News & Analysis on the Bakery and Snacks Industries
UK retailer Waitrose has become the latest store to target the mounting number of ethically-minded consumers this Christmas with a new range of Fairtrade chocolates hitting shelves in time for the festive shopping spree.
Christmas Feature
It's considered good luck to eat 12 mince pies in 12 different houses over the 12 days of Christmas - a fact which probably won't surprise the UK's largest mince pie producer, Inter Link Foods, which is predicting sales of 140 million mince pies...
Scientists have developed a new variety of gluten-free bread suitable for consumers suffering from coeliac disease and boasting a longer shelf-life, increased nutritional value and better texture than products already available.
Further evidence of the health benefits of chocolate has come to light in a new study - giving manufacturers yet another route into the functional food niche.