High quality fillings

Henry & Henry offers a full line of quality fruit and cream fillings. The company's no-sugar-added fillings have a high fruit content and are available in apple, cherry, peach, blueberry, lemon, apple Danish and raspberry Danish varieties. The fillings contain only the naturally occurring sugar that is in the fruit and are excellent for baking in pies, Danish and sweet doughs. Other varieties include Crown fillings, Fruitful fillings, strudel fillings, heavy duty fillings and butters, toppings, variety fruit fillings and jelly-style fillings.
Call Henry & Henry Inc.: 800/828-7130
www.henryandhenry.com

Trans fat-free icings, fillings

TransZero non-dairy icing and filling and non-dairy dessert and pastry topping from Flavor Right contains zero grams of trans fat and is free of hydrogenated oils. TransZero offers a solution for bakers who want to eliminate partially hydrogenated oils, which consumers are increasingly avoiding, without sacrificing great flavor. Both the filling and topping are flavorful with a smooth texture and balanced sweetness. Also, the TransZero products offer the same performance and handling bakers have come to expect from Flavor Right.
Call Flavor Right Foods: 888/464-3734
www.flavorright.com

Icing provides smooth finish

Satin Ice rollable cake icing is a premium quality, non-stick, pliable icing, which can be rolled out by hand with a rolling pin or by a mechanical sheeter. It produces a smooth, elegant finish. Satin Ice serves to seal a cake, lengthening its shelf life. Also, it can be used as a modeling paste to create decorative pieces. Available in a variety of colors in both commercial and retail pack sizes, Satin Ice is ideal for covering wedding, novelty and special occasion cakes, the company says.
Call Satin Fine Foods: 854/469-1034
www.satinfinefoods.com

Streamline bakery business

Integrate all aspects of your bakery with BakeSmart from Legacy USA. From purchasing to custom cake orders, point-of-sale to e-commerce, operations management to loyalty cards, BakeSmart has you covered, the company says. The software simplifies your job and helps you better serve your customers. The gift and loyalty card option encourages customers to frequent your bakery more often, and the e-commerce option allows your store to stay open 24/7 with orders through your Web site. Custom orders are entered in minutes, reducing the time it takes to service customers and increasing order accuracy. BakeSmart also allows you to market more effectively because you can track individual customer orders. Simply fill out the occasion and date, click a reminder button, and you will be alerted to notify that customer for that occasion next year.
Call BakeSmart: 317/881-9781
www.bakersmart.net

Complete imaging system

The Bakery Designer System is a complete package with everything you need for state-of-the-art computerized bakery imaging, CTP Imaging Solutions says. Powered by CTP Imaging's popular Bakery Design software, the system is the most user-friendly, feature-packed and reliable solution available, the company says. Some features include a Dell computer with Windows XP operating system, multi-media monitor, Epson Stylus color printer/scanner for importing images and an image library with more than 400 royalty-free images.
Call CTP Imaging: 800/532-6505
www.caketoppub.com

Capture interest with wild blueberries

Wild blueberries are some of nature's antioxidant super fruits, offering more antioxidant capacity per serving than most other fruit ingredients. Take advantage of consumers' demand for healthful antioxidants while quenching their desire for intense, sweet and tangy flavor. Smaller and more compact than domestic blueberries, wild blueberries deliver more berries per pound. Bakers can use the mystique associated with “wild” products to add excitement to product lines.
Call Wild Blueberry Association: 800/540-9447
www.wildblueberries.com

Elegant cake boards

Enhance the presentation of your cakes, pastries or cookies with the Apollo Doily from Novacart. Five years in the making, this revolutionary design that combines a doily and cake board was created and perfected by Novacart's design team. The doily itself is constructed of a die-cut, lightweight cardboard with a moisture-proof gold polypropylene overlay. The center area of the doily has anti-slip embossing to reduce the risk of cake movement during handling. The bottom of the doily is laminated to a second piece of cardboard for rigidity. The bottom surface of this second piece also is coated with a moisture-proof, clear polypropylene to facilitate cleaning, if the need arises.
Call Novacart: 877/986-6682
www.novacartusa.com

Healthful sweetgood ideas

Americans are paying closer attention to quality and healthful properties in their foods. Puratos offers a line of mixes for sponges, cakes and other baked confectionery items, as well as bases and fillings that are trans fat- and hydrogenated oil-free. The line also features whole grains, reduced sugar and clean label products to address consumer demands.
Call Puratos Corp.: 800/654-0036
www.puratos.us

Edible inks for Epson printers

Use your Epson printer to create computerized cake decorations with Kopykake edible inks that are compatible with Epson printers. The improved formula edible ink is available in cartridges that suit a range of Epson printers. You can enjoy the same high performance inks as Kopykake's Diamond Series, but you are no longer restricted to Canon printers. The Epson inks provide unrivaled edible ink color reproduction, prevent print head clogging, improve bakery performance, reduce waste and improve customer satisfaction, the company says.
Call Kopykake: 800/999-5253
www.kopykake.com

