

On average, 83% of consumers are limiting or avoiding sugars in their diets, but the products of particular concern vary widely.

The Red Velvet Philly Bagel Bomb features a lightly sweetened Philly cream cheese core with chocolate, wrapped with red velvet bagel dough and served warm. 

KPM Analytics, Inc., a Union Park Capital portfolio company, announced it has acquired Bruins Instruments, a German-based manufacturer of high-resolution near-infrared reflectance and transmission analyzers.

Made with just whole-grain rolled oats, it contains 60% more protein than regular oats.

International Molasses (IM) has introduced CaneRite Panela, an all-natural, free-flowing powder sweetener made from the freshly squeezed juice of the entire sugar cane plant.

Consumer awareness of ingredients and their impact on health continues to grow as information becomes more readily available across multiple platforms.

Expanding its global distribution presence, Prinova Group LLC has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire industry expert The Ingredient House, LLC.

In response to continued consumer demand for label-friendly ingredients, Cargill has expanded its processing capabilities of its sweetener plant in Cikande, Indonesia, to more than double the company’s production capacity for organic, non-GMO tapioca syrup.

PureCircle will offer three ingredients from bioconversion—Reb D, Reb M, and Reb AM—to food and beverage manufacturers across the European Union.

Producers can harness the supplier’s maple syrup and sugar for pastries and other items.

An expert from the company outlines trends in sweeteners, and how producers can deliver.

A leader from Icon Foods explains BFY trends and products that can satisfy consumers.

The agreement will expand the availability of Incredo Sugar to U.S. food companies.

Ingredion’s new fact sheet focuses on its broad range of sweetener, texture and nutrition options that contain no genetically modified organisms (GMOs).

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.

The facility at the Danmark Protein site will be able to convert 2.8MW of electricity into 8MW of heat.

The Science Based Targets initiative validates Tate & Lyle’s new greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets in line with a 1.5°C trajectory.

Product recalls in bakery and snack categories have remained consistent over the years, with undeclared allergens the primary cause. These costly recalls are preventable!

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.

The new addition to the Myna Snacks lineup is made with real cheese and Italian herbs and seasonings that deliver the taste of pizza in a convenient, crispy, nutritious format.