Baking

MILWAUKEE – Angelic Bakehouse, a Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) certified bakery specializing in sprouted grain products, has received Non-GMO Project Verified status for its best-selling product, Sprouted Seven-Grain bread. The Non-GMO Project is North America’s only third party source for verification and labeling of non-GMO food and products. 

An advocacy group this week urged dozens of companies to end their use of potassium bromate in food products over its alleged links to cancer.

A review by the Environmental Working Group found 86 products that included potassium bromate, which the group said is used to strengthen dough, help bread rise and improve color following baking.

THOMASVILLE, Ga., Oct. 13, 2015 (PRNewswire) — Flowers Foods, Inc on Tuesday announced it has completed the acquisition of Alpine Valley Bread Company, a family-owned, U.S. producer of certified organic and all natural breads, for $120 million in cash and stock. Alpine Valley Bread Company will operate as an independent subsidiary of Flowers Foods.

NEW YORK (AP) — A Brooklyn bakery is recalling about 100 sugar buns after realizing the baked treats contained milk.

Tasty Delicious Bakery said Tuesday it's recalling all individually packaged sugar buns that were sold this week.

The buns are sold at stores in New York and New Jersey.

The Brooklyn-based bakery says it decided to recall the products after realizing some of the bunds were made with milk powder. The bakery said the milk wasn't listed as an ingredient on the packages.

Research published by Mintel this summer described snacking as a round-the-clock habit for Americans. While at least 94 percent snack at least once a day (up from 64 percent in 2014), Millennials are apparently the grazing generation, reporting at least four snacks a day. They’re craving convenience, according to Mintel, in the form of single-serve and reclosable packages.

PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (AP) — The new owners of Mister Bee Potato Chips want to bring the company back to the forefront of people's minds throughout the community.

As of Sept. 4, original owner James Richard Barton was joined by new investors Mary Anne Ketelsen, Doug Ketelsen, Gregory Barton and Greg Reed with Mary "Mickey" Welch helping to get financing in place.

The group is operating under the company's old name, the West Virginia Potato Chip Co., and is continuing local operations.

Hostess for years counted Wonder, perhaps the brand most closely association with sliced white bread, among its holdings.

The two iconic food labels went their separate ways following Hostess' bankruptcy declaration in 2012, but The Wall Street Journal reports that Hostess is back in the bread market.

Unlike dough made from wheat flour, gluten-free dough does not easily form into a smooth ball because it lacks this important binder. That poses a challenge for dough and can also pose a challenge before final baking.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Once upon a time, pumpkin spice lived pretty much only in pies.

That was a long time ago.

These days, it's a modifier on a list of foods that grows longer each fall: There are pumpkin spice lattes and breakfast cereals, doughnuts and yogurt-coated pretzels, pancakes and candy, even pizza and beer. In fact, in recent years, the number of pumpkin spice-related items introduced in restaurants and supermarkets has doubled, according to Datassentials, a company that tracks menu trends.

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THOMASVILLE, Ga., Sept. 14, 2015 (PRNewswire) — Flowers Foods, Inc. on Monday announced it has completed the acquisition of Dave's Killer Bread, the nation's best-selling organic bread, from its shareholders, including members of the founding Dahl family and Goode Partners, for approximately $275 million in cash. Dave's Killer Bread will operate as an independent subsidiary of Flowers Foods.

NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. plunged in premarket trading Thursday after the company lowered its outlook following disappointing second-quarter earnings and revenue.

The stock shed $2.99, or 16.9 percent, to $14.74 in premarket trading about an hour before the market open.

NEW YORK (AP) — Flowers Foods continued its aggressive pursuit of consumers seeking options they see as healthier, buying its second organic bakery in less than a month.

Major food producers, from Kellogg to General Mills, are maneuvering away from dinner table staples that are now perceived by some as too processed, and are in the hunt smaller players that can get them there faster.

Flowers, with sales last year of $3.75 billion, has spent almost $400 million in the past month on organic bakers.

The Food Processing Suppliers Association on Tuesday announced that advanced sign-ups for the educational sessions of PROCESS EXPO UNIVERSITY have already passed the final number of educational registrations at the last edition of PROCESS EXPO in 2013. This year’s program includes over 35 hours of sessions that take place throughout the show during PROCESS EXPO 2015 at Chicago's McCormick Place from September 15-18, 2015 and admission to all sessions is free of charge to all registered attendees.

CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — A judge has thrown out lawsuits filed by New Jersey consumers who said supermarkets fooled them into paying more for bread by advertising it was made fresh in their stores.

Signs in Acme, Wegmans and Whole Foods said baked goods were made elsewhere and reheated in-store, according to the lawsuits filed in Camden in December.

The health-conscious consumers say the misleading signs with phrases such as "baked fresh" and "made in house" persuaded them to pay higher prices.