Bühler electric baking: Light it up!
In the burgeoning world of cookies, crackers and cakes, where sustainable and efficient baking is the rule, ‘E’ stands for electricity.
Tag: sustainability
Ledora bakery: Made to measure
Specializing in frozen bakery products, Ledora Plus Kft. has always been steadily growing, since its launch. The company’s latest investment is also its biggest to date: a brand-new, fully automated factory in its hometown of Eger, Hungary, designed from scratch to fit production equipment and Ledora’s bold plans.
UK: Greggs debuts Eco Drive-Thru
Greggs announced the launch of its first Eco Drive-Thru, part of its priority to become more sustainable with new projects. Located at Easton Lane, Winchester, the drive-thru will test new, green features.
First Food Matters live European event announces agenda
The first Food Matters Live for Continental Europe event will take place September 23–24, 2025 at the Rotterdam Ahoy Convention Centre, supporting innovation in food ingredients, functional nutrition, sustainability and cross-industry collaboration.
Bühler introduces new wafer baking oven technology
Bühler Group launched OptiBake, an inductively heated wafer oven designed for precision baking, enhanced flexibility in baking parameters, which can achieve up to 50% energy savings compared to conventional gas-fired wafer baking ovens.
Puratos unveils three innovations at iba 2025
Puratos returns to iba with three new developments: a novel bakery improver that supports convenience and sustainability, sprouted grains that boost fiber content and taste, and a reimagined brioche concept that is also environmentally friendly.
The total package
Selecting a packaging concept for baked products is a task with an extensive checklist. Functionality, safety and design are only the tip of the iceberg. Although not immediately visible to consumers, packaging choices are important. Adding sustainability to the list of criteria makes the challenge even more complex.
An olive branch
PhenOlives patented a process that allows leftover olives from the oil industry to be made into flour. This development has the potential to extend an olive branch to significant material waste in oil processing while providing a ‘super-flour’ with numerous benefits.
Emithermic® XE baking is sustainable baking
The Emithermic® XE technology was developed to deliver consistent, even radiant heat while maximizing thermal energy retention and overall efficiency. By eliminating all Direct Gas Fired (DGF) ribbon burners, the oven developed by Reading Bakery Systems (RBS) represents a major transformation in cracker baking.
All green lights for the smart factory
Stergiou Family recently expanded its production to a new range – frozen products, with a matching state-of-the-art facility. The fully automated, smart bakery is a project five years in the making and started operations a few months ago.
Greggs to slash food waste by 25 %
By the end of 2025, Greggs will generate 25% less food waste than in 2018, the company’s 2024 sustainability report highlights. The UK’s biggest baker will continue to work towards 100% of its surplus food going to people in need,
Speciality Breads invests GBP 20 m in ‘bakery of the future’
Speciality Breads announced a GBP 20 million investment in a new, 180,000 sq ft bakery where it plans to relocate. The new facility should become operational by the end of the year.
