To kick off its 100th birthday – dubbed the "Hostess Sweetennial" -- Hostess has created Birthday CupCakes with the taste of birthday cake. The cupcakes feature golden cake with festive rainbow sprinkles baked inside and a decadent vanilla icing. Topping the treat are more rainbow sprinkles and The Original Squiggle®.

Stuffed sweet and savory delights, such as pierogi, calzones, pocket pastries, and filled pastas present challenges to processors. The biggest hurdle: Keeping the insides sumptuous—and inside—while having the outsides maintain their texture and integrity, be it fluffy, flaky, or crunchy.

“As a long-term investor in White Energy, we are intimately familiar with the Russell facilities, which have a unique competitive position in the food ingredient and renewable energy markets. We believe this business can be improved even further by focusing on Russell as a standalone operation,” said Victor Khosla, SVPGlobal’s founder and chief investment officer.

With fashionable flavors like Iced Coffee, Caramel Fudge, Strawberry Ice Cream or Salted Caramel, brand suppliers can extend their range of protein bars to include attractive alternatives with high unique selling value and satisfy the consumer’s demand for healthy enjoyment in terms of “permissible indulgence.” 

DuPont Nutrition & Health will demonstrate its shelf-life expertise at the ASB BakingTech 2019 convention by showcasing its continual innovations with “multi-hurdle” baking technology. DuPont also will introduce its new POWERFresh® 9705 enzyme solution. Attendees also can speak with DuPont’s baking experts at Tabletop #802 Feb. 24-26 in Chicago.

Governments worldwide are starting to pay attention to acrylamide and are implementing new regulations, which include setting benchmark levels (European Union) and requiring warning signs placed on foods and beverages that contain acrylamide (California Proposition 65). 

La Brea Bakery first opened its doors on South La Brea Avenue in 1989. Within a few short months, lines formed around the block as customers hoped to get their hands on one of the bakery’s coveted baguettes.

Ohly will continue to operate globally and within the US out of its Boyceville, Wis., facility, now being able to focus on Torula yeast extract based specialties and PRODRY® culinary powders.