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Bakery

A Perfect Rise

Baking is a dynamic industry, with dough rising and bakers starting early.

IFF collaborates with you, providing comprehensive expertise and practical solutions to master today’s needs and drive tomorrow’s innovations.

*Source: Kantar Profiles/Mintel March 2023

  • 85%*
    of US cookie consumers, especially older ones, prefer familiar favorites. Nostalgic flavors can create new moments of relaxation.
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Bakery Solutions Crafted from Scratch

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Bread

Bread tells a story with every bite, from the comforting warmth of traditional loaves to the unique textures of specials, flatbreads, rolls, buns, and toasts.

IFF’s bakery solutions provide innovative ways to perfect texture, flavor, and freshness, ensuring each loaf and slice delights with every taste.

Key Challenges We Address: 

  • Shelf-life Optimization and Processing
  • Label-friendly
  • Health & Wellness
  • Taste, Texture, and Visual Appearance
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Top Bakery Flavors

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Chocolate

Chocolate is a beloved staple in assorted bakery items, offering a range of experiences from the creamy sweetness of white chocolate to rich milk and intense dark profiles that captivate consumers. At IFF, with 135 years of innovation, we master the art of crafting unique chocolate flavors, helping our customers create irresistible bakery products. Our cocoa extenders and replacers allow for reduced cocoa content without sacrificing taste.

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Vanilla

Vanilla’s rich, comforting flavor is essential in the bakery industry, enhancing everything from cakes to biscuits. At IFF, we craft tailored vanilla profiles to suit every palate, drawing on our 135-year legacy of innovation and expertise in pure extracts and flavors. We blend tradition with innovation, offering a comprehensive approach to vanilla flavors. Committed to sustainability, we aim to elevate vanilla experiences worldwide.

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Butter

With 135 years of expertise, IFF knows that butter is more than just a flavor—it’s a timeless legacy in the world of baking. Our global team’s dedication to quality, along with our deep understanding of sensory and consumer insights, ensures this beloved taste continues to provide warmth and nostalgia. We’re committed to elevating the experience by delivering exceptional butter flavors that captivate consumers worldwide.

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Cheese

At IFF, cheese is more than just a flavor—it’s an experience that elevates savory biscuits with the bold notes of cheddar, parmesan, or pizza flavor. Stemming from over a century of expertise and a deep understanding of diverse global palates, we create cheese profiles that transform every bite into a moment to savor. Discover the artistry of true flavor that sets us apart.

How Will Our Bakery Ingredients Improve Your Product?

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Freshly Baked Innovation

At IFF, we are dedicated to innovating baking solutions that empower our customers to achieve excellence today while preparing for tomorrow’s challenges.

Re-Master Vanilla

RE-MASTER VANILLA™

Revolutionizing vanilla’s legacy, our RE-MASTER VANILLA™ program at IFF champions sustainability, includes new flavor technologies, and refines extraction processes.

Through innovative modern technology, we create a responsible, new classical taste for bakery products.

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RE-IMAGINE WELLNESS™

RE-IMAGINE WELLNESS™ pioneers technologies to balance and elevate taste and mouthfeel experience to support healthy living!

These innovations help producers reduce sugar, salt, and fat, while also developing fortified and wholegrain offerings for a tastier and more mindful future.

IFF CURE™

​Ami​dst the rising prices, supply chain volatility, and regulatory challenges, food and beverage manufacturers worldwide are navigating a sea of challenges. IFF steps in with Core and Uncommon Replacements & Extenders (CURE), offering innovative solutions to help our customers optimize their products and bakery ingredients for lasting success—because resilience starts with the right ingredients.

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ENOVERA™

Historically, bakers have struggled to balance delivering label-friendly products with maintaining ideal quality. ENOVERA™, an innovative range of enzyme solutions based on phospholipase, offers the robustness and functionality of conventional dough strengtheners, ensuring dough strength and tolerance during production while minimizing waste and reducing overall costs.

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Affordability in Bakery

Baking producers face challenges such as economic instability, rising labor costs, volatile ingredient prices, and poor wheat quality, while consumers demand better, yet affordable, baked goods. IFF addresses these issues by optimizing formulations, replacing volatile ingredients, and producing longer-lasting baked goods. This approach reduces costs and creates sustainable, premium, and label-friendly products that satisfy both producers and consumers.

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Meet Our Experts

“Consumers will never compromise on the taste of a product regardless of the health benefit or nutritional additions. Sensorial experiences is and will continue to be key.”

Catherine Hogan,
Category Marketing Lead for Bakery North America

“Affordability is one of the top challenges for both bakers and consumers. at IFF, we go beyond cost reduction to create products that stay fresh for longer, along with premium yet affordable offerings.”

Vanessa Mendes,
Global Marketing Lead for Food Biosciences (H&B BU)

“Enzymes and emulsifiers are powerful separately but can also have a synergistic effect when added together in a formulation.”

Gilbert van der Wal,
Senior Application Scientist for Bakery
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Transform Ideas into Market-Ready Innovations

Bring your vision to life with IFF’s expertise in food and beverage innovation. Together, we can turn bold ideas into groundbreaking solutions.