Egg wash shine the easy way

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. The time you save with Quick Shine can mean more production or more time with customers.
Call Custom Baking LLC: 877/455-4938
www.custombakingproducts.com

Offer no-calorie sweetener

SPLENDA® No Calorie Sweetener Granulated now is available in the bakery channel, letting you offer your customers incredible desserts made with America's number one no-calorie sweetener. It measures cup for cup like sugar, so no need for formula conversions for foods that use sugar for primary sweetness. Unlike other no-calorie sweeteners, SPLENDA Granulated maintains its sweetness during baking. The convenient, resealable bags are available in 5-lb. and 25-lb. sizes. Also, formulas and ideas are available upon request.
Call SPLENDA: 800/654-5115
www.splendafoodservice.com

Ideal bread flour

North Dakota Mill's high protein whole wheat flours are milled from the best hard red spring wheat. They are ideal for use in whole wheat breads and rolls, or when blended, for variety breads. The whole wheat flours are available in fine, medium and coarse granulations and are packaged in 50-lb. and 100-lb. bags. North Dakota Mill also offers the flours in crushed, cracked and rolled/flaked varieties, which are available in 50-lb. bags. These products are ideal for use in variety breads.
Call North Dakota Mill: 800/538-7721
www.ndmill.com

Beautiful pastries made easy

The Dutchy^™, new from DeBoer, is a shortbread pastry measuring 8.5 ins. by 3.25 ins. by 1.25 ins. Each pastry is filled with rich, European custard or premium almond paste. These pastries ship frozen and are the perfect base to simply, quickly and efficiently fill and/or decorate with fresh fruit, nuts, mousse, cream, chocolate, caramel or meringue. The Dutchy^™ gives your bakery case an upscale appearance without a pastry chef.
Call deBoer Food: 800/762-9660
www.deboerfood.com

Garnish with style

In2food's Dobla products are available in a large assortment of chocolate decorations, shavings and curls. Decoration styles range from traditional to modern. Dobla provides unique and cost-effective solutions to upscale cakes and pies, and in2food offers ideas, samples and solutions.
Call in2food: 770/887-0201
www.in2food.com

Line adds wheat base

Caravan Ingredients has expanded its' line of Pristine products with Pristine Crack N' Good Wheat Base, a premium cracked wheat base for breads and rolls. The Pristine line has zero trans fat and was designed to provide bakers and formulators with quality, all natural products that eliminate any conditioning time that typical premium breads require.
Call Caravan Ingredients: 800/526-5261
www.caravaningredients.com

Slice bread easily, safely

JAC compact tabletop slicers are the perfect solution for operators looking for user-friendliness, slicing quality and ergonomic design. Due to the large loaf reception tray on the slicers, the loaves can be easily handled after slicing. Also, the design of the machine ensures good accessibility for loading and visibility of loaf during slicing.
Call JAC Machines: 310/409-8961
www.jac-machines.com

Versatile chocolate dip

J&K Ingredients offers Sugar-Free Choc-Dip^™, a sugarless chocolate coating for dipping cookies or icing donuts, petit fours and cupcakes. To use, simply heat the Choc-Dip. The coating will not lose its shine, even at extreme temperatures, nor will it spot or bleed or turn gray when frozen. Sugar-Free Choc-Dip dries to a semi-gloss finish in seconds. It also works well for striating marble cake batter. The chocolate color can be adjusted to customer specifications.
Call J&K Ingredients: 973/340-8700
www.jkingredients.com

Classic characters are back

The first Cabbage Patch Kids® were introduced in the early 1980s, and were a smash hit. They are back in action, having been reintroduced to today's market, and are winning over a new generation of children. Meanwhile, young parents can enjoy their fond memories of the classic collection. DecoPac is the bakery source for the Cabbage Patch Kids brand, offering a DecoSet® of the brand and a full line of Cabbage Patch Kids products.
Call DecoPac: 800/DECOPAC
www.decopac.com

Icing performs consistently

Dawn's VelveTop^™ pre-whipped non-dairy icings provide consistent performance and great flavor. Dawn introduced three additions to its product line: strawberry, crème de menthe (mint) and dulce de leche (caramel) flavors. Ready-to-use Dawn VelveTop pre-whipped icings are convenient, ensure consistent results, and have a light, rich-tasting and delicious whipped cream-like flavor. VelveTop pre-whipped icings also are available in vanilla, chocolate, double chocolate, sugar-free vanilla, and six great colors including pink, green, yellow, blue, orange and red.
Call Dawn Food Products Inc.: 800/248-1144
www.dawnfoods.com

Bake directly on stone

Picard Bakery Equipment offers its Granite Stone Conveyor Oven, the first conveyor oven to bake products directly on stones without pans or screens, the company says. The oven is ideal for pizzas, bagels and pitas. The conveyor is made from black, well-polished granite stone plates, and the Turbo-Flex airflow system allows for uniform baking. The baking chamber can be 20, 32, 40 or 60 ins. wide and from 4 to 30 ft. long.
Call Picard Bakery Equipment Inc.: 800/668-1883
www.picardinc.com

