The team’s experiments showed that substituting a portion of wheat flour with the sunflower byproduct produced bread with markedly improved nutritional profiles while maintaining acceptable texture and sensory qualities for consumers.
The appointments increase the size of Conagra’s board to 12 members; a move the company says will strengthen governance and bring additional operational and financial expertise to the packaged foods group.
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.
The new facility features baking, packing, and warehousing capabilities, enabling innovation and development across an array of products, from granolas to nut and seed snacks.
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.