All Promotional feature articles – Page 2
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Promotional featureHistorically high food prices require an historic response
With ingredients costs soaring, TraceGains’ Denis Storey looks at the wider inflationary impacts in the market and reveals how the company’s networked ingredients suppliers are reacting to the trends.
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Promotional featureOptimising bakery efficiency in a tough market
With challenges such as the labour shortage and cost-of-living crisis, bakeries need to find multiple ways to increase their efficiency and save money. And for the savoury pastry market, no matter the size of bakery, Reiser believes it has the solution.
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Promotional featureHow bakers can use automation to streamline and mitigate costs
Amid a difficult financial climate, Multivac’s dough processing division at Fritsch shows how UK bakers can maximise efficiencies and why digitalisation is important to establishing a competitive future.
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Promotional featureTop tips to getting the best possible value from baking paper
With paper prices rising, Richard Smith, owner of Food Paper, reveals the steps bakeries should take to get more value out of their paper sourcing and usage – and save themselves money.
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Promotional featureSimple ingredient switches that deliver cost savings and more
In the hunt to cut costs, bakers risk losing sales if they compromise eating characteristics or misjudge consumer priorities. How can they strike the perfect balance?
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Promotional featureSustainability: the ‘must have’ ingredient
Sustainability has emerged as a complete, cohesive moral system to guide decision-making – defined by what is acceptable, fair and equitable in the near and long term. So with consumers holding a more holistic view of eco-credentials than ever before, how can you ensure that sustainability is a key ingredient in your business?
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Promotional featureThe supply chain won’t survive without sustainability
With today’s consumers focused on environmental concerns, it’s more important than ever for the bakery supply chain to prove its sustainability credentials, as Denis Storey from networked automation supply specialist TraceGains explains.
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Promotional featureSpeciality breads: the growing trends and opportunities
With consumers actively seeking convenient, tasty yet healthy food solutions, how is this impacting the bread market and what are the latest trends bakers can capitalise on?
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Promotional featureHFSS-compliant products that don’t sacrifice flavour
While the government has deferred some elements of its controversial high in fat, sugar and salt (HFSS) legislation to next year, the move will still have seismic effects on the baking industry. So how can bakery manufacturers reformulate their products to boost sweetness levels without sacrificing flavour?
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Promotional featureBakery automation: moving up the ladder
Local businesses that can offer a premium service have become more popular in the past couple of years. But, as demand grows, how does a small or medium-sized bakery move from a handcrafted production environment into a more automated set-up?
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Promotional featureJoin the donut innovation revolution
There is a growing donut market development, and the donuts have become a ‘canvas for innovation’. With brightly coloured icings, loaded toppings, and new formats, the donut is experiencing a renaissance, as Dawn Foods explains.
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Promotional featureExplore and capture the latest bakery trends for 2022
It’s no secret that health is at the top of the agenda for many consumers in 2022. So, for bakers looking for inspiration for new product launches, the following trends offer an excellent start, says Delice de France.
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Promotional featureWhy current consumer trends demand increased bakery automation
With the contrasting trends of health and indulgence driving the growth of smaller portion sizes in bakery, products such as traybakes and flapjacks are seeing increased demand. However, these traditionally hand-finished products really require automating to be produced at scale, argues Reiser.
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Promotional featureMeeting 2022 bakery challenges, including HFSS optimisation
With the high in fat, salt or sugar (HFSS) 2022 legislation deadline only a few months away, the industry is investigating cost-effective, reduced-fat and reduced-sugar alternatives to avoid complete reformulation of their popular recipes. Here, Dr Mo Tighsazzadeh, UK commercial director, HSP Group, explores some innovative formulation approaches.
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Promotional featurePlant-forward into 2022! Why bakers need plant-based mixes and concentrates
With consumers focused on healthy and ethical choices in the wake of Covid-19, bakers are meeting increasing demand for plant-based products. But how can they create these easily, without loss of texture and taste? Puratos investigates.
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Promotional featureMincemeat review – what bakers should invest in for 2022
Mincemeat has been at the heart of Christmas for centuries and is used annually in baking, catering, foodservice and white label retail. Every year, John Morley’s in-house NPD team looks at the very best mincemeat options offered by national retailers… and their latest findings1 will inform and inspire baking industry readers.
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Promotional featureTips on achieving the desired shelf life for ambient stable bakery goods
Achieving a desirable shelf life for ambient stable bakery is not necessarily a simple process, as microbial hazards come in all shapes and forms – and the protection needed depends on the goods themselves. Andy Walker of Premier Analytical Services (PAS) offers insights into what works well and what not so well.
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Promotional featureHow automated packaging can help bakery open up new markets
With the recently heightened focus on reducing food and packaging waste, using automated packaging to create longer shelf-life bakery products can help shoppers manage their purchasing more easily and can open up new revenue streams for bakers themselves, says Reiser.
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Promotional featureAddressing HFSS challenges, using cost-effective reduced-fat alternatives
With consumers increasingly looking for healthier alternatives to their favourite treats and with HFSS legislation requiring manufacturers to reformulate many brands to maintain a competitive edge, bakeries will face a dual challenge next year, says specialist bakery fats manufacturer Cardowan, which offers a cost-effective alternative to help them achieve their goal.
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Promotional featureLooking ahead to 2022: How the pandemic is shaping the future of food and drink
As the UK food industry approaches the final months of another extraordinary year, it’s a good time to take stock and assess the continued impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Here, Synergy looks at the influence it believes this will have on consumer behaviour and trends leading into 2022, as well as what it could mean for the bakery market specifically.