Whole grain croissants

Cornerstone Hearty Grains^™ Butter Croissants from Best Brands feature 11 grams of whole grains per serving. This European-style butter croissant is loaded with a mixture of healthful whole grains. The croissants' rich flavor makes them great for deli sandwiches, the company says. Best Brands selected premier quality stone ground whole wheat combined with high-protein spring wheat flour, cracked and crushed wheat, flax, meal, soy, wheat bran and oats and incorporated sweet, creamy butter to provide a healthful, whole grain twist to an all-time favorite.
Call Best Brands Corp.: 800/328-2068
www.bestbrands.com

Create glamorous cakes

Bakery Crafts offers its Glitz & Glimmer collection, a line of glazes and gels that allow bakers to add some sparkle to their creations. The ready-to-use glazes, available in gold, silver and pearl, were developed for use with fondant and intended to highlight special details on cakes and confections. The gold glaze lends a gilded appearance to cakes, silver glaze works well with white fondant to convey a refined, upscale image, and pearl glaze creates an iridescent glow. Glitter Gel adds further sparkle, and can be used directly from the container or tinted with another gel color. Also, pearl airbrush spray imparts a brilliant finish on special-occasion cakes.
Call Bakery Crafts: 800/543-1673
www.bakerycrafts.com

Cake and icing shortening

Elite® Vreamay from Bunge Oil is a cake and icing shortening designed to produce symmetrical, moist cakes and tolerant, creamy icings. Use Elite Vreamay to create high volume, symmetrical layer cakes; full-bodied icings that hold their shape; moist, rich pound cakes and any cake or icing that will be frozen. Use the shortening to make icings that have better specific gravity and a smooth appearance or produce cakes with more volume than is possible using other shortenings.
Call Bunge Oils: 800/786-9900
www.bungenorthamerica.com

Demand reliability from functional ingredients

The complete Fleischmann's Yeast product line ensures quality and reliability in functional ingredients. Teamed with AB Mauri Bakery Ingredients, Fleischmann's can provide the critical thinking bakers need to set their food apart in the marketplace. The Fleischmann's product line includes baker's fresh yeast, baker's dry yeast, dough improvers, grain blends, leaveners, mold inhibitors, syrups, malts and more.
Call Fleischmann's Yeast: 800/772-3971
www.fleischmannsyeast.com

Ready-to-use icings

Create delicious desserts with Brill's complete line of RTU specialty icings. Ideal for cakes, cookies, brownies, donuts or any dessert you offer, these icings deliver the quality and consistency the industry expects from Brill. With a full line of high quality icings, you can create an endless array of tempting desserts that set your bakery apart from the competition, the company says. The icings offer great flavor and give your products a great appearance, all at a great price.
Call H.C. Brill Co. Inc.: 800/241-8526
www.bungenorthamerica.com

Fillings stand up to baking

“Schmears” by American Almond^™, available in three customer-pleasing flavors, are distinctive fillings that will not bake out of Danish, rugalach, puff pastry, cookies, brownies, brioche, croissants or any other product. Made with the company's own almond paste, Almond “Schmear” by American Almond^™ gives the rich distinctive flavor of ground almonds and cinnamon to all your pastries. NY Blackout Chocolate “Schmear” by American Almond is a satiny, dark chocolate, bakeable filling that packs a wallop of chocolaty flavor. For great cinnamon flavor that will not bake out and a filling you can see, try ready-to-use Cinnamon “Schmear” by American Almond in place of cinnamon sugar.
Call American Almond Products Co: 800/825-6663
www.americanalmond.com

Chocolate for any occasion

Since 1868, Guittard Chocolate Co. has continued to create the highest quality chocolate available. The company offers an extensive line of dark and bittersweet chocolates. Darkote Chunk is mild flavored, semisweet chocolate that melts quickly for ganache or enrobing. Lustrous all purpose chocolate features robust chocolate flavor with a vanilla character. French Vanilla is Guittard's signature blend of the finest flavor beans, which produces a robust chocolate with a rich, distinctive vanilla note. Solitaire is a fine flavored, dutched dark chocolate with enrobing viscosity. Ramono is a popular semisweet chocolate with a mild, well-rounded, dutched chocolate flavor.
Call Guittard Chocolate Co.: 800/468-2462
www.guittard.com

Natural shades for cakes

Chefmaster offers its Natural Colors line of food and icing coloring in a wide range of shades. The glycerine-based colors are available in 1-oz .jars or 2.3-oz. and 10.5-oz. squeeze bottles. Liqua-Gels are also available in a wide range of vivid colors, offer easy mixing and are freeze tolerant. Color-coded caps make color selection and organization easy. Use the colors in both whipped toppings and buttercream icings. The color will not fade or bleed and will not break down icings
Call Chefmaster: 800/333-7443
www.bkcompany.com