True artisan bakers know that creating the highest-quality breads simply takes time. That’s why Bakery de France is automating the art of baking by slowing down its processes.

Karen’s Fabulous Foods and its co-packer, Coby’s Cookies/Just Great Bakers, strive to produce both highly indulgent and healthy-indulgent baked goods that are simply the best in their class.

Bakers have expressed the need for more control over how their ovens perform, and equipment manufacturers have responded.

Dan Malovany tinkered around with MyPyramid.gov and discovered some things that may really interest you.

See how losses for Interstate Bakeries Corp. continue to mount as it restructures its operations by consolidating routes, closing plants and shifting production. Check out the pros and cons of the new MyPyramid and its Web site, MyPyramid.gov.

Seeing a new world of opportunity, candy, salted snack and energy bar producers are attacking the beleaguered cookie aisle. The first shots have been fired, but the full-scale war between these forces has yet to begin.

Wholesale bakers and snack producers are introducing such goods as Pepperidge Farm Whims, Mrs Baird’s Harvest Selects, Red