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Nature's Garden expands Yoggies line

Yoggies are real fruit pieces coated in creamy yogurt and infused with two billion live probiotic cultures via a patented microencapsulation system.




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Sugar Plum releases dried fruit and nut tray

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




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Kar's Nuts debuts M&M's co-branded trail mix line

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




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Dixie Grace's Boiled Peanuts makes its debut

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




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Planters to launch Special Reserve peanuts

The limited-edition peanuts are specially grown and hand-cooked.




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Chopin, Sugarfina release martini-inspired candies

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





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MGP names regional manager for ingredients sales

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.




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MGP celebrates 75th anniversary

The Kansas-based supplier of premium distilled spirits and specialty wheat proteins and starches will hold celebratory observances throughout 2016 tied to the theme ‘75 Years Strong.’




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Clean-label hydrocolloids

TIC Gums now offers clean-label texture and stabilization options for food manufacturers looking to meet specific labeling requirements.




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Functional ingredients for snack and bakery challenges

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.




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Functional ingredients provide benefits, solve clean-label challenges

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




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Tate & Lyle CLARIA Instant Functional Clean Label Starches

Tate & Lyle PLC, a leading global provider of food ingredients and solutions, has announced a further expansion of its line of CLARIA Functional Clean-Label Starches with the introduction of two new instant starch products: CLARIA Instant 340 and 360.




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Tate & Lyle Non-GMO Project Verified starches, including CLARIA clean-label starches

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




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Functional ingredients provide multiple benefits to snacks and baked goods

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.




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Healthy nuts, seeds and inclusions don’t compromise on taste

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.




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Cargill's Red Seaweed Promise designed to improve producers’ prosperity and conserve the environment

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




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Expanding solutions for clean label snack and bakery R&D

Buckle up. The top trend driving innovation in the snack and bakery industries has no formal definition, isn't regulated, and is shifting all of the time. Yes, clean label demands are touching every facet of the food industry, from formulation to packaging and marketing, and everything in between.




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Tate & Lyle CLARIA EVERLAST line of clean label starches for freeze/thaw stability

Tate & Lyle, a global provider of food and beverage ingredients and solutions, has announced the most recent addition to its line of CLARIA Clean Label Starches with the introduction of CLARIA EVERLAST.




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Alland & Robert introduces organic karaya gum to the food industry

As a natural gum coming from wild trees, Karaya gum is a natural and vegetal ingredient that can be used for many food and pharmaceutical applications.




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BENEO launches first-ever instant functional rice starch for clean-label applications

BENEO, a manufacturer of functional ingredients, has announced the launch of its new precooked functional native rice starch, Remypure S52 P.




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AKFP Organic Native Tapioca Starch

American Key Food Products (AKFP) has launched its Organic Native Tapioca Starch, adding a versatile, clean-label ingredient to its portfolio of specialized cassava-based and organic offerings.




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Stabilizer solutions deliver cleaner labels and healthier alternatives

Stabilizers such as thickeners, hydrocolloids, gums, and starches are a category of ingredients that many are probably not familiar with, yet they help create the desired texture, mouthfeel, and sensory characteristics of the product.




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Ingredion gets closer to texturizer capacity expansion

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




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Nestle announces New Product Technology Center in Ohio

Nestle S.A. is adding a Product Technology Center to its R&D facility in Solon, Ohio. The $53 million facility will focus on frozen and chilled foods.




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Schwan Food Co. names Dimitrios Smyrnios CEO

Effective immediately, Dimitrios Smyrnios succeeds Gregory Flack as CEO of The Schwan Food Co.




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Amy’s Kitchen to invest nearly $100 million in N.Y. manufacturing center

Amy’s Kitchen, Petaluma, Calif., expects to break ground, early next year, on a 500,000-sq.-ft. manufacturing facility in Goshen, N.Y.




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Panera Bread reveals test bakery

Panera Bread opens a bakery in New Haven, Conn., to test new products, reimagine favorites and experiment with staffing models.




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Little Lady Foods announces new president/CEO

Rick Anderson is named president of the Elk Grove Village, IL, contract manufacturer of custom-made frozen food products.




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Improving pizza performance

To capture the attention of pizza consumers at retail, manufacturers need to focus on product attributes currently driving stronger performance in this relatively flat category.




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The Linde Group helps Nation Pizza and Foods meet growing demand for premium, frozen pizza

Freeze quality is essential when manufacturing well more than a million baked and prepared food items a day for shipment nationwide.




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Sprouted Artisan Seven-Grain Premium Wraps

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




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Better4U Gluten Free Sprouted Ancient Grains Pizza

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.




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Weekly new products, ingredients and equipment update

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.




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AMC Theaters adds artisan pizzas, doughnuts to menu

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.




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Papa Murphy's heralds return of Taco Grande Pizza

Papa Murphy’s Take ‘n’ Bake Pizza has announced the return of the crowd-favorite Taco Grande Pizza, from April 22 to May 19.




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Rich's debuts 'Authentically Italian' pizza products

Rich Products is expanding its portfolio of pizza doughs and crusts with the new Authentically Italian Pizza Portfolio, comprised of two Pinsas and three parbaked crusts.




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Screamin' Sicilian debuts Detroit Style Pizzas

Screamin’ Sicilian Detroit Style Pizzas are available in four varieties: Cheese, Pepperoni, Supreme, and Multi-Meat.




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Aldi releases snack, bakery, and candy lineup for fall

Aldi recently released its lineup of food and beverage, lifestyle products, and seasonal products for the autumn season. 




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Porta launches Roman-style frozen pizzas at retail

The restaurant-quality pizzas are now available at Whole Foods Markets, Sprouts, and other natural-skewed retailers.




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Aldi debuts autumn snack and bakery items

Aldi recently announced its lineup of food and beverage products for Halloween, Thanksgiving, and autumn.




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Lou Malnati's, Mike's Hot Honey announce collab

Consumers can enjoy Lou’s signature deep dish, thin crust, and wings topped with Mike's Hot Honey, available in-store and for nationwide shipping through Tastes of Chicago.




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Cicis to launch Chicken and Eggo Waffles Pizza

The pizza combines Eggo waffles and crispy chicken on a crust, with a drizzle of maple syrup.




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DiGiorno returns Thanksgiving Pizza to shelves

The pizza includes traditional Thanksgiving Day flavors, such as roasted turkey and gravy sauce, loaded on a Detroit-style crust.




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Hain Celestial sells Thinsters brand to J&J Snack Foods

The better-for-you line of cookies is made without corn syrup or peanuts.




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Ice cream entrepreneur launches cool BFY bar brand

The founder of Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams has launched a line of snack bars.




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CVS launches Well Market BFY foods and beverages

The private-label line features a range of nutritious yet tempting snack options.




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B.T.R. Nation launches co-branded superfood bar

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.




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Effective egg replacers can help BFY bakery success: Beneo

An expert from the ingredients supplier discusses the call for healthy indulgence.




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Fresh Hemp Foods acquires BFY snack brand The Humble Seed

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




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Sola launches breads and bagels at Whole Foods Market

The bread brand is aimed at the BFY market with zero added sugar, non-GMO ingredients, and high fiber content.