Bakery

Like that from other club wheats, flour milled from Cara has low viscosity and protein content, coupled with high “break flour” and “weak gluten”—characteristics ideal for making air-leavened cakes, sugar snap cookies, biscuits, pastries, and other soft, fluffy-textured baked goods. Weakened gluten is important because it means “you can whip the batter up to give it height, whereas with a regular flour, this would give it a tough consistency,” explains Garland-Campbell. “Break flour is associated with softness and gives the flour its fine texture.” …

Busken Bakery has a new, lower-calorie glazed donut. Lite-Hearted Donuts are heart shaped — appropriate for Valentine’s Day, though they’ll be available year-round — and have 140 calories and 2.5 grams of fat (zero trans-fat or saturated fat). They’re 4 Weight Watchers points, if you follow that system. …

Flowers Foods, Inc. reported results for its 12 and 52 weeks ended December 29, 2012. Sales for the quarter increased 14.7% to $749.4 million and for the year sales increased 9.8% to $3.05 billion. Diluted EPS for the quarter was $0.28, up 64.7%. For the year, diluted EPS was up 8.9% to $0.98; adjusted for one-time charges in both years, 2012 diluted EPS was $1.03, up 7.3% compared to $0.96 in 2011. It's Nature's Own brand reached approximately $974 million in annual retail sales and became the nation's best-selling bread brand. …

Hostess Brands Inc., the bankrupt maker of Twinkies snack cakes, received court permission on Monday to proceed with auctions for several of its brands, including Twinkies and Wonder Bread. …

The International Dairy-Deli-Bakery Association™ (IDDBA) has announced the speaker lineup for Dairy-Deli-Bake 2013. The event will be held June 2-4 in Orlando, FL at the Orange County Convention Center. This year’s speakers include: Bill O’Reilly, Brett Favre, Alton Brown, Jim Gaffigan, Marcus Buckingham, Lowell Catlett, Carmine Gallo, Erik Qualman, Harold Lloyd, Voni Woods, Jack Li, and Carol Christison. …