Speciality cakes is one of the fastest-moving sectors in the UK
baked goods market, and producers are continually looking for new
products to extend their presence in this sector.
UK-based Stable Micro Systems, a leading designer and manufacturer
of texture analysis instrumentation, is set to showcase what it
calls a unique portfolio for the bakery industry at Food & Bake
2004. Innovations will include...
Spooner-Vicars, a leading name in the design, manufacture and
supply of high quality baking equipment has unveiled a new product,
the Continuous Proof and Bake System, with the aim of maximising
production efficiency.
Dutch food processing group Fri-jado is soon to release its newest
and most technologically advanced oven, the Multisserie, catering
for the bakery and meat industries.
Bakery and snacks equipment provider APV Baker has improved and
expanded its range of ovens for the production of cookies,
biscuits, bar products and pet foods as well as a whole host of
traditional bakery products including tarts,...
An automated product-inspection prototype promises to revolutionise
the baking industry. The technology, currently under development by
the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) working alongside local
bakery Flowers, uses continuous...
As German enzyme company AB Enzymes celebrates the 30th birthday of
its baking enzyme line xylanase, the company has marked the moment
with the launch of two new products in the Veron family.
Finnish consumer packaging specialist Huhtamaki prides itself on
its ability to cover virtually every aspect of the food production
industry. Its recent partnership with Fazer Bakeries, a market
leader for baked products in Finland,...
Merlino Italian Baking Company, Seattle's premier wholesale Italian
bakery are expanding their snacks base, by selling Moto Bars in new
outlets including Robeks Juice - the American firm who already own
30 stores in the Los Angeles...
German confectionery and bakery producers have strongly criticised
the current EU system designed to keep sugar prices artificially
high, arguing that it makes European companies uncompetitive when
it comes to exports.
Ambit International has just concluded a further contract with one
of the fastest growing bakery chains in the UK, North
Yorkshire-based Thomas the Baker.
Consumers' nutritional concerns are affecting sales of cakes and
cake-related products, says Frans Sarneel, application expert for
Cerestar Food & Pharma Specialties Europe.
Consultancy firm Market Advice has reported that the production of
bread using domestic yeast still dominates the Russian market. This
trend continues despite attempts by international companies such as
Le Saffre to increase imports.
A new alternative to the traditional egg wash for bakery products
has hit the market with ICI subsidiary National Starch &
Chemical launching Versa-Sheen glazing agent.
The ARS and AACC's Cincinatti division jointly sponsored the 50th
annual research review conference yesterday in Wooster,Ohio in the
US, where the ARS' soft wheat unit received the 'best overall'
award.
Ireland's Hibernia Foods is to close one of its ready meals and
cake production facilities in the UK in a bid to improve
profitability. The company expects savings of up to €8 million a
year as a result.
Safeline has launched the Powerphase series of metal detectors,
which are said to provide crucial quality control for bakeries
producing a wide variety of products.
Greggs, the UK sandwich and baked goods manufacturer and retailer,
has reported record pre-tax profits for 2002. The company expects
growth to continue in 2003, helped by new store openings.
Inter Link, the UK cake and confectionery producer, last month
completed its acquisition of the Soreen business, which gives it
control of the third-largest cake brand in the British market,
Soreen's malt loaf.
US processing and packaging equipment supplier Reiser is stepping
up its presence in the important UK bakery market with the launch
of new equipment from the German Vemag stable.
Associated British Foods, one of Europe's largest food
conglomerates, has chosen Denver, Colorado, as the headquarters and
manufacturing hub for its newly established US bakery operations.
US company Nutraceutical Clinical Laboratories International
Incorporated (NCLII) has begun selling its NuPreserv product to one
of the leading American bakery groups.
US cereal company Kellogg Co. agreed this week to sell its
Bake-Line Products business to Atlantic Baking Group, the privately
held baking group said on Wednesday.