Loacker Celebrates 100 Years with Italian-American Celebrity Chef Giada De Laurentiis

January 30, 2025 Loacker

The new collaboration will bring several surprises to fans throughout the brand’s milestone anniversary year, honoring the “pure goodness” that has defined Loacker’s wafers and chocolate specialties for a century.

Viral Dubai Chocolate Trend: A Sweet Opportunity for Bakers, Patissiers, and Chocolatiers Alike

January 30, 2025 Puratos

The trend began with a chunky chocolate bar by Fix Chocolate, filled with gooey pistachio paste and crispy toasted knafeh pastry. Social media exploded with videos of people breaking open the bar, delighting as the oozy filling spills out. Initially exclusive to Dubai, it quickly became known as the “Dubai bar” or “Dubai chocolate”.

From High School Culinary Program to Micro-Bakery Owner

January 30, 2025 Learn4Life

There’s a lot more to starting a bakery business than just the love of making pastries, as Evelyn R. discovered as a high school student enrolled in a culinary career technical education (CTE) program.

Do You Know Where Your Bread Baskets Are?

January 29, 2025 Rachel Hindle, Cybake

Costly misappropriations like this will be familiar to all commercial bakers. And, as bread baskets are made of high-grade plastic, they are also stolen for “conversion” or “chipping” at the kinds of recycling plants that don’t ask too many questions. This growing tend means that it costs bakeries in the USA over $10 million a year to replace stolen bread crates (as they are called in the States), according to the American Bakers Association.

Ultimate Baker Shares Insights on FDA Banning Red #3 and the Value of Its Colorants for Bakers

January 29, 2025 Ultimate Baker

Ultimate Baker’s red food dyes come in powder form (see Natural Red and Natural Deep Red) and can be used in everything from cakes to icing to cocktails the same way you use other food dyes. Manufacturers can also use it to produce candies, sprinkles and other cake/cookie decorating products.