Bakery & Snacks
Americas: General Mills buys US meat snacks company
General Mills has acquired EPIC Provisions, a premium meat snacks company based in Austin, Texas, US.
EPIC will operate under General Mills’ Annie’s business, which...
World: Celiac sufferers, diabetics fuel growth of global food intolerance market
The global food intolerance products market to reach a market value of US$999 billion by the end of 2019, says a Technavios market research...
Asia Pacific: Fonterra searches for best cake using Anchor Cream in China
Fonterra China Foodservices has partnered China's restaurant rating website with 190 million active users, Dianping.com, to find the best cakes in China using Anchor...
Americas: General Mills is happy about sodium reduction efforts
General Mills says seven out of 10 product categories are lower in sodium by 20%, with reductions across the 10 categories ranging from 18-35%....
Americas: PepsiCo to install healthy items in vending machines
PepsiCo launches a food and beverage vending initiative called Hello Goodness.
Debut on December 14, 2015, at the Beverage Digest Future Smarts Conference in New...
Americas: Snack maker installs 3 tna machines
Snacks manufacturer and co-packer Keystone Food Products has added three tna packaging lines at its facility in Easton, Pennsylvania, US.
As a producer and co-packer...
Americas: Corbion Caravan’s ingredient addresses wheat gluten shortage
Bakers face the high cost and tight supply of wheat gluten.
With production issues in Europe and contamination issues in China, imports of the product...
Europe: GEA enters bakery sector
GEA enters the bakery sector after acquiring COMAS in Italy in June 2015.
Bakery is a new sector for GEA, broadening and strengthening its position...
Americas: Corbion Caravan releases non-PHO GMS hydrated emulsifiers
Functionality tests with no-time dough applications demonstrate that the new GMS 520 and GMS 540 non-partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs) hydrated emulsifiers from Corbion Caravan...
Americas: Utz Quality Foods’ new division to boost craft snack foods
Utz Quality Foods launches the Utz Specialty Division to provide retailers a range of brands and products to excite consumers about better-for-you, craft and...