The Hinds Bock 40P-01 Dual High Speed Mini Products Depositing System accurately and cleanly deposits mini muffin, mini brownie, mini cupcake and mini snack cake batters, with or without particulates, at speeds up to 2800 per minute.

A new TIP-TITE Sanitary Drum Dumper allows dust-free transfer of bulk materials from drums to downstream equipment, and rapid sanitizing between changeovers.

Hinds-Bock’s new 12P-06 high speed depositors are ideal for “portion control” sweet goods, as well as mini muffins, snack cakes and brownies.

The Deco-iSpot from Unifiller base ices cakes and decorates cupcakes directly from a bowl or pail.

When it comes to sweet goods like doughnuts, Danishes, sweet rolls, muffins and coffee cake, the market is in a state of flux. As Walter Postelwait, president of Pak Group LLC/Bellarise Baking Ingredients, Pasadena, CA, puts it: “The total segment appears to be growing slowly, but has hot pockets of activity.”

Handtmann has announced the appointment of Christian Strohm and Sean Gorman to bakery sales specialist positions in Canada and the U.S.

Consumer demand for baked goods and snacks that are better-for-you, clean-label, gluten-free or in line with other food trends are prompting many bakers and snack manufacturers to re-examine existing products and develop new ones. Depending on the ingredients they add to or remove from formulations to achieve the results they desire, manufacturers can find themselves dealing with dough that’s thicker, stickier or otherwise different from the original recipe—and wondering whether their processing equipment will be able to handle it.

Hinds-Bock Corp.'s tabletop depositors are suitable for bakers with limited space.

As bakers add gluten-free lines or develop dedicated gluten-free facilities, specialized considerations must factor into operational features.

New fryers and oils enable bakers and snack producers to create more and better-for-you versions of the fried dough products and snacks consumers can’t live without.