AB Mauri has signed an exclusive agreement to distribute BARLEYmax – which provides twice the dietary fibre than conventional cereal varieties like barley, wheat and oats – to help consumers in Great Britain and Ireland overcome the detrimental ‘fibre...
The Panera Bread Foundation is accepting proposals for its 2023 Grant programme from non-profits that provide access to education, opportunity and mentorship to at-risk, underserved or historically underrepresented children and youth.
The W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF) has announced the five awardees of its Racial Equity 2030 challenge, an open call for bold solutions to improve the lives of children, families and communities around the world.
The eco-friendly, better-for-you corn tortilla chips from Kazoo Snacks are certainly not ‘chips off the old block’, but are packed with healthy fats and nutrients and have even enabled the Texan startup to save almost a million gallons of water to-date.
At the International Bakery Industry Exposition (IBIE) held in Las Vegas, US, last month, Dawn Foods unveiled its 2023 global bakery trends reports and showcased it’s game-changing non-sticky doughnut glaze. BakeryandSnacks also used the opportunity to...
Manchester is home of the breakfast cereal giant’s new Culinary and Sensory Centre, a project that took over 18 months to develop and half a million pounds in investment.
Jacobs – the £94.3m savoury biscuit brand from pladis – has enlisted Olympic champion Greg Rutherford to highlight how much food UK households waste every year, brought into stark reality with a giant fridge installation in London, filled with the most...
The forward-thinking Japanese snack producers have done it again: this time from Koikeya, with its 濃いじゃが koijaga (literally ‘dense potato’) anchovy and olive flavoured chips that are sure to be an attention-grabber.
The New Jersey-based Black woman-owned allergy-friendly cookie and baking mix producer has announced a $11.5 million Series B funding, with one of the most diverse group of funders in the food industry: the majority being women of colour.
The purchase - for an undisclosed amount - of the UK’s number one fruit grower and processor underlines the bakery and patisserie ingredient specialist’s commitment to a more sustainable food industry through responsible, transparent and local sourcing.
Cited as ‘better for the environment’, the rising number of UK consumers adopting vegan and flexitarian lifestyles is opening significant opportunity for the sweet bakery market – however, there are still issues that need to be addressed.
Müller’s Mühle Business Solution’s legume flours biz has officially merged with GoodMills Innovation’s portfolio – cementing the latter as the go-to leader of functional ingredients for snacks, baked goods and plant-based alternatives in Europe.
The Colorado-based snack brand has been granted the Climate Friendly status from HowGood – the world’s largest sustainability database – attributed to the top 30% of food products with low carbon emissions.
Baker Street is capitalising on the UK’s Christmas love for Stollen; Popadelics is disrupting the snacking scene and dialling up the ‘do good’ concept with crunchy shiitake mushroom chips; and Jar Joy has expanded its range of jarred ready-to-eat desserts...
California-based BCD Bioscience was crowned the winner of the challenge with its first product – a barley beta-glucan that improves glycaemic response and the associated cardiometabolic effects – that is poised to revolutionise the bakery sector.
In March, Rind Snacks, LesserEvil, Primal Kitchen, A Dozen Cousins and Cappello’s formed the coalition to promote cleaner, more sustainable cooking oils to empower consumers to make better-for-you choices. The collaboration recently enlisted Brad’s Plant...
PepsiCo is investing another $100m – on top of the $320m over the past decade – into Romania, to double the production capacity of its Popești-Leordeni snack plant.
Eden Search & Select has shortlisted a trio of female future industry leaders from global food supply chain charities to receive funding and mentoring via its Emerging Leaders programme.
Walker Humphrey has acquired a fourth building in Sherbern in Elmet, which will extend its capacity and create new jobs. The company is also investing in a secondary solar system, which it hopes will halve its electricity bill.
The family-owned food company’s €45m tortilla factory in Roeselare represents its largest investment outside Finland, and aims to strengthen its position as the Tex Mex market leader in Europe.
SnackFutures – the innovation and venture hub of the Oreo maker – has opened applications for CoLab 2023, a start-up engagement programme created to unearth trailblazers that are ‘pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in making a snack delicious’.
The government’s intervention to help halt spiralling costs has been cautiously welcomed … however, heavy energy users like bakeries are still facing a tough winter, already paying more than double, and as the cap is only for six months, this makes planning...
The Israeli biodegradable plastic packaging specialist has unveiled an innovative compostable film – which acts as a laminate for the so-called ‘caustic’ properties of salty snacks – at London Packaging Week.
The PepsiCo Frito-Lay-owned brand is ramping up its legacy of championing women entrepreneurs with a short film created by acclaimed filmmaker Nisha Ganatra, featuring poetry by Rupi Kaur, to launch the 2022 Stacy’s Rise Project.
