Despite the inexorable rise of convenience foods and the cash-rich, time-poor consumer, many parts of the world are gaining a high level of interest in home baking...
Considering parents’ growing concerns over their children’s health and the increasing trend towards giving them nutritious snacks, it could be assumed child-oriented cakes and biscuits represent a...
The free-from foods market is booming in many parts of the world, widening into new categories and increasingly moving into the mainstream with introductions from major manufacturers...
Health claims are on the rise across a number of food and beverage categories and, not surprisingly, the trend is now impacting bread. Bread launch numbers have...
Ancient grains are continuing their return to consumers’ diets, reflecting rising levels of awareness of their nutritional properties, as well as the unique flavours they can impart...
Consumers are quickly becoming familiar with the many varieties of bagels now available. What’s more, they are purchasing them as breakfast, lunch and snack food options. Editor’s...
The development of limited edition products to tie into specific seasons or occasions is a popular strategy in many areas of the international food and drinks market....
“A great empire, like a great cake, is most easily diminished at the edges,” American statesman Benjamin Franklin said some 300 years ago. The globe has changed...
Estimates of the global gluten-free market’s worth vary widely, with many reports coming in at almost $3 billion. However whatever it’s true value, the gluten-free market is...
Health claims are behind the increasing number of global launches of products containing the ancient grains amaranth, buckwheat, chia, kamut, millet, quinoa, sorghum, spelt and teff. Consumers...
