To bake where no one has baked before 

German-based Bake In Space has a mission, as its name implies, to bake bread in space, which could improve astronauts’ lives on long-duration trips. According to an article in New Scientist, bread was last eaten in space on the 1965 Gemini 3 mission. Bread’s crumbs flew everywhere in the microgravity and posed an electrical risk. Bread has been banned ever since. The Bake In Space project officially launched this March. OHB System AG will build the bread oven. TTZ Bremerhaven, based in Bremerhaven, Germany, will provide the scientific expertise for customizing the oven and developing the dough mixture.

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    2017 Tiptree World Bread Awards 

The Awards were launched in 2013 to celebrate the UK’s bread baking skills and have gone from strength to strength. New categories this year will include the Tiptree Patisserie Trainee Baker category, supported by the National Bakery School, Muntons Malt Bread category and the Irish Wheaten Loaf category.

In 2016 the Awards attracted almost 600 entries. The stellar 2017 judging panel includes star of BBC2’s Victorian Bakers, Duncan Glendinning and John Foster, as well as contestants from the Great British Bake Off, and a host of baking industry legends. The Awards are open for entries until 6 September 2017.

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     Zimbabwe loses 109 milling companies in 8 years

The economic challenges of the past 10 years have seen Zimbabwe’s operating black millers dwindle from 128 in 2009 to 23 in May 2017, country operating wheat black millers have fallen from five in 2009 to one in May 2017, according to the Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (Gmaz) chairman, Tafadzwa Musarara, in a speech at a command agriculture all stakeholders conference recently. Musarara gave insights into the impact of the food fortification initiative on the milling industry.

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 Overwhelming interest in innovations

Interpack 2017, the world’s largest and most important specialist trade fair for the packaging industry, was a complete success. “Smart Process Solutions” was the trade fair motto under which the WP BAKERYGROUP presented smart solutions for the confectionery and bakery industry. The new WP brands under the labels of WP Pizza, WP Toast, WP Donut, WP Biscuit and WP Cracker & Pretzel Sticks attracted particular attention.

IBIE Named Among 50 Fastest Growing US Trade Shows

Building on the record-breaking success of its 2016 event, the International Baking Industry Exposition (IBIE), commonly known as the Baking Expo™ and North America’s largest baking industry event, was honored by Trade Show Executive (TSE) as one of the Fastest-Growing Shows in the publication’s Fastest 50 Awards. For more information about IBIE, visit: www.IBIE2019.com.