Bakers and tortilla makers now have a new line of specially designed shortenings to enhance the appearance, mouthfeel, and functionality of icings, donuts, and tortillas.

AAK USA Inc. featured their expanded portfolio of formulation solutions during the 2019 Institute of Food Technologist Annual Meeting and Food Expo (IFT19).

Doughnuts are big business, and that’s not going to change anytime soon.

Many people have heard about omega-3s, and even the omega-6s in sources like flax and hemp oils. But what about omega-9s?

Healthy & Green Solid Oil 4.0, is the result of intense research and development works conducted by Borges Agricultural & industrial Edible Oils teams, with the aim of providing a healthy solution to the food industry that replaces saturated fats.

Fats, oils, starches, fiber, dough conditioners and texturizers all serve critical functional roles in snacks and baked goods, particularly maintaining the quality of the product throughout the desired shelf life. As consumers demand cleaner labels, more health-and-wellness benefits and better sustainability, product developers face a wide range of functional ingredient challenges.

Blue Diamond Almonds Global Ingredients Division is continuing its record of innovation with the introduction of 100 percent pure, premium almond oil for the food ingredients market.

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.