While iba may have been last fall, there are still plenty of creative and innovative solutions to delve into from the world’s leading trade fair for bakery, confectionery, and snacks. Mark Floerke visited the trade show to learn about the biggest bakery trends, as well as equipment and ingredient solution innovations on behalf of BAKERpedia.

In this episode of BAKED in Science, Mark is joined by three baking industry professionals to discuss bakery equipment for customization and thermal profiling, as well as upcycled ingredient solutions presented at iba 2023.

Jennifer Loegering is the Director of Marketing at Primera Technology. Primera is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of specialty label printing equipment, including Eddie® the Edible Ink Printer. 

Stephane Fjelddahl is ​a Thermal Profiler at Stephane Thermal Runs. Leveraging his 26 years of experience in the baking industry, he has introduced FALK, a bun-centric solution for industrial bakers. FALK combines hardware and software to accurately understand what is happening inside the oven.

Marta Benedet is the Key Account Manager at Agrain. Agrain is a food-tech company based in Denmark, specializing in the upcycling of spent grain. The company processes spent grain into aromatic and versatile flour ingredients, perfectly fit for a wide range of food products.

Futuristic Technical Baking Tools & Ingredients

As these three baking industry professionals highlight their equipment and solutions, some topics covered include:

  • Baked goods customization
  • Improving the bakeout phase with optimal data collection
  • The potential for implementing artificial intelligence into S-curve analysis
  • Kill-step validation
  • Minimizing food waste
  • Environmentally-friendly flours

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