The major snack brand is on a long-term quest to tackle racial prejudice and bias and has created its Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Action Team.

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‘It will not be easy and it will not always be comfortable’: KIND’s DEI journey

From indulging in comfort food to trying new food fusions, Canadian flavour and colour specialist Embassy Ingredients has tracked the changes in consumer preferences driven by the pandemic.

Spicy hints, savoury desserts, childhood nostalgia: Embassy discusses the ontrend flavours for 2022

The UK Government has introduced new rules for high fat, sugar and salt (HFSS) products that – when implemented in October next year – will affect the advertising of HFSS brands, volume promotions and the display of HFSS products instore.

‘We think there is the big opportunity here’: Despite nearly £2bn in sales at risk, IRI sees the silver lining to England’s new HFSS restrictions

BakeryandSnacks talks to Antonio Escalona, senior VP and GM of PepsiCo North America’s recently created Hispanic Business Unit, about the company’s recent multi-million dollar investment in the Hispanic market and how the pandemic has swayed the company’s focus and impetus.

In conversation with Frito-Lay’s Hispanic principal about strengthening the US-Latino connection and lessons learned during the pandemic

Tamsin Robinson used her knowledge gained from Le Cordon Bleu to create BakesterBox, which offers step-by-step recipe boxes for complex bakes that anyone can do at home.

‘I can see this business does have legs and could really be big’: UK kit box startup banks on enduring home baking trend

Indian entrepreneur Falu Shah is determined to donate one million school lunches to a child in need in India by the end of 2021 through Howdah. And given the snack’s eclectic range inspired by Indian street food and made from centuries-old family recipes with ayurvedic ingredients, such as turmeric, coriander and ginger, I doubt Howdah will have any problems in hitting this milestone.

Indian street food brand’s ‘one-snack-one-meal’ mission is resonating with Brits LISTEN

Seebo is the artificial intelligence (AI) platform used by producers like General Mills, Nestlé, PepsiCo and Mondelēz to predict and prevent food waste on the factory floor.

BakeryandSnack Chat Podcast: The AI platform that is putting the brakes on production floor waste

Not long after probiotics became the big buzzword, prebiotics became a thing. More recently, postbiotics have begun circulating – and are now slated to be the next mega trend.

BakeryandSnack Chat Podcast: Discussing the next big mega trend

Anticipating a rising demand for cheesecake, bakery solutions experts Zeelandia and FrieslandCampina have joined forces to craft a sustainable creation based on whey protein that they claim is a good contender to the iconic New York version.

BakeryandSnack Chat Podcast: The New Cheesecake steps up to the mark in every whey

2020 was without a doubt one of the most challenging years in UK history. Not only did the food industry have to contend with the pandemic, but also the complexities involved with the UK withdrawing from the European Union.

BakeryandSnack Chat Podcast: How one snack startup channelled karma to weather ‘the perfect storm of 2020’

The Food Marketing Experts has started 2021 on a high, scooping up the title of Best Food Photography & Marketing Firm. But what does this really mean for its clients and what can this Cambridgeshire full service agency can bring to the table for the bakery sector?

BakeryandSnack Chat Podcast: The power of photography to attract and engage the consumer

In time for National Chip And Dip Day on 23 March, Nature’s Eats – a brand of Texas Star Nut & Food Company – is launching Nutchos, all-natural grain free chips made from almonds.

Nature’s Eats set to disrupt the potato chip category with first to market almond tortilla chip

Stryve is certainly disrupting the $5bn US meat snack category with biltong – one of the only differentiated products the category has seen in decades. It is also set to shake up the market even further by going public and getting the healthier snacking message word out to Americans through big name private investors like actor Channing Tatum and NFL quarterback Justin Herbert.

Traditional South African biltong set to bring in the big bucks for Stryve

By now, the coronavirus’ impact on consumer needs is evident, with both consumers and retailers prioritising a safe and transparent food system. But how has the rush to meet the overwhelming shift to ecommerce and food delivery affected packaging demands and how is the packaging industry stepping up? And does this mean that sustainability has been put on the back burner?

The pandemic’s impact on packaging and label trends

The online subscription platform was founded with the aim to highlight up-and-coming snack startups to allow consumers to discover unique treats that might not have as yet found their way onto the shelves of retail outlets like Whole Foods.

Good Food Brands on a mission to showcase minority and woman-owned snack innovators

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