Little Northern Bakehouse is making organic options more accessible for all with the debut of three certified organic gluten-free bread varieties.

Maker of gluten-free and plant-based breads and bakery products, Little Northern Bakehouse is debuting Sweet Hawaiian Wide Slide bread which adds flavorful variety to their top-selling line of full-size loaves.

Its Sliced Brioche Loaf variants have launched into 2,220 Walmart stores, and its Brioche Waffles with Butter are now available in more than 4,000 stores.

These days, you can have your cake and eat it, too. Today's sweet bakery treats like cakes, pies, cheesecakes, and cookies often combine the best of multiple worlds, bridging apparent gaps between indulgence, better-for-you and specialized dietary choices, clean label, sound functionality, and globally minded sustainability.

Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery was recently able to talk to Richard Galloway, oils consultant, United Soybean Board, about puff pastry applications, high oleic soybean shortening, and soy-based baker's margarine

AAK has announced it has received CCOF (California Certified Organic Farmers) certification at AAK facilities in Richmond, California and Port Newark, New Jersey.

NZMP, Fonterra’s dairy ingredient and solutions brand, has launched a new carbonzero certified Organic Butter to the North American market.

Recognizing that proper cooking oil management plays a critical role in achieving both objectives, Cargill has joined with Frontline International to develop the Kitchen Controller end-to-end, automated oil management system.

Flour tortillas continue to be a growing category within the bakery segment. And the choice of either a liquid oil or solid fat for a tortilla can impact the product eating characteristics and processing factors, says Michelle Peitz, technical solutions and marketing, oilseeds, ADM, Chicago.

Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery was recently able to talk to Andy Khiani, founder, Steve & Andy's, about the company's partnership with Palm Done Right, and the benefits of palm oil in baking.

Sales of cake, pie, and cheesecake products are up, and formulators need ingredients that deliver on functionality.

The company will be one of the first large-scale suppliers exclusively offering certified palm oil.

Whether they refer to it as a tortilla or a wrap, consumers are calling on this versatile, unleavened bread to help them create quick, nutritious meals and snacks. 

The Tortilla Industry Association (TIA) is bringing AIB International’s Tortilla Production Course to the Los Angeles area on Aug. 5-7.

Diameter, shape, opacity and shelf stability are critical product-quality factors for tortilla manufacturers. But their ingredients count to help make these factors work. Feliciano “Sonny” Bejosano, of Allied Blending & Ingredients Inc., looks at ingredients typically used in tortilla formulations and how they impact finished products.

New and improved ingredients help tortillas manufacturers create the flavorful, functional tortillas that consumers crave, while addressing some production issues for tortilla makers. 

Tortilla versatility, better-for-you ingredients and on-trend flavors continue to attract consumers looking for bread replacements and healthier eating options.

Catallia Mexican Foods now offers a complete line of corn tortillas for foodservice operators.

New shapes, interesting flavors and better-for-you ingredients help make tortilla chips the second most-popular salty snack among U.S. consumers.

As most of you know, the tortilla industry has become the fastest-growing sector of the baking business, with more than $11 billion in sales last year.

Ingredient and equipment manufacturers offer a variety of products to help tortilla manufacturers improve their products, production efficiency and bottom line.

Wholesome Goodness’ gluten-free Sweet Chili & Omega Tortilla Chips are made with a blend of whole-grain corn and a medley of whole ancient grains.

Snack Factory, maker of Pretzel Crisps and a Snyder’s-Lance brand, has reimagined the tortilla with the introduction of Snack Factory Tortilla Chips.

Americans continue to crave Mexican food—so much so that they spend billions of dollars annually at quick-service restaurants like Taco Bell and Chipotle Mexican Grill and on Mexican foods at their local grocery store.

American takeout standbys like pizza and Chinese food should watch their backs, because Mexican cuisine is close behind, says the “Global Palates 2015” report from the National Restaurant Association.

As much as the tortilla category stays the same, it also has been striving to include more clean-label, non-GMO, and organic options. The standard white flour or corn tortilla that you see on grocery shelves will continue to persist, but consumers may see vegetable options like sweet potato tortillas alongside them, too.

According to IBISWorld, tortilla production in the U.S. has grown 3 percent in the past five years thanks to the fact that tortillas, especially ones boosted with ingredients like spinach and whole wheat, are perceived to be healthier than bread during a time when consumers value nutrition.

The past several years have been kind to the tortilla market. Tortillas and tortilla chips are essentials across U.S. retail and foodservice sectors, with steady growth over the past several years.

Eaglestone Equipment, a custom manufacturer of industrial processing equipment, recently introduced the TrackIQ Sorting Conveyor.

Fortress Conveyor has recently introduced its newest conveyor, which includes an easy sanitization process. 

Rollon has updated its SMART SYSTEM lineup of belt-driven linear actuators with a rugged new design that supports heavy loads and ensures low maintenance operation in automated manufacturing, packaging machines and food and beverage equipment.

Key Technology, a member of the Duravant family of operating companies, introduces its new and improved Auto Diverter for its popular Iso-Flo vibratory conveyors.

Ideal for metering of food products into packaging lines, such as individual ingredients for snack mixes, finished food products prior to pouching lines, and metering of sensitive or friable food ingredients to blenders. 

Multi-Conveyor recently built a system that transports bagged food products through from one to two lanes of travel.

FiberSMART is a versatile, well-tolerated sugar alternative that can be consumed multiple times per day.

With cost-effective low usage levels and high stability performance, this kosher, vegan, and halal-certified shade can be used in snack seasonings, bakery products, frostings and decorative coatings, breadings, and more.

Bonumose, Inc., a producer of tagatose, and ASR Group, its distributor, announced that tagatose is also the first ingredient to earn this prebiotic certification.

Artisan breads rely on few ingredients—essentially flour, water, salt and yeast—each serving a critical function in the creation of a finished loaf.

Snacks have to work pretty hard to keep up with consumer preferences these days. For one, they have to be suitably snackable, i.e., convenient and portable.

As the largest British-owned potato chip manufacturer with the top-selling brand of chips in Northern Ireland, Tayto has a proven recipe for success.

Organic chickpea snack company relaunches chickpea tortilla chip line and debuts Sea Salt & Lime flavor.

The tortilla chip category enjoyed a healthy boost in sales during the past year, in spite of the fact that the numbers of bags placed in shopping carts barely budged—thanks to the price increases seen throughout the grocery store and elsewhere.

You Go! Foods' Keto Tortilla Chips released to satisfy consumer demand for less flimsy keto chips.

Dippers, Cheesy Enchilada Dip, and Toppers now available at retailers nationwide.

The brand’s Chunky Guacamole and Plant Based Queso are now available in convenient, single-serve packaging.

The upcycled tortilla chips reportedly save 20 gallons of water per bag.

The new consumer-requested flavor is vegan (dairy-free), certified gluten-free, and non-GMO.

The snack company’s latest chip release blends, garlic, lemon, basil, and parmesan flavors.

Whether consumed while snacking alone or with friends, tortilla chips are versatile. 

Brand dives into sweet and spicy snack sphere with introduction of sweet chili-flavored rolled tortilla chips.