Every year, Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery staff review the slate of new products we have posted about over the past year, identifying those that display notable flashes of innovation—and those that are most-popular with the SF&WB audience on www.snackandbakery.com. The top tier culminate in our annual “Best New Snack & Bakery Products” honorary product evaluations.

 
Through the years, SF&WB has become a primary industry resource for snack and bakery new product innovations. Our history goes back nearly as long as the commercial American snack and bakery industry itself, with publication starting in the early 1900s. And we’ve covered—and marveled at—the industry’s enduring legacy of innovation at every step along the way.

The “Best New Snack & Bakery Products” evaluation process is a joy to behold, reveling in the results of months—and sometimes years—of product conceptualization, experimentation, sampling, fine-tuning, branding, and finally commercialization and production. It’s humbling to behold the fruits of these labors, especially when it comes to products that deliver excellent quality metrics in specialized foods for the gluten-free, keto, and reduced-carbohydrate markets, as well as the range of delightful flavor profiles with the power to lock in brand fans at first bite. The results of our evaluation of 2021 products are a highlight in this issue, and on www.snackandbakery.com during May.

 
We would love to hear from you. Keep us in the loop on any innovations from your company by submitting new product information, and just starting the conversation. Our desk is always open to hearing about your successes. SF&WB