Ardent Mills served up a variety of brick-oven style pizzas featuring ancient and heirloom grains and individually quick-frozen (IQF) grains at the Pizza Expo, now in its 35th consecutive year of operation at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

An increasingly adventurous consumer creates opportunities for bolder, unconventional flavors and novel varieties that bring an element of surprise and the potential to create a social media buzz.

Among the collection’s offerings are seasonings and blends for proteins, bakery, sauces and hummus. These items are also the starting point for food manufacturers to develop their own unique signature product offerings, with Fuchs’ culinary specialists at their side.

Mexican food is one of the most beautiful, fresh and flavorful cuisines and continues to grow in popularity, with more than 237 million Americans who enjoyed Mexican food and ingredients in 2018.

Don't have a travel passport on hand? That's okay. There’s an ever-growing selection of foods and beverages—both at restaurants and on retail supermarket shelves—to offer bolder ethnic flavors and multi-sensory food experiences.

At Asenzya®, we pride ourselves on being on the forefront of culinary trends and bringing that to our partners. We use many techniques in tracking the hottest global cuisines. 

The International Spice Conference is an initiative by the All India Spices Exporters Forum. It provides a networking platform for all participants in the spices industry—including flavor and fragrance companies, food and beverage manufacturers, spice associations, policy makers, farmers and other stakeholders. This year’s event drew more than 900 delegates.

Last fall brought food editors to Raleigh, N.C., for the International Foodservice Editorial Council.

Crust type, quality and mouthfeel are a big part of what consumers are looking for when choosing pizza.1 AAK’s flaked fats are the ideal solution for companies wanting to respond to this trend, providing a simple way to improve the texture and mouthfeel of crusts in both thin and deep-pan pizzas.

“We had an exciting year with the launch of our new business unit, The Annex by Ardent Mills (The Annex),” notes says Shrene White, general manager of The Annex. “Introducing The Annex at the year’s industry events provided great opportunities to showcase new ideas for using specialty grains and innovative formats, like crisps or puffed grains and individually quick frozen (IQF) grains.