An area that is impacting bakery manufacturers is consumers’ increasing demand for clean-label ingredients. 

Guests at many AMC locations can enjoy new artisan dishes and sweet treats, all designed to tantalize tastebuds and enhance the movie-going experience that help make movies better.

Upcycled Foods, Inc. has co-developed Upcycled Pizza Dough with DeIorio's Foods, Inc., a frozen dough manufacturer that's celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. 

Ghost, a lifestyle brand of sports nutrition products, energy drinks, and more, is entering the food category with a high-protein cereal line that was built in partnership with General Mills.

General Mills' Fiber One, the brand known for macro-friendly bars and brownies, has released its latest innovation to help consumers stay on track: Fiber One Donuts.

Heavenly Waffles aims to give morning meals tastier BFY options.

The brand aims for the sweet spot between better-for-you and indulgence.

AMCO Proteins has launched HG-80, an all-natural plant-based dough conditioner that reduces mix time.

Givaudan has published initial insights and the first commercial innovation inspired by the fifth savory edition of its global Chef’s Council event – The Protein Challenge.

Near the end of December 2019, the Wuhan Municipal Health Commission, Wuhan City, China, reported several pneumonia cases that officials eventually tied to a new coronavirus called SARS-CoV-2, now generally known as COVID-19.

Industrial commercial bakeries look to dough customization machines like water chillers, water meters, ice makers, and automated dough scoring units to improve and automate the dough process, primarily during mixing.

The plant-based snacks are available to consumers via Amazon.

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

Wholly Wholesome's new pie shells and rolled pie dough contains clean-label ingredients that consumers would find in their own kitchens.

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

As family and friends more frequently gather in person for parties, dinners, and other social settings, it follows that sales of buns and rolls might increase, because such baked items often are invited to the table. 

The item offers consumers a better-for-you alternative to a traditional sandwich bun.

The sweet bakery items' net carb count is equivalent to that of a single grape.

With this latest product launch, Calise Bakery is expanding its lineup of signature rolls and sourdough products.

The Laughing Cow's new Cheese Dippers are a portable, individually portioned snack featuring the company’s creamy cheese and crunchy breadsticks.

Equipment manufacturers offering scales and checkweighers now offer systems that feature data connectivity, hygienic design, high speeds, improved accuracy, less waste and the ability to maintain traceability. And in addition to all these improvements, today’s scales and checkweighers are easier to use than earlier models.

With better-for-you trends top of mind across the food industry, how does an indulgent category like desserts fare?

Eating occasions and flavor directions factor into industry activity and planning.

Toffee Cake is Crumbl’s newest dessert offering: a chocolate cake soaked in melty caramel sauce and crowned with fluffy whipped cream and chopped toffee pieces.

FRITSCH recently released its new Soft Dough Sheeter (SDS).

Dough comes in many styles, and today's laminators and sheeters need to accommodate an increasing range of requirements.

Machining and handling of dough prior to the cutting action requires several steps/actions, as they are critical to the textural characteristics of the finished product.

Automation, ease of operation, simple cleanability, hygienic design, operator safety, and the ability to process nontraditional and healthier ingredients are among the top of mind requests for snack and bakery operators looking to buy or upgrade laminators or sheeters.

The snack company chatted up its various brands and new items at Sweets & Snacks.

Mission MightyMe’s expansion to brick-and-mortar retail for the first time will lead to new brand discovery, making it even easier for families to follow pediatric recommendations to include nuts in babies’ diets early and often. 

Pizza is essential to a high percentage of Americans, a fact reflected in the over $6 billion annual sales for this market segment in frozen retail pizzas alone. While diversification of crusts and ingredients is attracting health-conscious consumers, there is still demand for high quality, Italian-style premium frozen pizza.

 Fortress Technology has made several recent enhancements to its Stealth Gravity Metal Detector.

Efficient weight controls and checkweighing systems on bakery production lines are integral to meeting consumer expectations and ensuring compliance with net weight regulations.

The sweet baked goods brand has renamed its Minis line with a new name and packaging.

Puratos recently launched two new sourdough starters.

As the artisan bread movement continues to gain momentum across the U.S., one of its most-ancient forms—sourdough—is garnering more-widespread attention.

Bakery ingredient supplier Puratos USA has announced a new addition to their sourdough product range with the launch of Sapore Leo Organic.

The Coperion line of ZSK Mv PLUS high efficiency extruders have been upgraded to include options for easier clean design to meet the highest standards of hygiene, ideal for the processing of food products.

The new bulk weigh filling machine is the first to integrate an in-line metal detector between the filling process and weigh bucket. 

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

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

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

Renewable Lubricants new food grade Bio-Extreme High Temperature Oven Lubricants perform at extreme high temperatures up to and over 1000° C, with protection up to 2000° C. 

If you’ve never visited a large-scale bakery facility, stepping onto the production floor of Highland Baking’s flagship location in Northbrook, IL is likely to overwhelm. 

Crackers are a product category that has nearly universal appeal. Consumers are snacking more often, especially in light of the recent pandemic, and the expanding variety of crackers on the market today make them a natural fit for nearly any snacking occasion.

The puffed and extruded snacks category has grown-up, and the market is seeing some diverse company.

This January, The Laughing Cow is unveiling The Laughing Cow & Go portable cups.

The white paper shares ways to overcome challenges associated with incorporating real dairy ingredients.

Krispy Kreme is celebrating Barbie's 65th anniversary with four all-new doughnuts featuring unique designs and flavors inspired by Barbie.

Dawn Foods has added three new flavors to its frozen ready-to-finish doughnut product line: Apple Crisp, Birthday Cake, and Cherry.