Globally, brand licensing strategies continue to drive retail growth year-over-year for today’s top brands, with 2018’s standouts including Kellogg’s and Funko. We chat to Amanda Cioletti, content director of License Global, about how this collaboration...
Middle East supermarket mega chain Choithrams has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with India’s Future Consumer Limited (FCL) to market popular Indian snacks in the UAE for the first time.
Lesaffre has added another Baking Center to its network of more than 40 Baking Centers around the world; the group’s first entirely dedicated to industrial customers.
Orkla Foods Danmark A/S is continuing is momentous acquisition surge with the procurement of bakery ingredients supplier Zeelandia Sweden AB from Dutch firm Koninklijke Zeelandia Groep B.V.
Cargill has developed a range of plant-based lecithins that assist bread producers formulate clean label and allergen-free production without compromising on functionality.
It has been a year since the European Commission Regulation came into force on April 11 2018, obliging food business operators (FBOs) to apply acrylamide mitigation measures. Despite calls for the EU to take a tougher stance, manufacturers are stepping...
This week’s roundup of delectable goodies ranges from healthy oat and granola options with added functionalities, new breakfast formats, a nod to spring that allows consumers to express their ‘peepsonalities’ and an edible salute to the new emperor of...
Orkla Food Ingredients, part of Orkla Group, has entered into an agreement to purchase a majority stake in Greek confectionery, bakery and ice-cream business Stelios Kanakis Industrial and Commercial.
Consumers are embracing snacks made with love and care for both themselves and the environment, that are also convenient and accessible, support society as a whole, and make them feel engaged. This month, we round up some of the snacks we believe fit...
The Reimann family – which controls the Luxembourg-based conglomerate JAB Holdings that owns Panera Bread, Krispy Kreme Doughnuts and Pret a Manger – has pledged €10m ($11m) to an undisclosed charity after the extent of its ancestors’ ties were brought...
Twinkie-maker Hostess Brands and Ferrero are reportedly the frontrunners in the race to buy Kellogg’s Keebler, Famous Amos, Murray and Mother’s cookie businesses, as well Stretch Island fruit snacks business, in a roughly $1.5bn deal.
Doors to the 15th edition of Alimentaria & Horexpo Lisboa – the largest business platform for the F&B industry in Portugal – are about to open. BakeryandSnacks chats to Fátima Vila Maior, director of the event, to find our more.
Rule Breaker Snacks, one of the first companies in PepsiCo’s incubator program, asked fans to chip in to a Kickstarter campaign to boost production of its new bite-sized brownie snack.
Nutrient infused veggie chips, banana-based breakfast cereal, sugar reduced chocolate chip cookies and biostimulated wheat to increase yield and quality are some of the 2019 projects being undertaking by the European Institute of Innovation & Technology...
Canadian food producer GoGo Quinoa has begun production of its organic and gluten-free cookies and snacks, following a $1.6m investment in state-of-the-art production lines.
Packaging that promotes convenience continues to dominate new products, along with organic ingredients and plant-based proteins. Even trail mix gets a boost in this week’s new product roundup.
French health officials are investigating the presence of morphine and codeine found in poppy seed baguettes and ready-made sandwiches made with poppy seed bread.
Plant-based and free-from were identified as two of the top trends that influenced the industry in 2018, according to research by The International Food & Drink Event (IFE).
Hostess is celebrating its centennial milestone, having debuted its first snack cake – known today as the widely popular Hostess CupCake – back in 1919.
Bartek Ingredients, which produces malic and fumaric acid for beverages, confectionery and baked goods, has completed a 4,000 ton/year capacity increase of its malic acid production facilities, in Canada.
The International Association of Plant Bakeries (AIBI) is hosting its 36th biennial Congress in Manchester with a program focused on a comprehensive view of the baking industry – now and in the future.
February is National Snack Food Month. It’s also known as the month of love, with sweethearts around the globe celebrating Saint Valentine’s Day (February 14), so here’s a cornucopia of treats that are fitting for this time of year.
Haas has expanded in India thanks to the Bühler acquisition last year, adding an oven manufacturing plant to its service and support facility in the country.
A new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has found that free snacks at work make up a weighty amount of the – empty – calories daily consumed by approximately 140 million working Americans.
Dutch company FrieslandCampina Kievit is exploiting its 120 years of experience to develop innovative products in response to the bakery industry’s dichotomous demands for both clean label and indulgent experiences.
Netherlands-based AMF – which specializes in bread and tortilla equipment – has integrated sweet baked goods and pizza equipment company Tromp Group under the AMF banner to better assist bakers to diversify their product offerings.
New York-based restaurant consultancy group Baum + Whiteman named ‘plant-based’ the top food trend to watch in 2018 and there are no signs of it slowing down this year, evident in the number of vegan snacks in our line-up this month.
Watch out Donald Trump, Kellogg’s popular breakfast pastry has announced its aspiration to run for the POTUS spot next year. Hostess Snacks has offered to be vice president.
A Brazilian academia-turned-entrepreneur duo, recently relocated from New Zealand to France, has developed the world’s first range of low calorie fermented flours – from byproducts of fruits and veggies usually thrown away – that are rich in protein...
Hong Kong’s Consumer Council has found traces of hazardous chemicals in over 50 brands of cookies, egg rolls, almond puffs and sweet pastries sold in the city.
The wholly-owned Danish subsidiary of the Norwegian producer, Orkla Foods Danmark, has entered into an agreement to purchase 90% of the shares in Easyfood to strengthen its position in channels that are reflecting a higher growth than traditional grocery...
Herza is launching a range of white, dark and milk organic chocolate couverture pieces for “adventurous consumers” on the lookout for new and unusual flavor experiences.
