Cakes
SHELF LIFE: Weekly round-up
Here is your weekly round-up of Shelf Life news. If you have a news item you would like to submit for next week’s round-up, please contact Carly Wood at carly@bellpublishing.com. Produced by Smithfield Foods, French’s Hot Dogs are the latest addition to the brand’s range of mustard, relishes, sauces, and salad dressings on offer in […]
Cake squares
Premium cake brand Kate’s Cakes has launched its new Cake Squares product range in the UK. The homemade-style cakes, which are available in three flavours, are individually wrapped and sold in packs of five. The three flavours are Chocolate Fudge Cake, a rich chocolate cake topped with buttercream and decorated with double chocolate curls; Classic […]
Recycling packaging… and the food?
The creation and poor management of surplus food has been identified as a vast problem throughout Europe.
SHELF-LIFE: Weekly round-up
Here is your weekly round-up of shelf-life news. If you have a news item you would like to submit for next week’s round-up, please contact Carly Wood at carly@bellpublishing.com.
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 […]
Bakery opts for Ulma flow wrappers
UK-based Clayton Park Bakery turned to Ulma Packaging for the flexible, flow wrapping equipment it required to cope with increasing demand for its morning goods and confectionery.
Using pseudocereals to replace wheat in bakery products
Wheat, which is widely used in the production of baked goods, is not a universally grown crop.
New low-fat baking ingredient from Trimbake
A new baking replacement ingredient called Trimbake, which reduces baked recipes by up to 75% of the original fat content and 50% of the usual sugar content, is being launched in the UK. Trimbake is made up of a blend of apples, prunes, water, squash, carrots and lentils. Each packet of Trimbake can be used […]
Seafood specialists cater for foodservice industry with new tartlets
Chapman’s Seafoods is launching its new range of seafood tartlets and open tarts. Using local ingredients for their handmade products, including fishcakes, wellingtons and pies, the range includes: Mediterranean Salmon Tartlets – Packed with salmon in a rich tomato sauce, topped with roasted peppers, sun-dried tomatoes and feta cheese. Smoked Haddock Florentine Tartlets – Filled with smoked […]
Dawn gets fruity with new fillings range
As part of its major American Bakery Campaign 2014, Dawn Foods has extended its range of fillings and toppings with a selection of ready to use fruit fillings featuring real whole fruit, developed especially for the UK and Irish bakery markets. Dawn’s new fillings are available in seven flavours – blueberry, raspberry, black cherry, red […]
AAK’s Rolloff 600 Release Agent improves performance
AAK, the UK manufacturer and supplier of fats and functional ingredients to the bakery sector, has launched a new release agent, which improves productivity and appearance, whilst reducing wastage. Rolloff 600 is a new sprayable release agent which, tests show, can improve productivity by up to 4%. Part of AAK’s successful Rolloff range of release […]
Fibre combination for healthier bakes
DuPont Nutrition & Health has overcome sensory challenges in added-fibre bread and sponge cakes by using combinations of soluble and insoluble fibre. Drawing on its fibre ingredients – DuPont Danisco, Litesse, and Fibrim – the company can bring new opportunities for bakers to produce healthier products with high appeal. Fibre has become one of the […]
Liquid margarine for healthier cakes
DuPont Nutrition & Health is ready to give industrial cakes a healthier profile with a new liquid margarine concept containing 60% less saturated fats than block cake margarine. Developed for production on a standard margarine line, the liquid margarine secures the excellent whipping properties and ingredient distribution required for successful cake production. Tests in the […]
Cleaned-up labels: fad or future?
In the upcoming issue of Food & Drink Technology, we include a focus on natural ingredients, and explore the notion that consumers are unwilling to accept sensory disadvantages in order to benefit from lower calorie content – and that consumers want healthier, more wholesome snacks with cleaned-up labels and all-natural ingredients. This line of thinking […]