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Functional ingredients like fats & oils, gums & starches, dough conditioners, leavening, preservatives and salt.

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Fats & Oils

Fats like butter, lard, margarine and shortening, and oils like canola, coconut, corn, cottonseed, nut, olive, palm, peanut and soybean, including monounsaturated, polyunsaturated and low-fat and reduced-fat formulation tactics and trends.

Gums & Starches

Gums like agar, alginates, carrageenan, cellulose, guar, locust bean and xanthan, and native and modified starches like corn, potato, tapioca and wheat, to improve food quality, texture and stability.

Dough Conditioners

Ingredients like ascorbic acid, azodicarbonamide (ADA), emulsifiers, enzymes, gluten, glycerides, lecithin, oxidizing agents, reducing agents and others that improve the quality and handling of breads.

Leavening

Natural and chemical agents like baking powder, baking soda, bigas, mother dough, old dough, poolish, pre-ferments, sponges, starters, yeast and others used to ferment batters and doughs.

Preservatives

Natural and synthetic ingredients like ascorbic acid, butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA) , butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT), tertiary butylhydroquinone (TBHQ), tocopherols and others that serve as antioxidants, antimicrobials, mold inhibitors and shelf-life extenders to improve food quality and safety.

Salt

Kosher, sea, coarse, fine, finishing, flake and other salts to improve the functional quality of baked goods and act as seasoning agents, as well as salt substitutes, low-sodium tactics and trends.

Starches

Several ingredient companies have formulated solutions that deliver better quality products.

ARTICLES

ADM releases HarvestEdge Oro flour for pizza

ADM releases HarvestEdge Oro flour for pizza

Company aims to launch a more sustainable slice.
May 8, 2023

The introduction of HarvestEdge Oro comes as the pizza market continues to expand, with the line helping operators tap into new areas.


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Innophos adds solution to Levair bakery product portfolio

Innophos adds solution to Levair bakery product portfolio

Ingredient provides bakers with a calcium-based product for consumers, retailers seeking cleaner labels.
April 25, 2023

LEVAIR Select leavening solution is a non-aluminum based alternative to traditional sodium aluminum phosphate.


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Mühlenchemie introduces composite flour for baking

Mühlenchemie introduces enzyme-based products to improve baking results with composite flours

Allows replacement of up to 20% of wheat with alternative raw materials.
October 26, 2022

New “Compozym” enzyme series reduces dependence on global wheat markets.


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Ciranda, Terviva partner to bring Ponova oil to market

Ciranda, Terviva partner to bring Ponova oil to market

Oil is made from the beans of the pongamia tree.
October 26, 2022

Ciranda and Terviva, a regenerative food and ag innovation company, have launched sustainable Ponova oil through a new partnership.  


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various types of salt

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.


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Loryma debuts pregelatinized wheat starch

Loryma debuts pregelatinized wheat starch

Lory Starch Opal reduces waste, keeps glossy appearance.
October 13, 2022

Loryma offers wheat starch as an adhesive with gloss finish.


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Farmer Direct Foods unveils new brand identity

Farmer Direct Foods unveils new brand identity

Brand saves 40 million gallons of water per year through its climate-friendly farming methods.
September 27, 2022

New brand identity reflects company's grower network, leadership in regenerative farming practices.


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American Key Food Products expands gluten-free cassava flour line

American Key Food Products expands gluten-free cassava flour line

Cassava is a naturally gluten-free root vegetable native to South America, Asia.
September 8, 2022

To respond to the varied needs of bakers across all segments, AKFP is introducing alternative cassava flours with different baking performance and at a range of price points.


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Addressing rising wheat and gluten prices

Addressing rising wheat and gluten prices

Major global wheat supply crisis unfolds with no end in sight.
August 8, 2022

Bakery strategies to help mitigate supply-chain and pricing challenges.


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BENEO to highlight faba bean ingredients at IFT 2022

BENEO to highlight faba bean ingredients at IFT 2022

Demand for plant-based options grows as consumers embrace flexitarian diets.
July 11, 2022

Visitors to BENEO’s IFT booth will learn how faba bean ingredients are providing food manufacturers with opportunities for texture improvement in meat and dairy alternatives as well as protein enrichment.


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