The tray includes seven snack options including dates, apricots, kiwi, cashews, almonds, peaches, and apples.

Kar's Caramel 'N Chocolate with M&M's and Kar's Favorites Mix with M&M's are now available nationwide.

Salty + Sweet is available in three flavors: Vanilla Crunch Almonds, Maple Crunch Almonds, and Cinnamon Crunch Cashews.

Boiled peanuts, a protein-rich snack popular in the South, delivers layered flavor with just four simple ingredients: peanuts, salt, water, and lemon. 

The Chopin x Sugarfina Martini Collection has been one of Sugarfina's most successful partnerships to date.

As baking application scientist, Sarah Gutkowski’s duties will include developing formulations with MGP’s protein and starches for customer applications.

Grain Processing Corp.’s INSCOSITY modified pre-gelatinized food starch improves moisture retention and shelf life in baked goods.

Bruce Gubser joins the Kansas-based supplier of premium distilled spirits and specialty wheat proteins and starches as east central regional sales manager for ingredients.

During research and development, bakers and snack producers face formulation hurdles on a daily basis. Luckily, functional ingredients like fats, oils, dough conditioners and egg replacers can help them solve a host of common challenges.

Ingredion Incorporated, a leading global provider of ingredient solutions to diversified industries, announced six additions to its PRECISA Crisp line of functional starch texturizers for the snack industry. 

Formulating products with the ever-increasing demands of today’s marketplace is no easy task.

Ingredion Incorporated has announced 17 additions to its broad list of approved Non-GMO Project Verified ingredient solutions.

Tate & Lyle PLC has achieved Non-GMO Project verification for 18 starch ingredients, including the entire line of CLARIA Functional Clean-Label Starches.

Fats, oils, starches, fiber, dough conditioners and texturizers all serve critical functional roles in snacks and baked goods, particularly maintaining the quality of the product throughout the desired shelf life. As consumers demand cleaner labels, more health-and-wellness benefits and better sustainability, product developers face a wide range of functional ingredient challenges.

Nuts, seeds and other inclusions add new dimensions of color, appearance, texture, nutrition, flavor and more to an increasing range of snack and bakery products. Nut and seed consumption has continued to increase over the past several years. One of the contributing factors to the growth is consumer awareness and interest in plant-based foods.

To help ensure a long-term sustainable red seaweed supply chain, Cargill has launched the Red Seaweed Promise.

When wrapped, the expansion will boost the company's global modified and clean label specialty starches capacity.

To meet growing demand for sprouted grain foods, Angelic Bakehouse has added Sprouted Artisan Seven-Grain Premium Wraps to its flatbread line.

Better4U Gluten Free Sprouted Ancient Grains Pizzas from Better For You Foods are made with four sprouted gluten-free grains: quinoa, flax, millet and chia.

Did you miss the following new products, ingredients and equipment in and for the baking and snack industries on www.snackandbakery.com this week? If so, check them out now.

Schwan’s Consumer Brands recently launched an authentic Red Baron Brick Oven Pizza in three varieties.

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. 

Introducing a line of high-protein meals with essential nutrients, Vital Pursuit lands at national retailers to provide dietary support for GLP-1 users and consumers focused on weight management.

Heavenly Waffles aims to give morning meals tastier BFY options.

The B.T.R. x Blue Bottle Spiced Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Superfood Protein Bar can be found at all Blue Bottle Coffee locations nationally.

The purchased company offers a line of seed-based, better-for-you crackers.

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

IFPA Global attendees will get to experience the variety before its release in February 2025.

The two entities are working together to commercialize egg-free ovalbumin for baking and other applications.

Read about the latest ingredients for the baking industry.

Ingredient briefs from different suppliers. Check it out!

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.

Growing demand for specialty ingredients is driving expansion of the ingredient-solutions provider’s manufacturing capacity.

Gus Griffin is now president and CEO of the Atchison, KS, company. Randy Schrick is promoted to the newly expanded position of vice president of production and engineering, while Sean McHenry is named technical service director for MGP’s ingredient solutions business segment.

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

Key Ingredion ingredient solutions achieve Non-GMO Project Verified status.

MGP Ingredients taps food industry executive Michael Buttshaw to lead its ingredients business.

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

Penford Corp.'s PenPlus 2140 pre-gelatinized, modified potato starch is recommended for use in tortillas and baked goods.

Available from leading ingredient suppliers, egg replacers offer bakers readily available, cost-effective egg alternatives.

Tate & Lyle PLC, a leading global provider of speciality food ingredients and solutions, has announced the introduction of its tapioca-based CLARIA Bliss starch to the Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) region, responding to growing demand from consumers for cleaner label products.

Ingredion Incorporated has announced in the U.S. the introduction of SUSTRA 2434 slowly digestible carbohydrate, a clean label starch-based solution for manufacturers of energy-focused nutritional products including bars, snacks and supplements.

Read about the latest ingredients for the baking industry.

Nu-Tek Food Science, Minnetonka, Minn., has signed an agreement with Tovani Benzaquen Ingredients, Sao Paulo, to distribute Nu-Tek Salt Advanced Formula Potassium Chloride to food manufacturers in Brazil.

Salt is a necessary and enjoyable ingredient that’s often vilified.

From inclusions and replacers to pre-mixes and dough conditioners, bakers and snack manufacturers have plenty of ingredients from which to choose when creating products to meet consumer demand for healthful, clean-label foods and increasing government mandates.

Before heading into spring, I often reflect on the progress I’ve made both professionally and personally since the new year. 

Ingredient briefs from various suppliers. Check it out!

Low-sodium ingredients are readily available, but are consumers still concerned about their sodium intake?

Bell Flavors & Fragrances has extended its line of ReduxSo sodium reduction solutions.