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Bundy Baking Solutions celebrates 60th anniversary

Bundy Baking Solutions celebrates 60 years in the industry, providing bakeware, coatings, and related services.

Puratos launches plant-based chocolate ingredient

Puratos extended its Ambiante range of ready-to-whip toppings and fillings with a new entry: chocolate. The Ambiante Chocolate Flavor is 100% dairy-free, with no artificial flavors or colors (NAFNAC) and uses cocoa powder from Puratos’s sustainable Cacao-Trace program.

“All sourdoughs harbor a different consortium of micro-organisms”

With a unique culture and a longstanding tradition, sourdough is used in new interpretations for unique creations. Karl de Smedt,

Royal Kaak CEO awarded Order of Chivalry

Royal Kaak CEO, Lodewijk van den Borg, was appointed Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau by the King of the Netherlands, as an acknowledgment of his role as CEO for 12 and a half years, and his accomplishments in innovation and societal progress.

The energy-efficient light at the end of the tunnel oven: J4

Czech Republic specialist J4 looks at the optimum baking curve for a wide variety of products when designing its tunnel ovens. To ensure it is consistently being reached, each step (and its dedicated zone) of the baking process is controlled.

How do we build a better baking future?

Clean-label, functional ingredients go a long way toward the sustainability concerns – of the baker, the material supplier and the consumer. Just before Christmas last year, a London baker called Maisie Collins opened up an industrial-sized oven for her local community to use free of charge.

Bundy Baking interview: “Relationships matter immensely”

Bundy Baking has enjoyed successful business worldwide over the past years, with American Pan strengthening its foothold in Europe.

Kaak OvenScan uncovers process improvement potential

Energy consumption is undisputed at the top of the industry’s concerns and efforts for improvement. Royal Kaak recently launched a new service that closely investigates the energy-saving potential of an industrial oven, which can help lower energy consumption by up to 15%: the OvenScan, launched last year and introduced in the Benelux countries in 2023.

dsm-firmenich reports H1 2023 results

DSM and Firmenich shared the first joint financial results since their merger, which was completed on May 8. Taste, Texture & Health is among the categories that performed well. The company estimates an FY 2023 on a pro forma basis Adjusted EBITDA of between EUR 1,800-1,900 million (versus EUR 2,275 million in FY 2022).

American Pan to showcase expanded portfolio at iba

American Pan is preparing to exhibit a comprehensive range of baking solutions at iba, including those from Runex and Turbel, companies that joined the Bundy Baking Solutions group since the last iba. The focus will be on eco-friendly solutions, energy-efficient and smart equipment.