The founder of Rebel Mylk acquired London-based Ape Snacks, which produces rice-based puffs and coconut snacks, and fruit and vegetable chips startup Emily Crisps, creating a new snacking company.
Cosmo Films has introduced a cast polypropylene (CPP) film for packaging applications requiring high moisture & oxygen barrier and high hot tack properties.
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...
Globalism and lifestyle shifts are pushing consumers to snack more frequently, adding to the challenges of remaining sustainable and cost-efficient. PMMI’s Jorge Izquierdo spoke to BakeryandSnacks about possible solutions.
Hip-hop snack brand Rap Snacks has won a listing with retailer Spencer’s to sell its potato chips, popcorn, puff and merchandise in 690 stores across the US.
Manderley Food Group has posted a whopping loss in profits for FY 2018, reflecting the price it paid for the Real Pork Crackling Company owner last year.
Adventurous flavors – albeit those with a touch of nostalgia – are driving new snack launches around the globe, evident at SNAC International’s annual SNAXPO, held in Orlando, Florida, from March 31 to April 2.
GEA has launched a vertical form-fill-seal packaging (VFFS) bagger that reduces breakage of fragile candies, available for the UK confectionery and bakery sectors.
The CEO and co-founder of the mission-driven food startup that makes flour and snacks from the grains used to brew beer has issued a challenge to companies like PepsiCo’s Frito-Lay to share their resources to tackling the dire global plastic crisis.
The cricket chip brand beat nine other startups to take first place in SNAC International’s inaugural challenge, modeled after the popular television show, Shark Tank.
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...
PepsiCo has appointed Frito-Lay chief commercial officer and senior vice president Steven Williams as the new CEO of its PepsiCo Foods North America operations.
The crunchy snack combines chicken with spent grain from breweries or vegetable scraps leftover from juicing, which Tyson packages in a recycled aluminium tallboy can to add to its food waste mission (and tie in with the beer concept).
Ferrero has edged out Hostess to capture the cereal giant’s cookie, fruit snacks and ice cream cone family of brands, including Famous Amos, Murray’s and the Girl Scouts of the USA brand Little Brownie Bakers, plus Stretch Island and Fruity Snacks.
Eat Your Coffee has launched the bite-sized version of its vegan, gluten-free, caffeinated bites to coincide with the 26.2 days leading up to one of the world’s most popular marathons on April 15. Sales will benefit Fresh Truck, a mobile market that delivers...
Plant-based, protein and fiber trends remain in the top ten for 2019, but consumer demand has expanded into personal connections and ‘adventurous’ discovery. Virginia Lee, insights and innovation manager at Innova Market Insights, shared details and plenty...
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.
Bühler has joined the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), a CEO-led organization of over 200 companies working together to accelerate the transition to a sustainable world.
The snacking giant has finalized the reorganization of its corporate structure to prioritize regional leadership and now looks toward a holistic approach that supports smaller brands, rapid R&D and up-and-coming markets – and one that provides consumers...
Campell Snacks is flexing its muscles with fresh advertising for key brands – Cape Cod, Kettle Chips, Snyder’s of Hanover and Goldfish – a year after acquiring Snyder’s Lance for an estimated $1.6bn.
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...
Food coating producer Crisp Sensation has developed ZeroFry, a crispy coating that reduces fat by 50% compared to standard flour coatings for fried snacks and eliminates the need for deep-frying.
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.
The free-to-use program will accept all of KP’s line of nuts, popcorn, crisps and pretzels; however, it excludes potato chip tubes and packages that contained seeds, nutrient powder, dried fruit or meat snacks.
tna is tapping into South Africa’s flourishing snacks and confectionery sectors hiring Matthew Walters as branch manager to head up its African operations in Johannesburg.
FoodTech startup Inspecto has developed a portable scanner that detects chemical contamination in food in real-time, expected to be commercially available in 2020.
The battle of the snack bar brands continues as 100% organic snack bar brand LivBar throws down a gauntlet of its own, challenging all bar manufacturers to move to 100% compostable wrappers.
The snacks industry continues down a plant-based path, evident in the number of brands - old and new - that showed off their takes at the Natural Products Expo West show held in Anaheim, California last week (March 5-9).
The PepsiCo Foundation is collaborating with humanitarian organization CARE to tackle gender inequality in the agriculture sector with an $18.2m investment in She Feeds the World.
UK fruit snack brand, Fruit Bowl, has launched a convenience range based on its best-selling products for on-the-go consumers, with further launches expected in Spring/Summer 2019.
FFP claims to have launched the first resealable pack in the UK that can be collected and recycled through the existing waste collection system, made from an all polyester tray, lidding film and resealable label.
Malt Products Corporation (MPC), which manufactures malted barley extract and sweeteners, has seen increasing demand for non-GMO and natural, nutritious ingredients.
Kraft Heinz’s platform to foster the next generation of F&B players has announced its second class of participants it believes will shape the future of food.
Halal food manufacturer Midamar has added a single-serve beef stick to its jerky lineup, a move it said will fill a void in the availability of halal convenience foods.
Convenience foods continue to go natural, healthy and even 100% fresh, from snackable grape tomatoes to edamame trail mix and squeezable smoothies. BakeryandSnacks takes a look at the new products hitting shelves.
