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Soozie's Doozies wins

Soozie's Doozies wins

16 Aug 2016

All-natural cookie maker Soozie’s Doozies has been named the grand prize winner of the 2016 Food Innovation Challenge, and will receive $50,000 in seed funding from ADM and $50,000 in services from National Foodworks Services (NFS).

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Puratos launches European Sensobus

Puratos launches European Sensobus

28 Jul 2016

Puratos has invested in a new Sensobus for the European continent. The Sensobus is described as a unique and fully-equipped sensory analysis lab on wheels that can travel to where consumers shop for food.

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Consumers seeking healthier snacking options

Consumers seeking healthier snacking options

22 Jul 2016

As Americans move away from traditional meal occasions, snacking more throughout the day, consumers are seeking healthier snacking options, according to Mintel, with 73% willing to pay extra for snacks made with high quality ingredients.

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Premium Ingredients launches stabiliser

Premium Ingredients launches stabiliser

4 Jul 2016

Premium Ingredients has announced an analogue pizza cheese stabiliser that is designed for all types of machinery, facilitating the manufacture of the final product, and another which is aimed at companies interested in developing vegan products.

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Panera increases 'natural' commitment

Panera increases 'natural' commitment

20 Jun 2016

Panera Bread has announced that it will do away with the remaining artificial flavours, artificial sweeteners, artificial preservatives and colours from artificial sources in its Panera at Home products.

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Meiogenix, Lesaffre partner on yeast

Meiogenix, Lesaffre partner on yeast

13 Jun 2016

Meiogenix and Lesaffre have entered into a collaboration agreement to develop improved industrial yeast strains using Meiogenix’s recombination technologies.

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General Mills debuts new cereal

General Mills debuts new cereal

9 Jun 2016

According to a blog post on the company’s web site, General Mill’ launch of Tiny Toast is its first new cereal brand in 15 years. It arrives this month in blueberry and strawberry varieties.

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Corbion plans PGME production

Corbion plans PGME production

9 Jun 2016

Corbion, whose product range includes emulsifiers for bread, is expanding its Dolton, IL facility, so that the company can also produce propylene glycol monoesters, (PGME) emulsifiers used in sweet goods, bakery mixes and other applications.

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Aryzta: US down, Europe up

Aryzta: US down, Europe up

3 Jun 2016

Zurich-based frozen bakery company Aryzta has issued its third quarter trading update for the period ended 30 April 2016, with total revenue declining by 2.4%.

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Rabobank: online has profound implications for bakers

Rabobank: online has "profound implications" for bakers

2 Jun 2016

The rise of online bakery sales has profound implications for retailers, producers, and consumers alike, according to the Rabobank ‘Online Bakery: Browsing for Bread’ report.

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DuPont launches new bakery concept

DuPont launches new bakery concept

19 May 2016

DuPont Nutrition & Health says it is setting a healthy direction for Europe’s hard-pressed bread market with a new concept inspired by Nordic thin breads that are said to be rich in healthy carbs.

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Symrise: why do we snack?

Symrise: why do we snack?

16 May 2016

In a series of blog posts, Symrise has explored general trends, the segment within the Millennial segment seeking healthy snacks, the dollars behind that trend and the mini-meal trend.

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