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suedback to feature Italian confectionery and baking skills

CONPAIT (Association of Italian Confectioners) and API (Association of Italian Pizzerias), two renowned Italian organizations, are attending the fair.

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.

suedback 2024 showcases snacking concepts

Snacking is a key theme at suedback this year, regarded as an opportunity for bakeries to create differentiating products. There is a growing demand for quick, premium snacking options, which can also boost baker revenues.

südback: inspiration for next year and beyond takes center stage

The 30th edition of südback lines up the best and latest solutions for bakery, confectionery, coffee, chocolate, logistics, training and more. International exhibitors are bringing the latest developments for the baking and confectionery industries to südback; several competitions will crown this year’s excellence in craftsmanship and innovation, and a full agenda of forums will be hosted for knowledge sharing.

MULTIVAC acquires a majority stake in Italianpack S.p.A.

MULTIVAC Group acquired an 80% majority stake in Italianpack S.p.A., a manufacturer of automatic and semi-automatic packaging machines headquartered in Como, Italy. Italianpack will be incorporated into the MULTIVAC organization as a new business unit under the leadership of Tomaso Petrini, CEO of Italianpack.

“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,

Quick characterization of waffle flours

Waffle recipes are quite simple and do not need many ingredients. To obtain the adequate waffle sheet structure, the flour

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.

Brabender introduces new FarinoGraph

Brabender further developed its Farinograph to determine the water absorption capacity of flour and the rheological properties of dough, launching a new version of the device on the market that uses Artificial Intelligence to predict measurement curves.

Brabender joins Anton Paar Group

Anton Paar acquired the German company Brabender on August 1. It will be integrated into the Anton Paar Group as Anton Paar TorqueTec GmbH. Brabender’s team of approximately 200 employees will become part of Anton Paar.

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).