Millennials aren’t settling for just any snack. In fact, they are the driving force behind the better-for-you snack category at retailers.

Aldi is now opening stores with in-store bakeries.

In 2015, we launched the “Best New Snack & Bakery Products” contest to honor outstanding products recently launched in the U.S. snack and bakery market—snack products and baked goods that are causing the general public and the industry to sit up and take notice.

As more bakeries embrace the trend of distributing frozen product, managing temperatures at key points throughout production has arisen as crucial aspects of success.

The idea of "better for you" encompasses much of what consumers desire today in many of their snacks and baked goods: clean label, non-GMO, natural and—at its core—solid nutrition to make those foods a healthy part of their daily diet.

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