In 2018, the international baking industry will be dominated by iba. The world’s leading trade fair for bakery, confectionery and snacks will take place at Fairground Munich from 15 – 20 September 2018. As a premier platform, it offers an unparalleled market overview in twelve halls with all the latest innovations and products of the industry. Virtual bakery tours, a central topic for the to-go market and a speaker’s corner are exciting innovations that visitors can look forward to.

From 3rd to 5th February, the much-anticipated Masters de la Boulangerie organised by Lesaffre, took place, at the heart of the Europain show in Paris. Artists-experts in international baking, also visionaries and pioneers for their profession, three new elite bakers have just been awarded the honorary title of 2018 World Master Baker.

An innovative spoon-in-the-lid from RPC Superfos for its popular 75mm container is guaranteed to make yogurts, desserts and other dairy products stand out from the crowd.
The new solution is perfect for consumers who eat on-the-go, with the foldable polypropylene spoon simple to access, assemble and use. The APET lid features a fine PET seal that is easy to tear off. As such, it represents a significant improvement over similar lids which are sealed with aluminium foil, and thus oblige the user to find the spoon with which to eat the product.

RPC Sæplast is introducing a range of round storage containers that combine easy handling with optimum product quality during processing. Representing a departure from the more traditional insulated container design, the containers still offer effective protection and ease of use for a wide range of food products.

At this year’s FiE, GELITA, the leading manufacturer of gelatine and collagen peptides, focused on revolutionizing gelatine gummy production with two smart technological solutions based on collagenous proteins.

Edible Growth is the food science creation of Eindhoven University of Technology graduate Chloé Rutzerveld. It is a critical look at current 3D-printing technology and its capacity for deliciousness.

Ishida’s revolutionary AirScan inline system for detecting leaks in MAP packs has greatly enhanced the quality control procedures, as well as reducing labour costs, for a new snack product from M-Back GmbH in Germany which is being produced for dairy giant Meggle.

Creating a solution ideal for a variety of food applications, Linx Printing Technologies has widened its range of specialist inks with the introduction of a new formula that meets the challenges of coding onto oily surfaces.

Find out how to comply with the vast array of acts, regulations, guidelines and codes required on FMCG packaging and still achieve the shelf shout products need to stand out on cluttered retail shelves.

When making items such as cookies and sweet goods, it’s vital for bakers to waste as little dough as possible. Sometimes that begins before equipment cranks up … other times even sooner.