Fats and oils | Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery

ADM to formally launch Knwble Grwn ingredients at Expo West

The plant-based products align with the company focus on wellness and personalization.

February 20, 2023

Snack and bakery producers visiting the booth will find a range of solutions aimed at meeting current consumer trends.

AAK USA names Rini Roy to serve as product manager

Roy will work out of the snack and bakery ingredient supplier’s Edison, NJ office.

February 16, 2023

Her previous experience includes project manager positions with Galata Chemicals and Nikito BIo Agro Pvt. Ltd.

Cargill: Sustainability increasingly important to global consumers

Company’s survey respondents say they’re more likely to purchase packaged foods with sustainability claims.

February 7, 2022

Sustainability considerations now influence the majority of the world’s grocery shoppers when buying packaged foods, according to Cargill’s most recent global FATitudes survey.

Consumers closely monitor fat content in packaged food, Cargill study finds

More than 60 percent of U.S. consumers avoid saturated fat, trans fat.

June 3, 2020

Cargill's FATitudes study revealed consumers closely read labels of packaged foods, with fat and oil type as a strong purchase consideration factor.

AAK launches chocolate bloom-delaying COBAO Pure cocoa butter

CABAO Pure can extend chocolate shelf life, preserve sensory experience.

June 13, 2019

AAK has launched COBAO Pure, a new cocoa butter with improved bloom-retarding effects.

AAK USA opens Customer Innovation Center in Louisville, Ky.

2,500-sq.-ft facility features bakery lab, pilot plant and analytical lab.

Bernie Pacyniak

January 26, 2018

AAK USA Inc., a leading manufacturer of specialty vegetable fats and oils, has opened a new, 2,500-sq.-ft. Customer Innovation Center in Louisville, Ky.

AAK taps automotive industry exec as new president, ceo

Johan Westman joins fats and oils supplier after serving Ohio-based Shiloh Industries.

Alyse Thompson

November 27, 2017

Fats and oils supplier AAK AB has named Johan Westman as its new president and ceo, effective June 1.

Fats & Oils: Challenged to be clean, sustainable, functional

Suppliers, reacting to demands from manufacturers and consumers, address requirements for fats and oils.

Bernie Pacyniak

November 6, 2017

Fats and oils suppliers must contend with providing confectioners with products that are sustainable, have a free label and still function well in formulations.