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A cross-industry panel will look at the critical issue of what the future holds for wheat at the upcoming American Bakers Association convention, April 14-18 in Scottsdale, Ariz.

In a move toward boldly-flavored, healthful products, manufacturers are finding innovative ways to meet the needs of consumers who favor sweet and savory bakery foods and snacks. Starting with the dessert first, familiar flavors and healthful benefits can be found in many of Wholly Wholesome’s pie products.

Americans eat too much salt and may not realize what foods contain the most salt, according to the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Its new report finds that the most sodium in the U.S. diet comes from things like bread, lunch meat, pizza, soup, and burgers.

As more consumers scrutinize ingredients in the foods they buy, bakers and snack producers are turning to inclusions to create better-for-you products that deliver irresistible taste.

Expanded several times, Turano Baking Co.’s Berwyn, Ill., headquarters production plant features three fully-automated makeup lines and three semi-automated lines that can produce some 200 stock-keeping units overall and generate as many as 150 types of fresh products each day. Starting out as a 2,000-sq.-ft. storefront in the early 1960s, the facility now is a 185,000-sq.-ft. dynamo of action.