While most consumers eat three meals a day with a few snacks throughout, the gap between eating three meals per day and replacing meals with snacks is narrowing. New formats need to target on-the-go consumers and bakery brands are looking…

Proofing allows the dough to rest, while the yeast is infusing the mix with flavor from the ethanol and other byproducts that result during the process. The dough also gains structure as the gluten network is inflated by CO2.