Batters, Breading & Coatings

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The artisanal baking trend of the past few years left many large baked goods companies wondering how to hurdle all the obstacles in creating mass-produced items that achieve artisan-style quality.

Newly Weds Foods Inc. has selected Erlanger, Boone County, Ky. as the location for its next manufacturing plant in North America.

Newly Weds Foods said it purchased Continental Mills’ industrial food-coating business. The deal includes a Pendleton, Ore., factory and assets that manufacture starch- and flour-based coatings and batters for potato and poultry applications, as well as other protein and vegetable-type substrates.

North Americans love battered and breaded foods. No matter what trends come and go, many traditional comfort staples are battered and breaded. However, these foods are saddled with negative health connotations. Technology is changing those perceptions.

Fried and/or breaded appetizers—such as wings, fries, chicken tenders and crispy vegetable offerings—stand out as popular snack options on appetizer menus. However, Technomic data routinely show that consumers believe fried food is not healthy.

Newly Weds Foods Inc. announced the company’s acquisition of the food-coating business of Continental Mills Inc.

National Egg Products School is an annual three-day hands-on school, an introduction to egg products to be held at Auburn University on October 15-17, 2012.

Bunge North America is expanding the Bunge Ingredient Innovation Center.

Contrary to just about everything about the dangers of fried food, it turns out it may not always be harmful to health.

A cooking revolution is on the rise with some of the latest trends in pre-packaged, versatile spreads that can be added to recipes to continuously invoke mouth-watering tastes while cutting time in the kitchen. Twisted Foods (www.twistedfoods.com) introduces Twisted Butter, a spreadable blend of salted butter, canola oil and all-natural ingredients in six versatile flavors.