Capture gluten-free sales

• Create gluten-free formulations for gluten-intolerant customers using ADM's line of sorghum flours. The flavor of the white sorghum flours ensures a product without offensive overtones, and the whole grain sorghum flour enables bakers to advertise a nutritional claim. Call ADM Milling at 800/422-1688. www.adm.com/milling

Offer the benefits of chocolate

• Barry Callebaut introduces its new ACTICOA^® chocolate line. ACTICOA chocolate products retain up to 80 percent of the flavanols present in the raw cocoa bean, which are associated with numerous health benefits. It is available in both dark and milk varieties. Call Barry Callebaut at 866/443-0460. www.acticoa.com

Add apple to baked products

• Bring the flavor of fall into your bakery with EFCO's apple concentrated icing fruit. The fruit adds rich flavor and color to icings, donut glazes, batters, bagels and cookies, and only ½ oz. is needed per 1 lb. of batter. Call EFCO Products Inc. at 800/284-3326. www.efcoproducts.com

New cookie, lemon icings

• Rich Products Corp. has added two new flavors to its line of whipped icings. Lemon Bettercreme^® is made using Meyer lemons for a tart yet sweet flavor. Cookie Crunch with Chips Ahoy!^® pairs the timeless appeal of chocolate chip with high brand awareness. Call Rich Products Corp. at 800/45RICHS. www.rich.com

Opt for heart-healthy coconut oil

• Appeal to health-conscious customers by using GloryBee's coconut oil in your baked products. Coconut oil is a good source of lauric acid, which is known for its antimicrobial properties. GloryBee's coconut oil is available in organic and organic extra virgin varieties and comes in a 1-gal. container for foodservice use. Call GloryBee Foods Inc. at 800/456-7923. www.glorybeefoods.com

Yeast with natural vitamin D

• Lallemand's new baker's yeast process has resulted in yeast that naturally contains vitamin D. All Lallemand's yeast products now contain this essential vitamin, and a new instant dried yeast, VitaD Plus, produces very high levels of vitamin D when it is exposed to light, resulting in baked products deemed an excellent source of the vitamin. Call Lallemand at 800/687-6483. www.lallemand.com

Try functional wheat proteins

• The BICAR^® sodium bicarbonate plant in Parachute, Colo., has achieved ISO 22000 certification, making it the only sodium bicarbonate facility to achieve this food safety standard. Produced by Solvay Chemicals, BICAR can be used in a variety of applications, from cakes and breads to pastries and donuts. Call Solvay Chemicals at 800/765-8292. www.solvaychemicals.us

Naturally good bakery mixes

• Westco all-natural bakery mixes from BakeMark produce healthful items free from artificial preservatives, colors and flavors, enabling your customers to enjoy baked goodness without the guilt. Call BakeMark at 562/949-1054. www.yourbakemark.com

New chocolate profiles

• Sethness Greenleaf offers bakers new profiles for its range of chocolate flavors. The semi-sweet chocolate chip features roasted chocolate notes and a distinct chocolate bar flavor. The dark chocolate variety boasts a nutty, bittersweet profile. Call Sethness Greenleaf at 800/621-4549. www.sethnessgreenleaf.com

Gluten-free multigrain flour

• Capture a piece of the growing gluten-free market with Eagle Mills^® gluten-free all-purpose multigrain flour from ConAgra. It features five ancient grain flours — amaranth, millet, quinoa, sorghum and teff — to provide the rich nutritional benefits customers are looking for. Call ConAgra Mills at 800/851-9618. www.conagramills.com

Offer gluten-free options

• Corn Products International offers Expandex™ modified tapioca starch, ideal for creating gluten-free formulations. Its unique expansion properties help create structures and textures similar to its wheat counterparts. Call Expandex/Corn Products Intl. at 800/443-2746. www.expandexglutenfree.com