Limited edition Haunted Frosted Chocolatey Fudge Pop-Tart Bites put the treat in trick or treating, Van Leeuwen is heating up the ice cream category with a flavour collab with Tapatío Hot Sauce and Eat the Change has created a grown-up version of its...
The Wisconsin-headquartered taste and nutrition specialist has launched a texture system that enables bakers overcome the current sunflower supply challenges caused by the war in Ukraine.
ADM and PepsiCo have entered a 7.5-year strategic commercial agreement to expand regenerative agriculture across its North American supply chains, reaching up to 2 million acres by 2030.
Kerry hosted a first-of-its-kind summit for leaders from the foodservice sector, sharing new research, knowledge and insights into the importance of sustainability.
In the run-up to the International Year of Millets (IYOM) in 2023, India’s Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare has organised a series of challenges to raise awareness of the forgotten ancient grain and encourage participation from startups and...
For most bakery producers, the clean label concept involves making use of as few ingredients as possible that consumers recognise as wholesome and natural. But today, clean also means green, highlighting opportunities for ingredients and products that...
The UK woke up this morning (7 September) to a new leader and with hopes the new government will immediately take steps to alleviate the crushing living prices that are badly impacting consumers and putting industry at risk.
Ecolabels, many hope, could offer consumers the information they need to promote the purchase of environmentally friendly foods. Oxford University researchers decided to put this theory to the test in an experimental field study.
The leading European bakery, confectionery and frozen bakery supplier has partnered with AgriTech accelerator StartLife to revolutionise the bakery sector – particularly targeting alternative ingredients and ideas that address the most pressing challenges...
The better-for-you flour – claimed to be more nutritious, easier to digest and better tasting than traditional alternatives – is the cornerstone of AgriForce Growing Systems’ market-ready un(Think) Food brand.
According to Campaign coordinator Chris Young, the current regulations ‘are not fit for purpose, do not support small bakery owners and do not protect shoppers adequately’, allowing a raft of what it calls ‘sourfaux’ to be marketed as sourdough and sold...
While a rare silver lining of the pandemic was America’s newfound love of sitting down together to share a meal, a new survey by General Mills reveals parents are worried they no longer can afford a healthy breakfast for their kids.
War, drought, swine fever and virus-related labour shortages – notwithstanding the increasing demand from the biofuel industry – have placed immense pressure on the edible oils industry, resulting in a much decreased supply and soaring prices around the...
Drive-thru diners at two of Panera Bread café in greater Rochester, NY, will be greeted by a proprietary voice ordering AI tech called Tori, which has been developed by OpenCity to maximise efficiency and increase speed of orders.
Grupo Bimbo’s sustainably baked Supán & OroWeat 100% Whole Grain Organic Bread, Dawn Foods’ Women’s Leadership Development Programme and Apex Motion Control’s Baker-Bot are among the raft of recipients to receive the coveted Best in Baking Awards...
Aligned to parent company Sysco’s programme to decarbonise Britain’s largest foodservice fleet, Brakes and sister concern Sysco Speciality Group are rolling out deliveries in electric vehicles.
Driven by consumer perception and political pressure – especially as climate change makes itself felt like it has never done so before – the biggest trends in the packaging industry today revolve around a circular economy.
The implementation of the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) regulations in the UK has been delayed until 2024, but packaging data specialist Ecoveritas is cautioning producers to not be complacent and to start making plans now.
Cama North America is debuting its next evolution of its augmented reality (AR) tech at this year’s IBIE (International Baking Industry Exposition), to be held in Las Vegas, US, from 17-21 September.
The UK-based manufacturer has joined the growing number of big food producers – including Mondelez, Nestle, retailers Tesco and Aldi and foodservice operators Compass Group and Sodexo, among others – that have pledged to use 100% cage-free eggs across...
With vegan, vegetarian and flexitarian (occasionally ditching meat) lifestyles becoming part of everyday life, GoodMills Innovation has launched a wheat protein-based vegan-snack-mix that will add a meaty boost to bakery and snack fillings.
The UK snack producer is ramping up efforts to slash plastic packaging across its brands, with an additional 25% reduction for its premium potato chip Tyrrells range, with new packs rolling out on supermarket shelves this month.
A recent study into the carbon emissions in producing its Samai snacks provided surprising results for Santo Domingo-based Exotic Blends – coming out with a carbon negative status.
EIT Food has launched its latest Europe-wide Open Innovation Call for pioneering tech responses to the biggest challenges in the agrifood sector, such as better-for-you snacks and a net zero footprint.
Shareholders of the craft bakery sector in England, Wales and Northern Ireland can access facilities from expert advice on HR, health and food safety to discounted online training on the Craft Bakers Association’s new website.
With Brits devouring more than four billion toasties a year, Country Choice has introduced bake-in-pack toasties for foodservice operators; the sharp tang of dill pickle blends perfectly with Wenzel’s naturally handcrafted smoked meat sticks; and Boundless...
