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Products & Services product breakage up to 60% compared with vibratory conveyors. It also reduces coating loss, buildup in the conveyor pan and unscheduled cleaning downtime. Menudriven recipe selection facilitates fast changeovers and promotes consistent blend quality. Modular design permits easy expansion and flexibility. (800) 227-5980 www.heatandcontrol.com MULTI-CRISP BAKED SNACK SYSTEM Reading Bakery Systems provides flexible multi-crisp baked snack systems, allowing manufacturers to make snacks from potato, wheat or corn flour doughs. With outputs ranging from 250 to 1,000 kg of finished product per hour, the systems feature Exact FX 2 continuous mixing system developed specifically for this multi-crisp process. A dough transport conveyor delivers dough on a first-in, first-out basis to hoppers of the 2-roll sheeter, which produces a continuous dough sheet in a single reduction. A die roll cuts the dough into distinct shapes, and then, the pieces bake in the company’s two-pass convection Spectrum Oven Over Dryer systems. (610) 693-5816 www.readingbakery.com LOWERING DISTRIBUTION COSTS Distribution Consultants, Inc. (DCI) specializes in analysis, design and implementation of independent distribution systems. It focuses on helping manufacturers significantly lower shipping costs and increase profits by replacing employee-based models with more efficient independent, owner-operated distribution systems. Over the past 50 years, DCI has converted thousands of routes, enabling its clients to save up to 20% on distribution expenses year after year while also increasing sales with more motivated distributors. (914) 696-7500 www.dci-dsa.com MATTE LOOK THAT SPARKLES Printpack offers a “matte finish” option no matter what materials clients select for a package. Snack manufacturers can create the look of their choice with different inner substrate selections. They can get a frosted look with a clear web. Looks include a papery quality with a white inner web, or for a unique silky-satin finish, coupled with a metallized web. Clients can further accentuate the look by combining with a metallic appearance for selected colors, or put both matte and glossy technologies in the same package. (404) 460-7441 www.printpack.com VERSATILE BLENDING CONVEYORS Snack manufacturers can accurately mix multiple snack ingredients, apply seasonings and maintain the blend all the way to packaging using the FastBack Blending Conveyor from Heat and Control. Load cells precisely measure the delivery of each ingredient to maintain a blend accuracy of 1.5% or better per constituent. Gentle FastBack horizontal-motion conveying prevents separation of blended ingredients and reduces BLUEGRASS BUSINESS PARK Kentucky, known for its fast horses, smooth bourbon and Southern hospitality, is also proud to be one of the most business-friendly states in the nation. The Muhlenberg Alliance for Progress (MAP) introduces the pristine 375-acre Paradise Regional Business Park located in west Kentucky. (270) 338-4102 www.mafp.us NON-GMO, ORGANIC OILS SK Food International offers both non-GMO and certified-organic oils. Produced from select identitypreserved corn, soybeans, canola, sunflowers and safflower, the oils are expellerpressed, refined, bleached and deodorized. Its oils provide excellent frying quality and resistance to smoking or discoloration. Products may be packed in 420-lb drums, 2000-lb disposable totes, or bulk tank trucks. (701) 356-4106 www.skfood.com 28 Snack World August 2012 www.sfa.org http://www.heatandcontrol.com http://www.printpack.com http://www.readingbakery.com http://www.dci-dsa.com http://www.mafp.us http://www.skfood.com http://www.sfa.org

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Snack World - August 2012

Snack World - August 2012
Table of Contents
Letter from SFA - Please Be Involved
Supplier's Corner - Opportunities Abound
SFA Update - Drought prompts petition for renewable fuels waiver
SFA Update - Potato research yields two promising varieties
SFA Update - Coalition challenges Hours of Service rule in court
Calendar of Events
75th Anniversary - Advocating for Snacks
Snacks for the New Millennium
75th Anniversary - Mega Merger
75th Anniversary - Turbulent Times
Saying farewell to Four Industry Icons
Government Affairs - Left in Limbo
Marketing - The Snack School
New Snacks
Products & Services
Ad Index

Snack World - August 2012