Gain leavening control

• Clabber Girl's InnovaPhase™ line has something for every baker: InnovaBake™, an encapsulated leavening system with a precision control capability; InnovaYield™, a specially formulated dough conditioner for frozen dough; and InnovaFresh™, a preserving system that lowers moisture absorption and extends shelf life. Call Clabber Girl at 812/232-9446. www.clabbergirl.com

Mess-free shine

• End the mess associated with egg wash by using Quick Shine™ products from Custom Baking. Safely and economically give baked products the shine and golden browning that generates sales — with no eggs, mixing, extra labor or waste. Call Custom Baking LLC at 877/455-4938. www.custombakingproducts.com

Add fiber with almond bran

• All-natural almond bran is ground almond skin removed during during the almond blanching process. Rich in fiber and essential minerals, it adds sterols, a natural color and a mild, nutty flavor to baked products. It also can extend the shelf life of probiotic organisms. Call Nut-trition Inc. at 209/883-0403. www.nut-trition.com

Healthful, flavorful cookie base

• Give your customers a snack that will satisfy their sweet tooth and salve their conscience. Cargill's Healthy Cookie Base has added fiber to pack a nutritional punch when used to produce whole grain cookies and bars. Call Cargill at 952/742-7575. www.cargill.com

New icing gives freedom of choice

• Order your icing just the way you like it, now that Flavor Right offers both pre-whipped and ready-to-whip varieties of its new cream cheese icing. The ready-to-whip topping is available in 8.8-lb. containers, shipped four to a case, while the ready-to-spread variety comes in a 15-lb. pail. Call Flavor Right at 888/464-3734. www.flavorright.com

Offer dark, bittersweet chocolate

• Guittard Chocolate Co. offers a line of dark and bittersweet chocolates. Darkote chunk is a mild flavored, semi-sweet chocolate that melts quickly. French vanilla boasts a robust chocolate with a rich, distinctive vanilla character. Solitaire is a fine flavored, dutched dark chocolate, and Ramono semi-sweet chocolate features a mild, well-rounded, dutched chocolate flavor. Call Guittard Chocolate Co. at 800/468-2462. www.guittard.com

Sweetener designed for professional baking

• Sun Crystals™ granulated blend delivers the results of sugar but with half the calories. Created by the makers of SPLENDA^®, Sun Crystals is made from pure cane sugar and stevia leaf extract. Call Diamond Crystal Brands Inc. at 800/654-5115. www.dcbrands.com

Slow churned for better flavor

• Plugrá uses a slow-churned process to produce its European-style butter, which results in lower moisture content and creamier texture. Available in salted and unsalted varieties, Plugrá butter contains 82 percent butterfat, which produces a rich flavor in the finished product. Call The Dairy Farmers of America at 800/535-5371. www.plugra.com

Choose fresh fruit fillings

• PastryStar's new all-natural fresh fruit fillings have less sugar, less starch and more fruit to provide an excellent flavor and consistency. Flavors include apple, cherry, raspberry, blueberry and apricot. Available in 20-lb. buckets, the fillings are ideal for Danish, pies and strudels. Call Amero Foods Mfg. Co. at 800/886-0912. www.pastryonline.com

Cut costs without compromising

• Reduce your non-fat dry milk costs with NUTRILAC^® products from Arla Foods. NUTRILAC is created from the most functional components of milk proteins, and switching from milk powder is made easy with NUTRILAC's 1:1 replacement ratio. Call Arla Foods Ingredients at 908/604-8551. www.arlafoodsingredients.com

Premium high-gluten flours

• Bay State offers a full line of flour to produce a variety of products. Bouncer, Golden Tiger and Heritage are premium, high-gluten flours made from the finest high protein spring wheat. The flours feature superior tolerance for fermentation, excellent volume potential, and tolerance for hand or machine make-up. Call Bay State Milling Co. at 800/55-FLOUR. www.bsm.com

Soy for better bread

• Soy fiber doesn't impart benefits only to consumers of breads — it also improves the breads themselves. Solae's soy fiber products contribute to better water absorption and retention during baking, improve the results of microwave heating and can extend shelf life. Call Solae at 800/325-7108. www.solae.com