The new sourdough donut mix from Dawn enables retail bakeries and others the unique opportunity to introduce a new flavor and texture to the marketplace.
Owner Amanda Michael, who named her place after daughter Jane, opened her first San Francisco location in 2011, starting with pastries, breakfast and lunch items. A second store followed in 2013. Then came their “bursting at the seams” moment.
Batory Foods announced it has acquired the assets of Minneapolis-based Polypro International, Inc., one of the largest distributors of hydrocolloids in the United States and the Americas. With the addition of the Polypro business, Batory is positioned to become the largest distributor of clean label texturants in the United States. Polypro has been in business for 37 years and is a prominent supplier of Procol food grade guar gum, which is used as a thickening, stabilizing, suspending and binding agent.
Two key factors drive the movement: increased supply of local specialty grains to support local and regional mills, and new mills at the retail and wholesale bakery level in efforts to complement — but not replace — existing flour supplies.
