A new generation of extrusion equipment for the food industry has been launched by Baker Perkins.

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.

Customers of machines that handle puffing and extruding of snack and bakery products are focused on accommodating protein- and plant-based inclusions, hygienic design and rapid cleaning, speed and quick changeovers, better integrated controls, easy data extraction, and smaller machines that can produce specialized batches.

Flexibility, greater sanitation, gentle handling of ingredients, quicker changeovers, more precise weight control, and the ability to make products with healthier ingredients are top of mind features and benefits for snack and bakery customers of extrusion equipment and technology.

Baker Perkins has exploited innovative technology to improve process control, performance and hygiene on all the units in its Co-Ex Master co-extrusion systems, which create high-value products by adding a center filling into a cereal outer.

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

The Essential Baking Co. also now reaches a national audience with its Take & Bake line of artisan sourdough batards and baguettes, which get a notable 190-day ambient shelf life thanks to modified-atmosphere packaging (MAP).

There is a lot of confusion in cookie and cracker manufacturing today. Let’s focus on one of the major areas of confusion: leavening.

To successfully bake products requires an astute blend of art and science. A fundamental ingredient in the baking process is the leavening agent. Leavening contributes essential sensory characteristics to bakery products.

One of the concepts often overlooked in the baking industry is that baking is really fundamental chemistry in action.

Industry suppliers offer new and updated leavening ingredients for the development of clean-label snacks and baked goods.

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

LEVAIR Select leavening solution is a non-aluminum based alternative to traditional sodium aluminum phosphate.

Brand also expands dessert bar offerings with new Chocolate Pie Bar Mix.

The bakery snacks category overall experienced an increase in sales in 2021, the possible reason for that being that consumers are now returning to the office and want on-the-go snacks to keep them company at their desks. 

Seasonal favorite is packed with real pumpkin and contains 0g trans fat and no high fructose corn syrup. 

Dunkin’ debuts three items for the holidays and, by popular demand, brings back its Cranberry Orange Muffin.

Bimbo Bakehouse recently introduced Entenmann’s Little Bites for foodservice distribution in both Chocolate Chip and Blueberry varieties.

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

Muffin brand rereleases limited-edition flavor for spring and summer snacking.

Upcoming film Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse themed packaging will be on select Tastykake items in conjunction with a National “Swing into Tastykake” Sweepstakes.

Americans of a certain age likely associate bakery snacks with lunchboxes, unwrapped and enjoyed at school, near the tail end of their midday meal. 

The muffins are available now through October, and each pouch is 200 calories.

The company creates plant-powered, gluten-free products rooted in Konjac—a fiber-rich Asian root plant that can be used to empower flour substitute applications.

McKee Foods aims to meet the ever-growing demand for larger pack sizes while delivering the same quality and taste that consumers expect.

Available now through July at most retailers, the muffins are made with real ingredients like cinnamon and maple syrup, and no high fructose corn syrup or trans fat. 

The new muffin varieties feature less sugar plus real ingredients like apple and chocolate, and a touch of hidden vegetables.

Georgia-based HRS Heat Exchangers has been awarded the American 3-A Sanitary Standards approval for two of its key heat exchanger models for food and beverage use.

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 TheiaVu E-Series is a standalone vision inspection system that collects measurements of features of many types of baked goods, such as buns, rolls, English muffins, doughnuts, cookies, and more.

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. 

RemoteMD enables Key service technicians to securely connect to a customer’s sorter for real-time remote monitoring, as well as technical support.

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. 

The case packer is enhanced by the brand's patented corrugated warp correction technology. 

Key debuts new conveyor solutions to help processors streamline operations and reduce labor.

All Bradman Lake machinery has been specifically designed to meet today’s packaging challenges, improving flexibility and efficiency to increase profitability. 

Producers can maximize floor space and cost savings by combining the capabilities of Fortress metal detectors and checkweighers into a robust integrated system.

The new laminator is said to offer a smaller footprint, flexibility, and easier sanitation and maintenance.

On exhibit at PACK EXPO will be the company's Thiele UltraStar G2 Bagger, Hayssen R300 Flow Wrapper, and OpView HMI.

The company’s integrated lines provide solutions from system design and simulation to machine selection, all the way through FAT testing and installation.

Wraparound case packers are used for their ability to provide a high level of protection and stability for packaged products, says the brand.

The high-capacity system identifies and removes undesirable product defects and foreign material (FM) such as shells, shell fragments, rocks, and wood sticks.

Munk Pack’s line of innovative Protein Cookies line took away top honors in this year's ‘Best Healthy School Snacks’ contest.

Munk Pack, winner of the 2017 ‘Best Health School Snacks’ contest, discusses natural, healthy, vegan snacks.

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.

Crackers grow more sophisticated as shoppers seek nutrition and flavor in their snacks.

Consumers are reading labels more, looking for products that are nutritious, with ingredients that are easy to understand and that work with their family's budget. While there's no official definition of "clean label," consumers and the snack and bakery industry have their own definition in mind.

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."