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From Kitchen to Factory: Turning Your Home Recipe into a Scalable Commercial Formula
So, you’ve developed a delicious cookie, brownie, or candy in your kitchen — and now you’re ready to share it with the world. But making 2 dozen cookies at home and producing 200,000 for retail aren’t the same thing. If you’re a brand owner or entrepreneur looking to take your…
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How to Do Shelf-Life Testing on Your Own for Packaged Baked Goods and Confections
As a brand owner developing packaged baked goods or confections, understanding your product’s shelf life is critical for ensuring safety, quality, and consumer satisfaction. While formal shelf-life studies conducted by third-party labs can be expensive and time-consuming, there are practical, affordable steps you can take to conduct your own preliminary…
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Turning Concepts into Commercial Products: How R&D Works for Packaged Baked Goods and Confections
If you’re a brand owner with a great idea—or even a homemade recipe—you’re already ahead of the game. But transforming that idea into a shelf-ready product takes more than inspiration. It requires a structured, strategic Research and Development (R&D) process designed to ensure your product delivers on taste, quality, consistency,…
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From Box to Bite: Packaging That’s Better for the Planet
As consumer demand for environmentally responsible products grows, brand owners and manufacturers of baked goods and confections are seeking sustainable packaging solutions that minimize environmental impact and navigate complex trade regulations. This post explores updated alternatives to plastic packaging, evaluating their advantages, drawbacks, domestic manufacturing availability, and tariff implications. Sustainable…
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Tariffs, Treats, and Tough Choices: How Trade Policy Impacts Your Favorite Baked Goods and Confections
When you bite into a gooey chocolate brownie or a perfectly crisp hazelnut biscotti, you’re probably not thinking about international trade policy. But behind every sweet treat lies a complex global supply chain — and when tariffs come into play, that chain can get tangled fast. Where Your Ingredients Really…
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From Field to Fork: Tracing the Global Supply Chain of Bakery & Confectionery Ingredients
When you bite into a chocolate croissant or unwrap a piece of caramel, you’re enjoying the end result of a complex and global journey. Behind every bakery and confectionery product lies a web of ingredients sourced from all over the world, tied together through agriculture, processing, trade, and logistics. Here’s…
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