bread
Bakery manufacturing award
Finsbury Food Group plc, a manufacturer of cake, bread and bakery goods, has won Bakery Manufacturer of the Year at The Baking Industry Awards 2015, held in London, UK.
Gluten free solution
Complaints about dry, crumbly gluten free bakery products could soon be a thing of the past, thanks to a natural milk protein based solution developed by Arla Foods Ingredients.
Acrylamide-reducing yeast
Renaissance BioScience Corp, with its wholly owned subsidiary Renaissance Ingredients Inc, has applied for a patent of its AR baker’s yeast.
Grupo Bimbo to buy Panrico
Grupo Bimbo has announced a preliminary agreement to acquire Panrico in Spain and Portugal. This acquisition includes 100% of the shares, excluding the branded packaged bread category.
One stop bakery shop
Global Bakery Solutions (GBS) Ltd has ensured Burnley remains at the forefront of the worldwide bakery systems market, having retained all intellectual property rights from its high-profile forebear.
Dessert firm deal secures jobs
FRP Advisory, the restructuring and advisory firm, has completed the sale of the business and assets of Johnstone’s Just Desserts Limited.
Anuga sold out
Anuga, the food and drink trade fair, is already fully sold out, filling all 11 halls of the Cologne exhibition centre. The fair takes place 10-14 October, and promises to be another huge showcase for the food and beverage market.
Snacks drive the market
Euromonitor International’s recent data reveals that the global packaged food industry will grow 2.4 per cent to reach US$2.9 trillion in 2019. Key trends in the industry are: the global consumer has a sweet tooth – over 20 per cent of the packaged food we eat today are sweet snacks the US is the biggest […]
In the bag
Paul Wilkinson, business development manager at Pacepacker, advises bulk manufacturers on the best way to introduce a new bagging system.
Puratos acquisition
Puratos has recently acquired BFL (Bakery Future Lines), an Italian family-owned company based in La Spezia (Liguria), active in B2B production of ingredients for bakers and specialising in innovating natural yeast and sourdough products. Puratos plans to expand BFL facilities and its workforce in order to double current production output and satisfy growing consumer demand […]
Dupont bakery concepts
DuPont Nutrition & Health is putting bakery on the weight management map with new opportunities to keep consumers fuller longer and help them reduce their calorie intake overall. Five new concept ideas, each enriched with Litesse polydextrose dietary fibre and Supro soy protein, target weight conscious consumers who want to put hunger on hold. “Industrial […]
Swiss long life bakery sales fall
During 2014, the Swiss long life bakery product industry sold fewer biscuits than the previous year. Domestic sales experienced a slight fall, while export business saw a significant decline. The volumes sold abroad and the turnover achieved were both down for the fourth time in a row. The climate is set to become harsher still […]
Pulse based flours
Ingredion has introduced 10 new pulse based flours to enable food manufacturers and retailers to produce new food products that are highly nutritious, protein fortified and certified gluten free. The Homecraft Pulse flours are made from faba bean, chickpea, yellow lentil or yellow pea. Available in different particle grades, the new flours have differing content […]
Pan dough probe
Reading Thermal, a company that produces engineering and consulting for thermal process equipment and commercial processing ovens, has introduced the Pan+Dough Probe, a fixed position, dough interface/core temperature measuring device that provides accurate, repeatable data that are not possible with hand-placed thermocouple probes. “Bread bakers rely heavily on accurate measurements of the core temperature of […]