Chips Ahoy! is bringing back a flavor for the first time in 8+ years: Chips Ahoy! Hot Cocoa.

As GMOs, gluten intolerance and ‘no artificial additives’ gain heavy traction in the food arena, snack manufacturers and commercial bakers continue to showcase new clean-label pursuits with more transparency. 

The bold, new look is designed to help the Cudahy, WI, bakery's products stand out in retailers' natural foods aisles.

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

Leveraging LoRaWAN technology, Remote Temperature Monitoring penetrates solid objects like refrigerators and freezers, then uploads temperature data to Digital Checklists.

The new tool captures and saves digital images of critical foreign material contaminants that the sorter detects and rejects from the product stream.

AIB International's globally recognized Consolidated Standards for Inspections have been updated to incorporate the latest industry best practices, new regulations, and food safety requirements and will be released on July 25.

For National Food Safety Month (NFSM), ServSafe’s goal is to help everyone—from frontline food handlers to executives—focus on the skills and knowledge that create a culture of food safety.

Snack, bakery industry personnel are constantly learning.

The May 8–11 event connects snack and bakery professionals with safety solutions.

Tastykake is sweetening the season, as it has released its limited-time summer products, available on shelves now until July 30.

Tastykake will bring back its themed on-the-go packaging for football season.

Products now available until December 17.

Tastykake is "hopping into spring" with classic fan favorite treats decorated in Easter packaging

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

The items feature golden cake filled with creme and covered in dark fudge icing.

The quartet of treats comes in heart-bedecked packaging for seasonal snacking.

The latest Hostess cake creation will be available in two Hostess fan-favorite flavors: Double Chocolate and Chocolate Creamy Caramel.

Growing consumer demand for better-for-you, gluten-free and innovative baked goods and snacks continues to drive bakers and snack manufacturers to explore new ingredients and formulations. It’s also prompting them to re-examine their equipment needs, as they discover that their existing machinery may not be able to efficiently handle today’s in-demand products. For some manufacturers, a new extruder may be just the ticket.

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.

Leavening is a fundamental ingredient category in baking that performs some serious heavy lifting. Leavening agents help create the textural quality in many baked goods.

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

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

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. 

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.

The limited-edition muffins are made with real apples and no high fructose corn syrup or trans fat.

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

The new and improved AGELESS provides a timely packaging solution for customers navigating the PFAS regulatory landscape.

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

Fresh bread, bagels and English muffins comprise the largest segment in bakery, valued at over $10 billion per IRI, Chicago. But sales overall remain relatively flat. Nevertheless, several strategic options exist for bakers to infuse new life into bread sales.

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.

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."

There's a reason why better-for-you is trending and "perfect-for-you" isn't. According to the August 2018 "U.S. Better for You Eating Trends" market report from Mintel, just 7 percent of consumers say they're strict with themselves to make sure their diet is as healthy as possible, and just three in 10 say they maintain a healthy diet most of the time.

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.

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

There was a time, not so long ago, when nutritional boundaries were more clear-cut. "Indulgent foods weren't healthy," says Mel Festejo, COO, American Key Food Products, Closter, NJ. "They either had a surfeit of nutrients that triggered health issues, or they contained ingredients whose names raised anxiety."

Tate & Lyle PLC has joined forces with the Nutrition and Health Institute INSK (Instituto de Nutrición y Salud de Kellogg´s) of Kellogg, to share the latest science on dietary fibers with health clinicians, nutritionists, and food and beverage industry professionals.

Producers are serving up new nutritional ingredients to consumers craving better-for-you foods.

The iba trade fair in Munich will be opening its doors from September 15-20, 2018.

The newly developed thermal-oil-heated tunnel oven combines the constant radiant heat typical for thermal oils with true vertical turbulence for convective heat transfer, and can also work with different baked goods carriers even without conveyor belts.

Companies that make pans for the baking industry, whether for breads, baguettes, muffins, cookies, cakes, pies, etc., are focused on issues like larger sizes, a desire for energy and material efficiency, stick resistance, and the ability to help produce specialty and artisanal products.

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit the U.S., shoppers began to frantically stock up on select food products. Due to its convenience and comfort-food appeal, frozen pizza was a top choice, and retailers soon found themselves with dwindling supplies as American society braced for the worst.

The Digital Air Velocity Sensor Array delivers a precise picture of airflow patterns inside an oven, dryer, or cooling tunnel, from side-to-side and end-to-end.

Nationally recognized SUPERPRETZEL  Soft Pretzel brand is expanding its snack offerings, as it was announced that J&J Snack Foods Corp. is introducing SUPERPRETZEL Filled Soft Pretzel Bites.

Whisps expands to the pretzel category, bringing to market the world's first 100% real cheese & clean label pretzel bites that are higher in protein, lower in carbs, and 100% crunchy.

Little Bites and its parent company, Entenmann's, are rereleasing pumpkin products for fall.