Bakery

Batter Cake Production guides students through hands on investigations of the function of ingredients, temperature control, cake mixing and processing, and develop problem solving skills with immediate on-the-job applications. …

Cargill will showcase an innovative new texturizing ingredient, the CitriTex stabilizer blend*, in a delicious, reduced-fat muffin prototype at the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) Food Expo July 18-20 in Chicago. …

Ralcorp Holdings, Inc. announced that it has acquired Sepp’s Gourmet Foods Ltd., a leading manufacturer of frozen breakfast foods for the retail and food service sectors with annual net sales of approximately US$29.3 million. Sepp’s, which is based in Canada, will continue its operations in Delta, British Columbia and in Richmond Hill, Ontario. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. …

Mission Foods is kicking off the summer with the Mission Menus Challenge on June 28, 2010. Celebrity Chef Sara Moulton, host of “Sara’s Secrets” on the new Cooking Channel and author of Sara Moulton’s Everyday Family Dinners, will encourage consumers to submit their budget-friendly recipes to Mission at www.MissionMenusChallenge.com for a chance to compete in a cook-off in Los Angeles and win a $10,000 kitchen appliance makeover as well as a host of weekly prizes. …

Pittman & Davis, based in Harlingen, Texas, announced today the completion of the acquisition of Eilenberger Bakery in Palestine, Texas. The purchase of the 112-year-old landmark was completed in the first quarter of 2010, with terms of the transaction not disclosed. …