bakery

 

FIC comes at a price

On Saturday 13 December, the EU’s new Food Information to Consumers (EU FIC) Regulation came into effect, seeing wide ranging changes to the layout and information contained on food labels. Designed to simplify and harmonise some of the information available on-pack and help consumers make the most of the information available, industry had been preparing […]

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New research improves oven efficiency

Campden BRI research into the flow of air in bakery ovens has helped in the development of a new oven system which is around 5% more efficient than a conventional setup oven. The efficiency savings are achieved by balancing the way gases move into and out of ovens. By calculating the quantity of gas released […]

Deck the cakes

For Christmas 2014 Dawn Foods has added to its Christmas decoration range to add fun, sparkle and colour to cakes and bakes throughout the festive season. Featuring holly leaves, stars, Santa’s hats, snowmen, Christmas trees and white chocolate sprinkle stars, the individual edible decorations are an easy way for retail bakers and caterers to create […]

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Flow wrapper increases production

Crantock Bakery, one of the UK’s leading Cornish pasty manufacturers, has been able to increase productivity and win new customer contracts with help from KernPack’s flow wrapper.

New aromatic yeasts for baked goods

Bakers that want to offer more savory products now have new options with Lallemand Baking Solutions’ launch of a range of natural aromatic Florapan yeast. With limited fermentation activity, they are said to be perfect for pizza dough and bakery products with unique flavour profiles. The strains of yeast produce aromatic compounds such as ethyl […]

Robotic wrapping line

A compact robotic packaging line that provides particularly delicate handling for crumbly products such as rusks and biscuits and is able to create catering packs of typically two to six items in one or two stacks has been developed by Italian manufacturer PFM. The first has been built for a European manufacturer of dietary food […]

New bakery ingredients division

G.R Wright & Sons has unveiled its new multi-million pound manufacturing site at Delta Park, Enfield in the UK and created a new division called Wright’s Bakery Ingredients. Located a mile from Wright’s flour mill in Ponders End, the purpose built 50,000ft2 facility allows Wright’s to further build on its expertise in producing pre-mixes, concentrates and […]

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Almond use continues to climb

According to the latest Innova Market Insights Global New Products Report, almonds outpaced overall food and nut introductions around the world in 2013, climbing 35%, compared to a 10% increase in 2012. As the number one ingredient nut for eight years running, almonds continue to lead new product introductions around the world and over multiple […]

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Expansion for food packaging firm

Faerch Plast, European producer of plastic containers for the food industry, is set to double production capacity in the UK following the planned installation of an additional extrusion line and associated thermoformers at its Durham-based manufacturing facility by early 2015. This move will ensure the company continues to meet its annual output for CPET ready […]

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Whey and lactose site in motion

Production has begun at a new whey and lactose production facility that is a joint venture between Denmark’s Arla Foods Ingredients and German dairy co-operative Deutsches Milchkontor (DMK). The factory, which cost more than €50 million to build, is operated by ArNoCo, an organisation created by the two companies to produce ingredients for the food […]

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