British Bakels are proud to sponsor the Baking Industry Awards for a 11th consecutive year this year,” says Keith Houliston, sales director, craft sector & foodservice.

We are proud to support this fantastic industry and the Speciality Bread Product of the Year category aligns itself perfectly to the growth of our business. We continue to see growth in this sector of the market, thanks to products specifically developed to serve consumer demands.

Successful concentrates such as Country Oven Multiseed Bread, Oat and Barley and Artisan Bread not only provides great-tasting bread, but satisfies demand in the market for nutritional value, while also giving bakers the tools to produce a wide range of speciality goods.

Our focus continues to be on providing bakers with the ingredients for success in their bakeries and new products such as Country Oven Multiseed Pure Bread Concentrate gives bakers the opportunity to deliver authentic sourdough bread and rolls, something consumers are increasingly seeking.

Keith continues: “We continue to see a marked improvement in the quality of entries for this award. Products supported by stories have brought them to life. We love to see products which deliver everything the bakery stands for, whether this be excellent quality or rich heritage.”

British Bakels is a well-established and respected bakery ingredients manufacturer, supplying the baking and associated industries. We have made, and continue to make, major investments, both in people and production facilities, to develop our infrastructure for future growth. Our team of experts provide first-class technical support for customers in their specialist fields, ranging from product innovation to marketing support, all to help our customers sell more delicious bakery goods.

Entrants can be from artisanal and independent craft bakers, producers of branded packaged breads for retail or manufacturers of unwrapped bread for foodservice channels.

This year, Bakels is looking for a record number of entries for the Speciality Bread Product of the Year. Products which not only taste great, but those which have been excellently baked and supported with an enticing story will catch the eye of the judges. The finished good must capture the imagination, with a creative story to add value and be commercially viable.

We are challenging the craft and foodservice sectors to ‘show us what you got’ and push the boundaries, something which consumers now expect from our industry. You do not need to be a Bakels customer, so do enter!

BAKO Group is a leading supplier of Bakery Products and Ingredients servicing customers throughout the United Kingdom, with business units in Durham, Preston and Wimbledon. The Group takes pride in being owned by bakers for bakers and delivers a UK-wide service and product range that are highly valued by its customers. BAKO specialises in the wholesale supply of bakery ingredients and finished goods, operating a multi temperature vehicle fleet to provide a one-stop shop for bakery and food service products.

The UK’s largest suppliers of new, used and refurbished bakery equipment, we work with micro and craft bakers right through to industrial plants. We are passionate about the bakery industry and have developed long-lasting relationships with our bakers.

Through consultation and project management we provide equipment, delivery, installation, after-sales service, spares and servicing with total customer assurance.

Agents for Polin, Europe’s prestigious equipment manufacturers, in the UK, our own manufacturing division, the largest stock of used machinery in Europe and representatives of many manufacturers, we can help with standard and bespoke needs.

CSM Ingredients is the leading supplier of the highest quality ingredients with a wide range across Bakery Fats, Pastry and Bread Ingredients as well as food solutions for multiple industrial applications in bakery, dairy, non-dairy or the ice cream industry. A team of highly expert professionals serves artisanal and industrial bakers, global foodservice operators and retail chains in more than 100 countries. The focus on innovation and excellence in product development and the global manufacturing presence make CSM Ingredients the partner of choice of the industry. Our brands include some of the sector’s most trusted names such as MeisterMarken, Ulmer Spatz, Marguerite, Artisal, Arkady, Craigmillar, Braims, Agivega, Masterline and Waldkorn®.

Dawn Foods; Bakery Specialists

Dawn is a global manufacturer of sweet bakery products, supplying a complete line of quality, consistent ingredients and finished goods for craft bakery, manufacturer professionals and foodservice customers.

Established in the U.S over a century ago in 1920 in Jackson, Michigan, today Dawn remains a family-owned business. We combine unmatched international manufacturing and capabilities with our expertise, commitment, market insights and innovation to create bakery solutions for people all around the world.

Dawn helps customers mark the moments in life that matter.

For more than 30 years Délifrance has been developing bread, viennoiserie, patisserie and savoury products for foodservice providers, retailers and bakers in about 100 countries around the world. Using our heritage, artisan techniques, baking tradition and our exacting standards of taste and quality, we help our customers around the world attract, satisfy and delight their consumers at each moment of the day.

Finsbury Food Group is a leading speciality bakery manufacturer who supply products into multiple retailers, food service and export channels across the UK and Europe.

