New conveying systems and belts are key players in bakers’ and snack manufacturers’ efforts to make their facilities and operations more sustainable.

Consumers continue to move away from kernel and microwave popcorn as ready-to-eat options offer more better-for-you ingredients, innovative flavors and convenience.

Consumer demand for artisanal baked goods and better-for-you snacks are making new laminators and sheeters must-have equipment for many manufacturers.

Consumer demand for portable, single-serve and on-trend baked goods and snacks continue to drive innovation in slicing, cutting and portioning equipment.

As consumer demand for more and diverse baked goods and snacks heats up, today’s ovens and fryers let bakers and snack producers increase production while reducing related costs.

New products, ingredients and food-safety procedures can mean new production challenges for bakers and snack producers. Today’s mixing systems can help food producers whip up a recipe for success.

Ingredient and equipment manufacturers offer a variety of products to help tortilla manufacturers improve their products, production efficiency and bottom line.

Puffed and extruded snacks are shedding their junk-food image with more nutritious ingredients and no-fry processing, plus on-trend flavors, textures and shapes to add more fun.

While sales of microwave and kernel popcorn declined, ready-to-eat popcorn continues on a path of robust growth.

New shapes, interesting flavors and better-for-you ingredients help make tortilla chips the second most-popular salty snack among U.S. consumers.