Healthy Baking
Problem: Improving the health properties of bakery foods
From vitamins and minerals to protein and fiber, high-volume bakeries constantly are seeking product fortifications and enrichments to boost the health...
Provide FDA Barley Claim
Ensure functionality and nutritional benefits with Sustagrain barley from ConAgra Mills. Sustagrain offers three times the total dietary fiber and soluble...
Zero-Trans Fat Tortillas
Produce tortillas with no trans fat with Tortilla Complete TFF 14% base from Caravan Products Co. Inc. Bakers only add flour and water to this base to...
Offer No-Trans Fat Tortillas
Eliminate trans fat in tortillas, without sacrificing the functional properties that other fat systems provide, with Cargill's Tortifina Shortening. Tortifina...
Add nutrition with nutraceuticals
When the low carb craze ended two years ago, it was not a secret that consumers did not quickly return to the bread aisles. Bread did not enjoy the same...
Whole grains stamp less consumer friendly
The Whole Grains Council, in response to consumers needs, took on the task of creating an easily identifiable label device for foods that contain whole...
Easily boost fiber content
Is high fiber the flavor of the day in the baking industry, or is it a strong trend that has potential beyond niche segments of the marketplace? This...
Flax or fish?
The idea that flax is the best source of omega-3 is half baked! screamed an advertisement that ran in the pages of this magazine last year. And so began...
Entice customers with deli rye bread
Sell deli rye already sliced, so customers can create great sandwiches. One of the best benefits of being a baker is offering customers excellent breads...
Providing extra nutrition in bakery foods
Todays consumers are looking for extra nutrition in their foods. One way for bakers to deliver this nutrition is through fortification and enrichment...
Fortifications and enrichments
Fortify bakery foods with ADM ingredientsAt what level should nutrients be added to bakery foods?That depends on a bakers objectives. The levels of added...
Sourcing ideal trans-free shortenings and oils
Although a drop-in solution does not exist, shortening and oil suppliers have launched new products that replace partially hydrogenated vegetable oils....
Trans-fat free shortenings and oils
Recieve functional benefits with interesterified shortenings, oilsHow does enzyme interesterified oil function differently in bakery foods than partially...
Redefining healthful bakery foods
Wegmans Foods Markets manufactures a line of breads fortified with omega-3 fatty acids derived from fish oils. These two images represent the effect that...
Large turnout greets Healthy Baking Seminar
Baking Management's first Healthy Baking Seminar proved successful as attendees engaged in an open dialogue with industry leaders about manufacturing...
