Cole’s Quality Foods, Inc., innovates the frozen food category yet again with the introduction of Middles, a stuffed bread that combines delicious, decadent, savory, salty and sweet flavors into one revolutionary snack concept.
Organizers of Yummex Middle East, formerly known as Sweets and Snacks Middle East, have announced the winners of the 2017 Innovation Awards during the show’s 11th edition, held Sept. 18-20 at the Dubai World Trade Centre.
Back in the early 1930s, when Charles Elmer Doolin started The Frito Company and Herman Lay started H.W. Lay & Company, they were establishing the groundwork for a snack empire. The two companies merged in 1961, and four years later joined forces with The Pepsi-Cola Company to create PepsiCo, which operates Frito-Lay as a subsidiary.
In private label today, as we see elsewhere across the snack and bakery industry, clean label is still the current buzz phrase, and consumers continue to seek foods that fall into the larger better-for-you category.
As the distinction between snacks and confections continues to soften, manufacturers are leveraging this classic combination to create new products and experiences that appeal to consumers in different ways.