Through baking brilliance, our strategic objective is to create sustainable value for our shareholders, customers and other stakeholders. We produce our broad range of high-quality bread, cake and bakery snack products for growing channels and market niches. By targeting these areas, we offer growth potential and differentiation for our major customers, while fulfilling the changing needs and tastes of end consumers.

‘The bread for your morning toast, ready for butter-spreading or egg-dipping. The candle-filled centrepiece for a memorable celebration. The buns, muffins and other treats that turn teatime into quality time. This is what we do, and why we’re in business. Baking brilliance makes every day special.’

KaTech is an international food technology company supplying textural food ingredient solutions to food manufacturers and brands. Agility, innovative thinking and a highly customer focused service are key to us. Our expertise in independently worldwide sourced ingredients, together with our technologists’ understanding of products and processes, means that manufacturers and brands are able to fast-track product development by working with us. Our pilot plant facilties in Germany and the UK are extremely flexible and designed in order that we can replicate manufacturers’ process parameters. Teams at KaTech work alongside food technologists and process engineers from international food manufacturers, both large and small, to create technical solutions that work, and provide clients with a competitive advantage. Ingredients we supply include starches, dairy and plant proteins, hydrocolloids, emulsifiers, fibers and pectin’s, in order to provide bespoke technical and commercial solutions to food manufacturers in the areas of dairy and dairy alternative products, meat and fish alternatives, savoury foods and sweet and savoury bakery products.

Our Nourish division reimagines the future of food and beverage experiences by combining ingredients and expertise, through our end-to-end IFF PRODUCT DESIGN™ approach. We leverage our extensive industry-leading product portfolio to become the essential partner for the next generation of food and beverages.

To “nourish” is to “feed with purpose” - and we’re here to redefine the industry by nourishing people, products, and our planet. 

Every day, our teams are boldly reimagining and pioneering the next generation of food and beverage experiences. We transform bold ideas into tangible impact with unmatched innovation, agility, and insight. 

Let’s nourish the future, together.

Lantmännen Unibake UK is a leading supplier of frozen bakery products in the UK, developing tailored solutions for its customers across retail and foodservice sectors. As part of Europe’s second-largest bakery company, we have our own bakery production facilities with a proven track record of servicing customers across the globe. With years of baking know-how mixed with cutting edge innovation, we produce high-quality bakery products whilst keeping consumer needs at the heart of our business.

Inspired by a pioneering spirit and a will to be something completely different, Macphie has grown to be a truly unique international family ingredient business — a beacon of invention on a bedrock of values.

Ours is no traditional business.

As a partner to some of the world’s leading food brands, we’re dedicated to turning ideas and creativity into practical solutions.
No matter your challenge, we rise to it.

It is the ‘we’ that we care so deeply about. So many people have played significant roles in our past and our present day, we would not exist were it not for them.

Colleagues, friends, neighbours. Our families.

And our commitment to care includes our surrounding environment. We’re on a continuous journey of achieving sustainability, wherever we can. That journey of responsible ownership is one we will always honour as we grow and evolve and continue to offer innovation that breaks down barriers.

Our legacy.

When it comes down to it, we’re a food company. Creating, crafting, producing, supplying (and consuming!) it.

We think about it. We breathe it. And we live it.

Our passion. Our motivator. Our obsession.

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With factories in Burgdorf, Switzerland and Schio in Italy, RONDO is a leading manufacturer of equipment for the worldwide baking industry. Our passion is “sheeting and shaping dough” from “small to big”, we continually scour the bakery market across the world for new trends and ideas and design our equipment to meet the latest industry needs. Whether it be for artisanal, craft or industrial production we have solutions to meet almost every dough related production need. With our promise of “Dough how & more” which represents our expertise and decades of experience in handling dough, we aim to be our customers partner in both equipment and technology.

Founded in 2008, TraceGains connects people and information so teams can work smarter. As a global technology company, TraceGains provides networked innovation, quality, and compliance solutions to consumer brands that want to reduce supply chain risk, speed up business processes, and take control of data. On average, companies find 80% of their suppliers already on TraceGains Network, allowing them to connect and collaborate instantly.

Unifiller UK is a local UK division of Unifiller, a leading supplier that designs and manufactures portioning depositors, pumps and decorating equipment for bakeries and food manufacturers worldwide. Our office continues to provide a consultative review of your production challenges, in-house product testing, a readily available inventory of machines and parts, and a responsive service and support team.