Snack producers and bakeries are making efforts to include more fruit ingredients in the products they offer to appeal to consumers looking for healthier, better-for-you food choices. Use of real fruit ingredients resonates with consumers, since it communicates a fresh, real, wholesome message.

Grain Processing Corporation (GPC), Muscatine, Iowa, is pleased to announce the receipt of Non-GMO Project Verification at its Washington, Indiana, production facility for maltodextrin and corn syrup solids.

Arjuna Naturals Extracts, Ltd., has launched its natural preservative formulation for combating oxidation, thermal degradation, hydrolytic rancidity and extending the frying cycle of vegetable oils.

To meet increasing consumer demand for lower sodium food options, Cargill has opened its first food-grade potassium chloride operation at its Watkins Glen, N.Y. salt plant.

The Plant Production and Marketing Board of Israel is helping farmers of the Orri Jaffa mandarin to grow better, safer Orri Jaffa fruit.

Fresh bread, bagels and English muffins comprise the largest segment in bakery, valued at over $10 billion per IRI, Chicago. But sales overall remain relatively flat. Nevertheless, several strategic options exist for bakers to infuse new life into bread sales.

The desire for safe, healthy food isn't necessarily new, but it has been picking up steam ... big time. While the FDA may not have a definition for what exactly counts as a "clean label," consumers are asking to buy them. As bakers, we need to simplify our formulas with natural solutions.

More people are growing increasingly aware of the amount of sugar in their diets. The 2017 "Food & Health Survey" from the International Food Information Council found that 76 percent of respondents were trying to limit or avoid sugar.

Cargill has introduced the lowest saturated fat, high oleic canola oil available to commercial food customers worldwide.

Bell Flavors & Fragrances has announced new smokeless smoke flavors, a natural alternative to traditional liquid smoke, with variations ranging from mesquite to cherrywood.