JAB Holding buys Panera Bread for $7.5 billion
Panera Bread and JAB have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which JAB will acquire Panera for $ 315 per share in cash, in a transaction valued at approximately … Continue Reading →
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Panera Bread clears menu of all artificial ingredients
Panera Bread has announced that its entire U.S. food menu and portfolio of Panera at Home products are now free from all artificial flavors, preservatives, sweeteners, and colors from artificial … Continue Reading →
Panera Bread appoints Hurst president
Panera Bread has named company veteran Blaine Hurst as president, effective Dec. 12, 2016, following the resignation of Drew Madsen for personal reasons. IFT Daily News
NUS food scientists create healthier, diabetic-friendly bread
Food scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have formulated a recipe for making healthier bread by adding a natural plant pigment, called anthocyanin, extracted from black rice. IFT … Continue Reading →
Adding barley may enhance antioxidant, vitamin E content of bread
A study published in the Journal of Food Science shows that replacing a portion of the standard baking flour with barley flour may enhance the total antioxidant and vitamin E … Continue Reading →
Scientists complete bread wheat genome sequence
The International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium (IWGSC) has reported that the whole genome assembly of bread wheat, the most widely grown cereal globally, has been completed. IFT Daily News
Flowers Foods acquires Dave’s Killer Bread for $275 million
Flowers Foods has announced a definitive agreement to acquire Dave’s Killer Bread, an organic bread company in the United States, from its existing shareholders for approximately $ 275 million in … Continue Reading →
Novel approaches to making gluten-free bread
The demand for gluten-free foods is increasing. However, because gluten is a structure-building protein essential for formulating leavened baked goods, obtaining high-quality gluten-free bread is a technological challenge. IFT Daily … Continue Reading →
New insights into bread wheat genome
A draft sequence of the bread wheat genome published in Science by the International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium provides new insight into the structure, organization, and evolution of the widely … Continue Reading →
Grupo Bimbo acquires Ecuadorean bread maker Supán
Mexican bakeries company Grupo Bimbo SA announced it will purchase Ecuadorean bread maker Supán SA, a transaction that ends a long-standing dispute over Supán’s use of the Bimbo name in … Continue Reading →