Jeff Gelski

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Senior Editor at Food Business News

Senior Editor at Baking Business

Contributing Editor at Dairy Processing

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Barry Callebaut manages cocoa market challenges

1 week ago | supermarketperimeter.com | Jeff Gelski

ZURICH — Barry Callebaut’s efforts to deal with high cocoa bean prices include creating non-cocoa products through precision fermentation and sourcing cocoa from South America. “We are expanding our full range of chocolaty experiences beyond the chocolate offerings into compounds and also into non-cocoa alternative offerings,” said Peter Feld, chief executive officer, in an April 10 earnings call.
GLP-1 ‘cyclers’ to present opportunities

1 week ago | foodbusinessnews.net | Jeff Gelski

SECAUCUS, NJ. — A consumer may one day walk into a physician’s office or a medical spa and ask how much weight they could lose for $1,000, said Jennifer Cooper, president of Enova Science, a private label dietary and nutritional supplement contract manufacturer. “What they’re really saying is, ‘I can afford to be on this medication for two months,’ and the reality is you start at really low doses,” she said April 9 at SupplySide Connect in Secaucus.
Tech advancements show promise in baking applications

1 week ago | bakingbusiness.com | Jeff Gelski

KANSAS CITY — Technological advancements may impact several areas in the baking industry: shelf life, nutrition, sustainability and reducing sugar or sodium. Precision fermentation applies to several of those areas, one baking consultant said.
MANE opens facility in Ohio to make liquid flavors

1 week ago | foodbusinessnews.net | Jeff Gelski

LEBANON, OHIO — MANE, a global supplier of flavors and fragrances, has opened its new manufacturing facility in Woodlawn, Ohio, that makes liquid flavors for various markets, including beverages, dairy, functional nutrition, pharmaceuticals, baked foods and confectionery. The company invested more than $100 million in the 100,000-square-foot plant, which offers up to 15,000 tonnes of production capability, five times the previous capacity.
Barry Callebaut investing in non-cocoa products

1 week ago | bakingbusiness.com | Jeff Gelski

ZURICH — Barry Callebaut’s efforts to deal with high cocoa bean prices include creating non-cocoa products through precision fermentation and sourcing cocoa from South America. “We are expanding our full range of chocolaty experiences beyond the chocolate offerings into compounds and also into non-cocoa alternative offerings,” said Peter Feld, chief executive officer, in an April 10 earnings call.
New MANE facility in Ohio makes liquid flavors

2 weeks ago | bakingbusiness.com | Jeff Gelski

LEBANON, OHIO — MANE, a global supplier of flavors and fragrances, has opened its new manufacturing facility in Woodlawn, Ohio, that makes liquid flavors for various markets, including beverages, dairy, functional nutrition, pharmaceuticals, baked foods and confectionery. The company invested more than $100 million in the 100,000-square-foot plant, which offers up to 15,000 tonnes of production capability, five times the previous capacity.
Supply chains feel ripple effect of tariffs

2 weeks ago | bakingbusiness.com | Jeff Gelski

SECAUCUS, NJ. – Global supply chains have entered a “new era” with tariffs, said Mario Torrico, a senior associate of ArentFox Schiff LLP who provides guidance on international trade laws. ”There are tons of questions, right?” he said in an April 8 panel at SupplySide Connect in Secaucus. “Am I eligible for duty drawback? What does this mean for my bottom line moving forwards? Will the new administration change the tariff rates?
Dismantling self-affirmed GRAS faces uphill battle

2 weeks ago | foodbusinessnews.net | Jeff Gelski

SECAUCUS, NJ. – Devon Gholam, vice president of Step Change Innovations, doubts self-affirmed Generally Recognized As Safe (GRAS) status will go away since it would take an act of Congress to do so. ”But I think we can all agree that a lot of things have been done lately going around normal checks and balances,” she said in an April 8 panel at SupplySide Connect in Secaucus.
Tariffs ripple through supply chains

2 weeks ago | foodbusinessnews.net | Jeff Gelski

SECAUCUS, NJ. – Global supply chains have entered a “new era” with tariffs, said Mario Torrico, a senior associate of ArentFox Schiff LLP who provides guidance on international trade laws. ”There are tons of questions, right?” he said in an April 8 panel at SupplySide Connect in Secaucus. “Am I eligible for duty drawback? What does this mean for my bottom line moving forwards? Will the new administration change the tariff rates?
Create seasonal items with new Dawn cake mixes, icings

2 weeks ago | bakingbusiness.com | Jeff Gelski

JACKSON, MICH. — Dawn Foods has introduced a turnkey seasonal cake program featuring three new cake mixes and two new buttercreme-style icings in the United States. The program makes it easier to create limited-time offerings since each new mix and icing is tailored to seasonal flavor preferences, according to the Jackson-based company.