Bakers Paying More As Wheat Prices Rise

With wheat and other key ingredients ratcheting up in price, commercial bakers say they’ve been paying a premium, while keeping costs down for recession-minded consumers. Prices have gone unchanged for everything from Costco muffins to multigrain bread, but bakers say to turn a profit they’re going to need more dollars for their dough.

Kronos Foods Doubles Flatbread Capacity With New Flatbread & Flat Bread Pizza Crust Line

March 15, 2011 Kronos Foods, Inc.

Kronos Foods, Inc., a leading manufacturer of premium gyros and other Mediterranean and specialty foods, announced it will double flatbread capacity with its flatbread & flatbread pizza crust line. Kronos, the branded leader of flatbread pita for the food service industry, has a growing business in flatbread pizza crusts as both a supplier to pizza manufacturers and restaurants.

Lomonaco Sicilian Cookies Are Becoming Popular In West Michigan

From sales in nine area retail stores to holidays and private affairs such as weddings, anniversaries, birthday parties and other events, the Lomonaco Sicilian Cookie Co.s gourmet cookies are becoming popular in the area.

Cargill To Feature Delicious, Better-For-You Snacks At Natural Products Expo West And SupplyExpo

March 14, 2011 Cargill

Cargill is showcasing delicious and innovative Corozonas snacks made with CoroWise plant sterols at this year’s Natural Products Expo West and SupplyExpo. One of the health-promoting ingredients is an innovative and convenient raspberry- and vanilla-flavored energy gels sweetened with Xtend sucromalt for sustained energy delivery without the blood sugar peaks and valleys of traditional carbohydrate sweeteners.

Scott J. Montgomery Named Flour Fortification Initiative Director

Scott J. Montgomery has been named Director of the Flour Fortification Initiative (FFI), a network of partners working to make the addition of vitamins and minerals to flour standard milling practice worldwide. He brings 30 years of cereal grain industry expertise to the leadership position, in addition to experience in working with the FFI Executive Management Team (EMT).