The baking industry gathered from around the world at IBIE 2022 to talk shop and explore the latest trends and innovations. Since this baking expo only happens every three years, there’s always plenty to catch up on and discover. While we can’t capture everything we saw in just one podcast (check out our IBIE hub [...]
If you are debating which grains to add to your healthy baked goods, I t-oat-ally recommend you give oats a try! At IBIE in Las Vegas last month, I sat down with Pat Shannon, Business Development at Grain Millers, Inc. to find out how their oat and grain-based solutions offer bakers a variety of [...]
Benexia brings innovation to IBIE with a new flour alternative for keto and healthy baking: chia flour, high in fiber and protein, to supply ‘innovation with nutrition’ to healthier baking while meeting specific dietary trends for today’s consumer. This September at IBIE, Benexia, the global expert and producer in exclusively chia ingredients, will be [...]
Grain Millers Grain Millers is a leading manufacturer of organic & conventional whole grain ingredients used in cereals, breads, bars & more. We offer a full line of organic & conventional whole grain products such as gluten-free oats, fibers, wheat, barley, rye, sweeteners & more, custom milled for [...]
One thing I know for sure is that consumers today are hungry for healthier baked goods. That means that there is still plenty of steam behind the high-fiber and high-protein bakery trends. At IBIE, I’ll be looking forward to seeing innovative ingredients that cater to these consumer demands. And I have no doubt that [...]
Looking for that next functional ingredient to give your label a nutritional punch? Chia flour could be it. A long time health food celebrity, chia seeds are rich in protein, fiber, and antioxidants. When ground into a meal or flour, they can do a number of things for baked goods: Flour substitution: partial or total [...]
If you’re not familiar with resistant starch, you should be! This power-house ingredient is a unique and interesting form of starch with many applications and benefits. It’s a type of dietary fiber that’s resistant to degradation and digestion. In baked goods, it boosts nutrition and adds functionality as well.In this episode of BAKED in Science [...]
Nutri-Score Also known as 5-Colour Nutrition label or 5-CNL What is Nutri-Score? The Nutri-Score, also known as the 5-Color Nutrition label, is a nutritional rating system that was selected by the French government in March 2017 to be displayed on food products. The Nutri-Score label is based on a 5-color coded scale [...]
When you're using an egg replacer, there are some important questions to ask. It depends what you want it to do or what you’re baking. Do you want to maintain structure? Is it adding emulsification properties? Do you need something to help with volume, binding, or texture? What other ingredient interactions do you [...]
As the demand for gluten-free baked goods has grown over the years, so has the ingredient technology to make delicious products. However, there are still plenty of challenges and opportunities for bakers and R&D teams. When removing protein in the form of gluten in baking, it is mandatory to incorporate other sources of protein [...]
