Now here’s some good health news: Nearly two-thirds of Americans say they are heeding the Dietary Guidelines advice to "make at least half your grains whole,” with the majority of Americans eating more whole grains than they did five years ago.

Honeyville’s new ancient grain flours include Spelt Flour and KAMUT® Wheat Flour. Both flours can be blended or customized to meet granulation specifications including coarse, medium, or fine grind.

Just over a year ago, Ardent Mills, the premier flour-milling and ingredient company opened for business with IBR as part of its North American network. Now known as Innovative Bakery Resources, this unique Tualatin, Ore., bakery celebrates with its Oregon team members, families and invited food industry guests, showcasing its unique capabilities in support of a “Who’s Who” of food customers.

Flour-milling and ingredient company Ardent Mills used this year’s IFT Annual Meeting & Food Expo to showcase a Mobile Innovation Center (MIC) and launch two new product lines: Ardent Mills Organic Flours and Grains and Ardent Mills Sprouted Flours and Grains.

Bay State Milling Company, a plant-based ingredients company, headquartered in Quincy, Massachusetts, has launched its new website.

Briess Malt & Ingredients Co. has announced an expansion plan that company officials say builds upon its recent acquisitions. The plan includes installation of a roaster at its Waterloo, WI, malting operation, and adding 1.5 million bushels of storage at its barley operation in Ralston, WY.

Blue Diamond Almonds Global Ingredients Division has introduced line of almond flours. Officials say this ingredient will contribute to the nutritional enhancement and expansion of formulation possibilities for food manufacturers worldwide.

Bay State Milling Company introduces the BeneGrain line of sprouted flours. Initial offerings include both sprouted wheat flour and sprouted brown rice flour.

They studied grain foods patterns — dialing up or dialing down specific grain food servings and looking at the impacts on overall energy, nutrient intake and diet quality, and cost of nutrients and grains foods' role in providing nutrients per dollar.

Puratos’ Muesli Cookie took first place at this year’s American Society of Baking (ASB) Product Development Competition held in early March at The Hilton in Chicago.