Milling & Baking News - December 8, 2015 - 1

THE NEWS WEEKLY OF GRAIN-BASED FOODS
DECEMBER 8, 2015

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READY-TO-EAT CEREAL UPDATE

E.P.A. rule on biofuel requirements
generates mixed reviews

R.-T.-E. cereal on the
road to recovery
Story on Page 28

LATE NEWS

Puratos acquires
Pennant Ingredients
GROOT-BIJGAARDEN, BELGIUM
- Puratos has acquired Rochester,
N.Y.-based Pennant Ingredients, a
provider of specialty bakery products
and solutions to the North American
quick-service restaurant, food service
and retail in-store bakery channels.
Financial terms of the transaction
were not disclosed. "This acquisition
will allow us to increase our positioning in North America, especially in
food service," said Daniel Malcorps,
chief executive officer of Puratos.
Pennant has more than 70 years of
expertise in producing and delivering ready-to-use mixes and toppings.
The company generates more than
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WASHINGTON - The Environmental Protection Agency on Nov. 30 announced its final rule for biofuel volume requirements under the Renewable Fuel Standard (R.F.S.). for 2014,
2015 and 2016 as well as final volume
requirements for biomass-based biodiesel alone for 2017. The volume requirements mandate how much biofuel refiners must blend into the nation's
motor vehicle gasoline and diesel fuel
supply. The E.P.A.'s final rule included
volume requirements for advanced
biofuel, which includes cellulosic biofuel and biomass-based diesel, as well
as for total renewable fuel.
Predictably, corn-based ethanol manufacturers and corn growers were sharply
critical of the final volume requirements,
asserting they were too low and fell
short of statutory mandates, especially
for corn-based ethanol, while the petroleum industry asserted they were too
high. The soybean industry, the major

player in the biodiesel sector, was generally supportive. Views in Congress ran
the gamut with some members saying
the E.P.A. should have mandated more
robust volume requirements and others arguing the R.F.S. was a failed policy
and its reform or even outright repeal
was necessary.
The E.P.A. noted it finalized 2014
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Flowers Alabama baking plant
going organic next year
TUSCALOOSA, ALA. - Flowers Baking Co. of Tuscaloosa, a subsidiary of
Flowers, Foods, Inc., will begin baking
organic bread in the plant in the spring
of 2016. Toward that end, Flowers said
it will invest about $8 million on a new
bread production line at the plant.
As part of the project, production at
the baking plant will stop for about three

months. Once the work is completed, the
plant will bake Dave's Killer Bread and
Alpine Valley Bread, two brands Flowers acquired earlier in 2015. Tuscaloosa
will be the company's first organic-only
baking plant in the East.
"This is a great opportunity for our
bakery," said Keith Singletary, president
of Flowers Baking Co. of Tuscaloosa.
"We have a top-notch team and will
work closely with experts from Dave's
Killer Bread and Alpine Valley to stay
true to both brands' unique production
techniques and ingredient specifications. I am excited about our potential
for growth in the years ahead."
Flowers of Tuscaloosa has operated at
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