Articles Tagged with ''snacks''

Chocolate chip cheesecake protein snack bar Atkins box

Atkins launches 2 new snack bars and RTD protein shake

April 25, 2022

The Atkins brand has launched two new snack bars—in Chocolate Chip Cheesecake and Strawberry Shortcake flavors—and an Iced Chai Latte RTD protein shake.

Cookies and cream protein snack bar mini Quest box

Protein Bars

Quest debuts mini protein bars in 2 flavors

April 25, 2022

Quest has launched mini versions of its flagship protein bars in Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough and Cookies & Cream flavors.

Every Body Eat expands into Whole Foods Market

Plant-based snack thins have 0g sugar

April 25, 2022

Every Body Eat, a women and minority-owned snack company, has expanded to Whole Foods Market nationwide.

Pepperoni pizza stuffed snack bites DiGiorno

Pizza Snacks

Nestle's DiGiorno brand launches Stuffed Pizza Bites in 4 flavors

April 5, 2022

DiGiorno has launched Stuffed Pizza Bites—snack-sized rolls of its flagship pizza made with 100% real cheese.

Hostess Brands snack foods include Donettes, Twinkies, CupCakes and Ding Dongs, as well as Voortman cookies and wafers

Plant Openings

Hostess Brands to open state-of-the-art bakery in Arkadelphia, Arkansas

Operational in 2023, the facility will bring 150 new jobs to the community

March 7, 2022

Hostess Brands Inc., a sweet snacks company, will convert an idled factory in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, into a state-of-the-art bakery. The bakery is expected to be operational in the second half of 2023 and bring approximately 150 new jobs to the community over the next three years.

Food Packaging

Nature Valley switches to recyclable wrappers

Kristen Kazarian

March 31, 2021

Snack bar company Nature Valley™ has launched the first plastic film wrapper designated as Store Drop-Off recyclable by How2Recycle® with its Crunchy granola bar.

Seasoning Systems Can Apply Cannabinoids with Care

Applied with Care: Seasoning systems multitask by offering gentle methods for topical application of cannabis to food products.

Alyse Thompson-Richards

August 17, 2020

Developers of seasoning systems say they're ready to serve manufacturers seeking to apply cannabis topically and evenly without breaking apart the base product.

Wonderful Pistachios' new automated production facility

Automation

Wonderful Pistachios meets global demand with new automated production facility

Producer chooses Allen-Bradley control system over a home-brew motor control center

Wayne Labs

December 2, 2019

The choice of a control solution collaborator was straightforward for Wonderful Pistachios, which has worked with Rockwell Automation for more than 20 years.

Industry News

TreeHouse Foods to sell its snacks division to Atlas Holdings

The Snacks Division employs more than 800 and is one of the largest manufacturers of private-label, healthy snacks

Wayne Labs

July 15, 2019

TreeHouse Foods, Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its snacks division to Atlas Holdings LLC of Greenwich, Conn. Atlas owns and operates 19 manufacturing and distribution businesses, which together employ more than 17,000 associates at more than 150 facilities worldwide. Atlas agreed to pay $90 million for the division, subject to closing adjustments.

New Plant Products

Rovema BVC 145 TwinTube form/fill/seal machine

March 19, 2019

Capable of producing up to 500 bags/min., the Rovema BVC 145 TwinTube continuous-motion form/fill/seal machine is built for confectionery and snack products.

On Demand Kelley Rodriguez, Editor in Chief of Refrigerated & Frozen Foods, will be joined in this 60-minute webinar by industry experts to help unpack the latest research.

On Demand Driven by climate goals, business risk, client interest, and resilience considerations, food and beverage companies are increasingly turning their attention to decarbonizing their production processes.