Baking & Snacks – WORLD NEWS
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Campbell’s appoints Mohit Anand as president of snacks division
Anand will lead a suite of well known snack brands, including Goldfish, Pepperidge Farm, Snyder’s of Hanover, Lance, Kettle Brand, Cape Cod, Snack Factory and Late July.
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GEA launches compact spiral oven for smaller food production operations
The new unit combines a twin zone spiral configuration with integrated booster impingement to deliver more uniform heat distribution across the conveyor belt; a design GEA says limits core temperature variation to about 1°C, compared with up to 6°C in conventional ovens.
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Finsbury Food Group appoints Neil Rockliff as innovation director
The newly created position signals Finsbury’s intent to elevate innovation from a tactical function to a central pillar of group strategy, with responsibilities that include shaping investment decisions, accelerating product development pipelines and strengthening commercial partnerships across retail, foodservice and export channels.
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Cerealto to divest pasta business to Cerealis in shift towards snacking
While the pasta unit has been profitable and has benefited from recent capital investment, Cerealto indicated that the business would be better positioned under a dedicated pasta operator.
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General Mills India inaugurates new manufacturing plant in Nashik
The new state-of-the-art plant marks a significant expansion of the company’s manufacturing footprint in India and reinforces its long-term commitment to serving the fast-growing food and bakery sector.