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Frito-Lay's second US Snack Index reveals the snacks Americans favor this summer. Pic: ©GettyImages/Tim Grist Photography

Summertime and the snacking is easy: Frito-Lay’s second US Snack Index revealed

PepsiCo’s Frito-Lay has unpacked its next instalment of the US Snack Index, which reveals that Americans go into snacking overdrive when the sun really starts shining.

Global study opens new avenues to better adapt bread wheat to climate change

An international study has mapped out an extensive and rich gene pool for future breeding improvements of modern bread wheat.

China’s bakery market: Growing faster than the country’s GDP

Aligned with the exploding growth in China’s bakery sector, Bakery China has grown from relatively small beginnings in 1997 to an enormous trade event occupying more than 200,000m2 of the Shanghai New International Expo Center in China.

Go nuts with donuts: Entenmann’s invites consumers to create creative concoctions

The New York-based company, part of Bimbo Bakeries USA, is again inviting American consumers to create their dream donut to celebrate National Donut Day (the first Friday in June each year).

Cashing in on cashew nut waste: A natural alternative to nitrates?

Cashew nut shells are commonly discarded as a waste product but a high antioxidant content could mean they have potential to be used as meat preservatives, say Brazilian researchers.