Zagat, a leading provider of consumer survey-based information for restaurants and other leisure activities, has announced the results of its annual Fast-Food Survey of 274 national restaurant chains.

Kellogg Co. has launched a low-calorie popcorn chip under its Special K snacks line. Special K Popcorn Chips are baked instead of fried and are crunchy. The popcorn chips come in Butter and Sweet & Salty flavors.

More peanut butter manufacturers are recalling products. The recalls started with a salmonella-linked product sold at Trader Joe’s and have been expanded to dozens of peanut, cashew and almond butters, according to producer Sunland Inc.

The nation’s largest home-delivery pizza chain has plunged into the $6.4-billion pan pizza category. Pan pizzas are thicker than conventional products and cooked in special pans. Domino’s began selling handmade pan pizzas last week at nearly 5,000 of its outlets.

Marketers of beef jerky, a favorite of truckers and a staple at gas-station checkouts, want it to be a healthier snack. Makers of the spicy, salty dried treat find that consumers can accept turkey versions and are now stepping up sales with moister, tastier and fancier dried-meat products, some in flavors such as Basil Citrus and Lemon Garlic.

Bakers learn about the benefits and uses of honey at the National Honey Board’s recent Honey Summit in Chicago.

Dare Foods Ltd., Kitchener, Ontario, has appointed Peter Luik president, effective Oct. 1.

Members of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union (BCTGM) employed by Hostess Brands rejected the company's last/best/final proposal by 92%. Union members in every region of the country and every segment of the company's operations overwhelmingly opposed the proposal. Hostess seeks to impose bankruptcy-exit deal in court.

Royal DSM of the Netherlands is in talks with Cargill Inc. to possibly acquire the Minnesota-based company’s cultures and enzymes business.

Tortilla Industry Association, Arlington, Va., names Helen Chavez-Hansen of La Tapatia Tortilleria and Eugene Suarez Sr. of Abuelita Mexican Foods to its 2012 Hall of Fame at its 23rd Annual Convention & Trade Exposition at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Sept. 10-11.