Cherrytree Bakery will be expanding into a state-of-the art facility following the acquisition of a 12,000 sq ft building next to its headquarters. The increased capacity will allow Burnley-based Cherrytree to expand its tray bake offer, meet additional demand and strike deals in new markets. Over recent months the business has won a series of new contracts with major national retailers and has ambitions to double its turnover in the next three years to £50million. Cherrytree Bakery MD Mark Beaumont said: “We are delighted to have completed the deal to buy the facility. It’s right next door to ..read more

Earth & Wheat has undergone its first brand refresh which includes a new positioning and visual identity as it celebrates its second birthday. The start-up was founded by James Eid in March 2021 when it launched the world’s first ‘wonky bread’ box which sold 10,000 boxes in its first 12 weeks. Eid, a fourth-generation baker, came up with the concept of rescuing baked goods from going to waste after witnessing the ‘eyewatering’ amount of food thrown away by food manufacturers due to strict shop standards. The food would have to be binned due to its odd shape or size, unusual colour or appea ..read more

Cherrytree Bakery will be expanding into a state-of-the art facility following the acquisition of a 12,000 sq ft building next to its headquarters. The increased capacity will allow Burnley-based Cherrytree to expand its tray bake offer, meet additional demand and strike deals in new markets. Over recent months the business has won a series of new contracts with major national retailers and has ambitions to double its turnover in the next three years to £50million. Cherrytree Bakery MD Mark Beaumont said: “We are delighted to have completed the deal to buy the facility. It’s right next door to ..read more

ADM announced that it has opened a new production facility in Valencia, Spain to help meet rising global demand for probiotics, postbiotics and other products that support health and well-being. The production facility represents an investment north of $30 million and a more than five-fold increase in ADM’s production capacity, increasing it to 50 metric tons per year. The facility will allow ADM to supply growing markets for probiotics and postbiotics in the U.S., Asia-Pacific and Europe. ADM expects its customer base will more than triple over the next five years as more people recognise the ..read more

Easter weekend brings a lot of opportunity for bakers, starting from the beginning of April, through to when the kids go back to school. It presents a great chance for families and friends to get together and enjoying cakes and other bakery treats is a big part of it. British Bakels, the bakery ingredients experts, has launched its latest campaign with top tips on how bakers can maximise sales over the Easter weekend. Following on from British Bakels’ highly successful Christmas campaign, the Easter initiative is designed to help bakers bring the joys of spring to their bakeries with assets in ..read more

Reading Bakery Systems (RBS), manufacturer of snack production systems, now has their sustainable-design electric-powered convection oven available for customer product trials at the RBS Science & Innovation Centre. The new electric-powered 2 zone convection oven offers similar baking to a gas-powered oven but is able to achieve sustainability goals with energy-efficiency and emission-reducing benefits of electric penthouses. “It is our charge to develop innovative equipment and system solutions that meet the sustainability-focused guidelines of the future. Our equipment and systems are re ..read more

BENEO, manufacturers of functional ingredients, has announced it is taking a 14% stake in German business, Grillido, to get to know consumer preferences for plant-based meat solutions even better. Investing in Grillido, a start-up for hybrid, vegetarian and vegan products, marks the next step in BENEO’s plant-based protein strategy.  With the market for fish and meat alternatives forecast to rise by 10% CAGR over the next five years, this latest investment will give BENEO direct access to consumer needs, allowing it to continuously improve its plant-based protein solutions for meat altern ..read more

UK food chain Iceland has withdrawn its own-brand ‘50% white and wholemeal’ loaf after a trading standards complaint by the Real Bread Campaign. Real Bread Campaign coordinator Chris Young said: “The law is clear on what you can and can’t name and market using the word wholemeal. It’s good to see Iceland’s move in line with this, though they could’ve just renamed the product.” Iceland is one of five companies to which the Campaign wrote in June 2022 about the naming and marketing of their ‘half and half’ products. The Campaign continues to follow up its complaint about Aldi, Hovis, J ..read more

AB Mauri has introduced a new healthy bread mix range, Pure ProGrains. The four new mixes are innovative concepts that have been specially designed to make it simple for craft and medium size bakeries to produce breads, that not only taste fantastic, but also deliver several significant health and nutritional benefits, Kennedy’s Bakery Production learns. The growing consumer trend for healthier food products and increased awareness of gut health is leading to more and more people reconsidering their diets. It’s essential to eat a balanced diet with a variety of fibre rich foods, such as h ..read more

Looking at a combination of classic cakes and some of the most viral bakes on TikTok, Mason Cash has created a new Bakeability score. By creating an index from an average of TikTok views and Google search data over time, they can reveal which bakes they predict will triumph in 2023. As part of the research, Mason Cash wanted to explore whether traditional bakes would be usurped by TikTok’s viral bakes. Do Brits still love a Victoria sponge or will cloud bread become the new normal? The data can reveal that cinnamon rolls had the highest combination of searches and TikTok virality; the Scandina ..read more