Niagara Fiber LLC, a global supplier of insoluble fiber products, acquires Allied Blending and Ingredients Inc., a provider of fiber- and starch-based proprietary products and mixes.

The acquisition will expand Ingredion Inc.’s specialty ingredient portfolio.

Penford’s expertise in potato starch, nonstarch texturizers and green solutions are expected to expand Ingredion’s capabilities to address consumer trends.

Arla Foods Ingredients has launched a new whey protein ingredient which is clinically proven to counteract age-related muscle mass decline.

Food tech company breaks industry record and validates potential of advanced pea protein ingredient for plant-based food and beverage market.

The history of the American food industry boasts a number of iconic snack foods. And one of the best is Cheez-It crackers, a brand currently owned by another American classic, Kellogg Co. In fact, Kellogg's is home to a wealth of historic snack and bakery products, including Corn Flakes and Pringles, among dozens of other strong category anchor brands.

The 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines recommends consuming 2 cup equivalents of fruit and 2 and a half cup equivalents of vegetables per day, based on a 2,000-calorie diet.

United Supermarkets has acquired the rights to the name and recipes of August’s Pies, an iconic West Texas brand.

Solely has introduced two products this September at Target, Sprouts, and Thrive Market.

Hardee's is offering the biscuits all day long in packs of one, two, or four.

The addition of AAK Foodservice, Hillside aligns with Stratas Foods’ long-term growth objectives, particularly within the value-added oils, dressings, sauces, and mayonnaise categories.

The addition of the brand will reportedly accelerate KDP's portfolio evolution towards consumer-preferred spaces.

Hardee's will offer its Made from Scratch Buttermilk Biscuits in the shape of a heart on all breakfast sandwiches Feb. 1–14.

A leader from the company outlines the items in its new line of artisan buns.

To celebrate the release of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Crumbl is releasing a new dessert, as well as hosting an Instagram-only giveaway that will offer one lucky winner an unforgettable Warner Bros. Studio Tour experience in Burbank, CA.

Today’s laminators and sheeters are designed to deliver state-of-the-art attributes that meet operators’ needs and bakers’ demands.

Laminators and sheeters need to evolve as quickly as customers needs do, delivering state-of-the-art advantages, high performance and flexibility to meet increased user demands.

New Jersey bakery Hudson Bread counts on Koenig for its high-quality bread production, with a new dough sheeting line as the newest addition to its production line.

Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery has named industry game-changer Quinn Snacks its 2017 Snack Producer of the Year. 

Even in our crowded and highly competitive snack and bakery industry, when excellence emerges, people take notice. Such has been the case for Quinn Snacks and its co-founder and CEO, Kristy Lewis, which have racked up an impressive list of accolades over the past few years

The New York dessert and quiche maker plans to boost the nutritional content of its products and introduce new, cleaner labels.

The acquisition expands Mondelez International’s portfolio into faster-growing, on-trend, better-for-you areas.

Flowers Foods will use the trademark in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Bermuda and the Bahamas.

Honey Bunches of Oats, a Post Foods brand, has launched an on-the-go breakfast option with the crunch and honey sweet taste of the classic breakfast cereal.

T. Marzetti Co., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lancaster Colony Corp., purchases the flatbread manufacturer for approximately $92 million.

Maintaining sanitary conditions is at the top of the priority list in the food processing industry.

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The Honey Fruit Bar uses a combination of raisin paste, honey, rolled oats and cookie flour to deliver a great tasting meal replacer with a health halo.

Snack manufacturers are looking to build in healthfulness through the use of raw materials, including vegetables and fruit, as well as cleaner ingredient profiles with more protein and fiber.

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.

Hygienic design, quicker changeovers, reduction of maintenance time, improved cooling ability and the modularity and flexibility to run more-diverse products-sometimes with exotic raw materials that need gentler processing-are the top-of-mind issues for customers of extrusion equipment.

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.

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).

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

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

The item is suitable for snack and bakery manufacturing, as well as other production environments.

Tate & Lyle PLC has announced that it has today completed the acquisition of Quantum Hi-Tech (Guangdong) Biological Co., Ltd (Quantum), a prebiotic dietary fiber business located in China.

Snack food and wholesale bakery companies had been steadily adding automation to their plants and equipment contained therein for a number of years—and then the pandemic hit, accelerating the process due to both the difficulty in finding qualified people to hire, and the need for social distancing that accompanied at least the early stages of COVID-19. Ovens, proofers, and associated equipment have been among the candidates for automation.

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.

The Turbo Compact Mixing (TCM) module from process equipment manufacturer Gericke USA, Somerset, NJ, meets ATEX requirements for operation in hazardous environments. 

The ROSS Model HSM-405SC-25 Inline High Shear Mixer with Solids/Liquid Injection Manifold (SLIM) Technology is designed with efficiency, mobility in mind.

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.

Companies who make dough handling equipment like dividers, depositors and rounders say their customers want equipment that provides safety and sanitation, automation and the resulting labor savings, gentler handling of dough, and the flexibility to run a mix of high-throughput, and smaller, niche lines, depending on the job.

Baker Perkins’ new Series3 rotary moulder for soft dough biscuits and sandwich cookies sets new standards in hygiene, operation and maintenance, while retaining all the important high performance characteristics of the previous machine.

Sanitation, automation, efficiency, speed, ease of cleaning, the ability to handle larger capacities, and the ability to produce clean label-foods are among the top priorities for snack food and baked goods makers seeking to purchase dividers, depositors and rounders.

Snack food and wholesale bakery companies in the market for dough-handling equipment such as dividers, depositors, and rounders have been increasingly focused on machines that provide greater automation, along with the corollary efficiency and labor savings.

Customers of cutting, slicing and portioning equipment for snack and bakery products consider a wide range of parameters: They're hoping to find machinery that offers greater use of robots and automation, better sanitation, higher safety standards, faster speeds, wider and easier-to-clean blades, and reliable and flexible systems that can handle different sizes and shapes.

Cost, safety, efficiency, footprint, operator familiarity, and the ability to meet regulations are among the key factors that snack and bakery facilities need to consider when deciding whether to keep and refurbish an old piece of equipment, or send it to the scrap heap and buy new.

Higher capacities, new shapes, longer blade life, automation, flexibility, sanitary design, quick changeover, and gentler handling of fragile ingredients are among the top features and benefits that snack and bakery companies want from their slicing, cutting and portioning machinery.

Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. today introduces Ocean Spray Fruit Medley, a new dried fruit line of tasty combinations of Craisins Dried Cranberries and other dried fruits.