The baking and snack food company’s Baked Naturals Cracker Chips are the first to utilize the SealTab reclosure feature. Originally launched in a quad-seal standup bag, the cracker chips now have a new level of convenience. Available nationwide since August, the new package comes in 5.8- and 6.4-oz sizes.
Innovative flavors, healthier ingredient profiles and eye-catching packaging are hallmarks of today’s potato chip segment. Manufacturers are now honing in on various advantages today’s chips have over their predecessors in an effort to keep the potato chip segment on-trend for consumers.
Simple salt just won’t cut it in the competition for consumers’ popcorn-craving palettes. Unique ingredients and flavor profiles are helping popcorn manufacturers go for their personal best in the great snacking games.
Low in calories, high in fiber—popcorn may just be the perfect natural snack. Of course, that doesn’t stop manufacturers from trying to up the ante by enhancing all the whole grain has to offer. Now, popcorn can be found competing with chips, pretzels and even candy in the snacking Olympics.
Blue Diamond Almonds’ ingredients business is transitioning its name from Industrial Products to Blue Diamond Almonds Global Ingredients Division. It’s the largest division within Blue Diamond Growers, which is expecting revenues this year to approach $1 billion.
Designed with men in mind, Ruffles Ultimate Potato Chips feature ridges twice the size and depth of those of its original Ruffles Potato Chips, making them good for hearty dips.
Agnetha Faltskog once said that, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it, without a sense of ironic futility…” Otto von Bismarck has said, “The main thing is to make history, not to write it.” We certainly can’t pretend to know the past of baking or snack food manufacturing. But with April marking the 100th anniversary of Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery, we cannot help but revisit some of the amazing past in these fascinating markets of ours.
The snack industry should plan on attending or exhibiting at SNAXPO 2012, March 16-19, in Phoenix at the Phoenix Convention Center. Hosted by the Snack Food Association, this exciting diamond anniversary (75th year) snack event will provide opportunities to network with snack food industry professionals from around the world, learn the latest and greatest trends and technologies and hear interesting speakers, such as former Arkansas governor and best-selling author, Mike Huckabee.