Pastry Theft?
Link to The Star Press from Eastern Indiana – story of three arrested in a ‘doughnut theft spree’.
Making the world a little sweeter one pastry tip at at time.
Buzz and News
Recall of Nestle Products
NESTLÉ is initiating a voluntary recall of all NESTLÉ TOLL HOUSE refrigerated cookie dough products. For a full list of items:http://www.verybestbaking.com/products/tollhouse/product-recall.aspx From Nestle: Why you shouldn’t eat raw dough in the first place:http://www.verybestbaking.com/products/tollhouse/q-and-a.aspx Here is more info from Nestle, along with pictures and description of …read more
Red Band Flour Discontinued
Okay, I’ll admit it: I’m a Pacific-Northwest-born Southern-California-Living Girl from the South. While Red Band Flour may not be recognizable to most, more than a few will be disappointed that another product identifiable from the South will be discontinued. I was as dissapointed when I …read more
High Cocoa Prices: Record Levels
A bullish market is predicted with high prices overall. West African crops are reported down and consumers could end up paying more as a result. Also, child labor exploitation is still a huge problem for the cocoa producing regions which could also bring up prices, …read more
New Candy from Paas
Seasonal Paas, known for their Easter coloring kits, has decorated candy eggs with seasonal messages and designs. They also have malted milk eggs with chocolate. Check out the new retail boxes.
Chocolate Genome Project
Scientist are working on uncovering genome secrets of chocolate so that farmers may benefit from chocolate varieties that have higher yields and are more resistant to pests and poor weather. Joint project from USDA and IBM Corp. More from news from MSNBC.
For the Candy Buyer: New Sweets
Lindt Excellence, Chili (spicy red chili, dark chocolate bars) Snickers Adventure Bar – Indiana Jones tie-in candy bar for the film ‘Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.’ (snickers bar with Thai spice and coconut) New Jelly Belly flavors: inspired by the Cold …read more
The latest in food trends: Diets and Satiety
According to the Jan-08 issue of Baking Management magazine, an industry magazine for the processors and producers of, and suppliers or brokers to, the professional baking industry, bakers may be looking into what makes consumers happy (ie, satisfying flavors, relief of hunger) by developing items …read more
Ingredient: Cocoa Replacer
For the baking profession: 100% natural whole grain, pure dark roasted barley functions as a 1:1 ratio replacement for black cocoa. Briess Malt & Ingredients Company’s organic flour has same color and flavor characteristic as black cocoa. Briess’ company website PDF company flyer for the …read more