Company names Zachary Freed to Confectionery Innovation Team
March 2, 2017
Freed brings more than 6 years of confectionery product development experience to the AAK team, from companies like International Flavors & Fragrances and Uncle Dave’s Ice Cream. Most recently, Freed developed and played a key role in launching innovative confectionery products at Barry Callebaut.
Growing culinary team making its mark on frozen food category
February 20, 2017
Since The Schwan Food Company developed the Schwan’s Chef Collective in 2015, it has grown to include 17 internal and external talented chefs from across the country that work to incorporate trends and new flavors into new frozen-food concepts.
Prepared Foods readers select Bofanna Frozen Fruit Cream Bars as their favorite new product introduction from December 2016
February 3, 2017
Bofanna Frozen Fruit Cream Bars bills itself as “pure awesome deliciousness” on its package. The frozen treat lived up to the hype as Prepared Foods readers selected it as their favorite product introduced in December 2016.
The Oscars, Emmys, Grammys, Golden Globes and Tonys. Every winter and summer brings a crush of awards programs for movie and television stars, musicians, stage actors and others—all those who feed consumer demand for entertainment.
Chefs, long accustomed to using wine in cooking, are borrowing a page from mixologists, adding spirits to numerous formulations, especially sauces and marinades.
A chef and innovation manager’s perspective on savory flavors
January 11, 2017
Prepared Foods talks savory flavor trends with Samantha Brown, innovation manager for foodservice new product development at Smithfield Foods Inc., Smithfield, Va.
Prepared Foods talks new products with Jonathan Davis, senior vice president of research and development for ARYZTA LLC, Los Angeles
January 6, 2017
Editor’s Note: Jonathan Davis has been with La Brea Bakery since it opened its doors more than 25 years ago. He studied at the California Culinary Academy in San Francisco before taking a position with Nancy Silverton at La Brea Bakery.