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The addition of Fantasy Baking further expands Sweetmore Bakeries’ scale, strengthens its position in the key cookie and baked bar categories, and advances its long-term strategy of building a coast-to-coast network for premium sweet baked goods.

The investment is designed to increase production capacity, support growing global demand for biosolutions and strengthen the resilience and flexibility of the company’s international supply network.

The strategy focuses on integrating AI-driven breeding platforms with novel chemical and biotechnology traits to boost farm yields, optimize input efficiency, and improve climate resilience for growers worldwide.

Sourdough continues to be one of the fastest-growing trends in the bakery aisle, driven by consumers’ appetite for artisan style-quality products.

The appointment comes shortly after Bauducco opened its largest US manufacturing facility in Zephyrhills, Florida, strengthening the company’s domestic production capacity and positioning it for further growth in North America.