The baking and confectionery supplier will sponsor the Baking Expo’s first ‘Artisan Marketplace,’ where guests can taste and learn about sourdough breads and time-tested techniques in a European-style café setting. BakeryandSnacks chats to Puratos USA...
Indulgent snacking meets functional ingredients in this week’s roundup through high-fiber chocolate, on-the-go tahini and chocolate-covered French butter cookies. Plus, Lucky Charms skips the cereal.
Similar to consumer trends in retail, home bakers are opting for bite-sized baked goods and healthier ingredients – making a star of citrus, coconut and hibiscus, though seasonal favorites hold strong.
The PepsiCo-owned Frito-Lay brand is featuring 31 US consumers – many of whom work with advocacy groups or regularly volunteer in their communities – and their stories on its bags of ‘Smiles’ potato chips.
This edition of our product roundup features a cornucopia of punchy flavors, from adventuresome craft beer cookies to ultra-delish Godiva baked creations to quirky flavored nuts.
Brand Finance's 2019 rankings placed Nestlé as the most valuable food brand with the world’s largest food & drink brand portfolio – breaking the $70bn mark – while Kellogg's landed in fourth and Lay's in eighth. PepsiCo's Quaker...
Cake sales increased by $226m last year, but overall, the fresh department broadly must recommit to compete with the growing centerstore and CPG launches, says IRI.
Small brands and major players launch new flavors for summer snacking, with a focus on intense crunch and big flavor. We take a look at the launches hitting at the height of the season.
Conagra’s legion of high-selling brands – including Angie’s BOOMCHICKAPOP, Slim Jim and Snack Pack – are launching new products this year as the company cements its focus on the lucrative snacking market.
As the snacking trend grows in France, market research firm Mintel looks at which claims – including gluten-free, high fibre, and high protein – are attracting shoppers in ‘the Hexagon’.
From probiotics to vitamin D to macronutrients, bakery and snack producers are highlighting their commitment to help consumers stay on the straight and narrow with a slew of health-enhanced NPDs.
Brand owner Nabisco, which introduced the original peanut butter sandwich cookie in 1969, will honor the anniversary with limited-edition branding connected to a travel sweepstakes.
Nielsen has reported there has been a notable pick-up in the consumption of the so-called ‘munchies’ in US states where marijuana is legal, which has boosted the sales of snacks.
Gluten free is one of the most popular diet trends around the world, but the number of people who actually need to avoid gluten for medical reasons is relatively small. Today, one in five people reduce or eliminate gluten from their diet because they...
Frito-Lay has partnered with the fast food chain in the US market to develop a signature sandwich featuring the cheese-flavored cornmeal snack paired with a Cheetos-flavored sauce.
Morning snack bars and flavor-packed cereals from General Mills and Kellogg's show that breakfast is still big, with colorful and hearty options hitting shelves this summer.
The Wisconsin-based cheese company has extended its Balanced Breaks snack pack line – a breakout star for the brand since its 2015 debut – with a sweet-and-savory breakfast version.
A raft of bakery and snack producers have figured out how to make new products from ingredients that used to end up in the trash, from nourishing flour made from the byproducts of making tofu and soy milk, to spent grains from the beer industry, to repurposing...
The Snyder’s-Lance brand has teamed up with the youth baseball organization for the past seven years. This year, it will add an onsite campaign during the championship series in August.
For most consumers, snacking is a part of daily life and always has been. However, what is changing is the way people think about snacking and what is considered to be a snack.
A survey by the California Walnut Board and the California Walnut Commission has revealed that most American office workers eat lunch at their desk at least half of the time.
This month, we are placing oyster mushrooms, activated nuts and seeds, and probiotics in the spotlight, along with the indulgence of Jaffa cakes and a mega stuff Oreo O’s cereal.
Promotion in Motion (PIM) is investing $30m to increase its New Jersey plant’s footprint by 50%, adding new production lines and a visitor center, as well as a fruit snacks tour space.
The North American Meat Institute wants the June 12 celebration of the protein-packed snack to happen every day. It certainly has the rising tide of jerky consumption on its side.
PepsiCo-owned Lay’s chips cracked the fifth spot of Kantar’s Global Ranking Top 50, while Grupo Bimbo remained one of the Top 20 most chosen brands on the planet.
The frozen baked snack brand has expanded beyond its flagship product, Brazilian cheese bites, in its quest to become a more holistic Latin American food company.
Be it a slab of a chip or one that features a ‘breakthrough’ crispy crunch; a bowl of ice cream or Cookies ‘n Crème cereal for breakfast; or partying it up with a soda flavored cake bite or a big bucket of low cal biccies; we’ve scoured the shelves to...
According to Mintel data, younger consumers are interested in bread with a ‘healthy angle’, yet many remain unsure how best to choose a better-for-you option.
Entrepreneur Magazine’s annual Franchise 500 ranking included 17 US bakery franchises in total, with Cinnabon and Auntie Anne’s in the top 100 overall.
Not all snacks are equal, according to Jaren Koerten, head of packaged food at Euromonitor: some have attained premium status, while others are ‘in the process’ of premiumization.
From ‘real fruit’ and ‘gently dried’ to ‘no artificial preservatives,’ these natural call-outs permeated the floor at the annual packaged foods exposition in Chicago, sponsored by the National Confectioners Association.
We talked with Euromonitor analyst Jared Koerten at the National Confectioners Association’s annual expo in Chicago about the rise of premium snacks, textured candies, functional ingredients and consumption occasions. Here’s what he had to say.*
A new collective of research has found consumers are drawn more to claims based on the presence of something good like ‘high in protein,’ than the absence of something bad like ‘low in sugar.’
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.
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).
The convenience chain is introducing more than 30 ‘breakout’ brands of food and beverages at 125 stores in the Los Angeles area, including 14 snack and five sweets companies.
