Salt | Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery

Sodium reduction tools help create healthier snacks, bakery products

Consumers aim to reduce sodium in their snack and bakery products.

Joyce Friedberg

October 19, 2022

Consumers aim to reduce sodium in their snack and bakery products.

British investment group Tekcapital announces global expansion of MicroSalt

February 17, 2022

UK intellectual property investment group Tekcapital PLC has announced a major expansion of its MicroSalt brand.

SaltWorks Pacific Blue Micro and Mini Flake Sea Salt

The all-natural sea salt offers low sodium and amplified flavor.

July 19, 2021

SaltWorks has introduced Pacific Blue Micro and Mini Flake Sea Salt, trailblazing finishing salts for manufacturers.

Cargill Salt's Sea Salt Flour

Cargill Salt’s new Purified Sea Salt Flour is a unique type of sodium chloride, sifted to the smallest and finest granulations of sea salt crystals; its ultra-fine cut makes it the only sea salt of its kind.

January 29, 2021

Cargill's new specialty, powder-like sea salt is ideal for applications that require extremely fine sizing for blending, including dry soup, cereal, flour and spice mixes, as well as for topping snack foods.

State of the Industry 2020: Tortilla chips go well beyond basic

Consumers search for more than your run-of-the-mill tortilla chip flavors.

Kimberly Decker

July 24, 2020

Snacks have to work pretty hard to keep up with consumer preferences these days. For one, they have to be suitably snackable, i.e., convenient and portable.

The story behind the specialty sea salt supplier to America

SaltWorks is obsessed with sea salt, and that passion has catalyzed tremendous growth for the company.

Douglas J. Peckenpaugh

March 24, 2020

Founded and based near Seattle, SaltWorks supplies premium-grade specialty salts to wholesale, retail, and consumer markets throughout the world.

Functional ingredients provide benefits, solve clean-label challenges

Maxine Weber

May 9, 2017

Formulating products with the ever-increasing demands of today’s marketplace is no easy task.

Salt, the heart of artisan bread ingredients

Richard Miscovich

March 15, 2017

Artisan breads rely on few ingredients—essentially flour, water, salt and yeast—each serving a critical function in the creation of a finished loaf.

State of the Industry: New products drive chip sales forward

New products drive chip sales forward: State of the Industry 2016

Potatoes find new companions in the chips segment as sales of apple chips soar and more root vegetables go into the mix.

Douglas J. Peckenpaugh

July 11, 2016

The chips segment has grown quite lively over the past year, with new product areas emerging and others, like apple chips, seeing considerable growth and maturation. Snack producers are also starting to grow beyond potatoes, offering sweet potato, beet and parsnip chips.

Sea salts

August 11, 2015

Secret Sun Salt's patented, reduced and full sodium sea salts are suitable for a wide range of commercial food applications, including baked goods and snacks.