BAKELS - QUALITY WITHOUT COMPROMISE

The best baked goods are the outcome of the right ingredients and craftsman-ship. We have developed and refined bakery ingredients for the industry since 1904 and we call on this experience today to support bakers of any size develop outstanding baked goods.

With a rooted focus on consumer trends, our expertise and ingredients help bakers not only produce the best products to satisfy these trends, but also do it in the most consistent and efficient way for required bakery processes.

This range of ingredients is a brief introduction to our wider portfolio, and thus many more applications. We endeavor to ensure the majority of products listed in here are available in stock.

Our Products

DESSERT TOPPINGS

• Strawberry dessert

• Cherry dessert topping

• Caramel dessert toppng

• Mango dessert topping

• Chocolate dessert topping

COLORS AND FLAVORS

• Lemon paste

• Orange paste

• Banana paste

• Strawberry paste

• Vanilla Special Essence

• Light cocoa powder

• Dark Cocoa Powder

• Lemington Dip Raspberry

• Lemington Dip Chocolate

• Blackjack

SPONGE, CAKE, SCONE AND BUN MIXES

• Bakels Red Velvet cake mix

• Butterscotch multipurpose cake mix

• Carrot cake mix

• SB Queenie mix

• Coastal sponge mix

• Choc Victoria sponge mix

• Egg free sponge mix

• Continental cheese cake mix

• Bran muffin mix

• Pettina muffin mix

• Bakels Sorbex

Fruit Fillings And Toppings

• Passion Fruit Toppings

• Strawberry Toppings

• Blueberry Fillings

• Red Cherry Filling

• Bakels Caremel

• Bakels Salted Caramel

Non Tempering Chocolates And Dried Fruits

• Chocolate Vermicelli

• Rainbow Vermicelli

• White Vermicelli

• Bakels Non-peril

• White Chocolate Block

• Dark Chocolate Block

• Dark Chockex Nibs

• White Chockex Chips

• Bakels Mixed fruits

GLAZES AND FONDANT

• Diamod Neutral Glaze

• Gelatine

• Pettinice RTR Icing sugar

• Fino whip

Britannia Industries acquires Britania Foods, buys controlling stake in Kenafric Biscuits

KENYA — Britannia Industries, India’s largest bakery firm, has acquired a 51% stake in Kenafric Biscuits, a subsidiary of Kenya-based manufacturing conglomerate Kenafric Group, a move that will help the company set up a manufacturing base and expand sales in the African markets.

In a filing with the Bombay Stock Exchange, Britannia Industries noted the deal was instigated by its subsidiary Britannia and Associates (Dubai) for INR92m (US$1.1m).

Concurrently, in partnership with Kenafric Biscuits, Britannia Industries Limited took full control of Catalyst Capital-backed Britania Foods Ltd., as well as Catalyst Britania Brands Ltd in a US$20 million transaction that also involved acquiring property and a plant.

Ghana opens maize processing facility, plans establishment of Grains Development Authority

The Indian food firm, which also supplies bread, cakes, and dairy products, pointed out there is no connection between Britannia and Britania.

“Four years ago, during our centenary celebrations, we reiterated our vision of becoming a Total Global Foods company.

“Our new manufacturing base in Kenya will open doors to tapping into the potential of East Africa, a region that holds immense promise,” said Annu Gupta, CEO of International Business at Britannia

GHANA – The President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has inaugurated an ultra-modern maize processing factory at Nsuta-Kwagye in the Sekyere-Central District of the Ashanti Region, a project executed under the ‘One District, One Factory’ initiative.

The GH¢6.7 million (US$500,000) factory has the capacity to process four to five tonnes of dry maize, and five tonnes of maize grits per day.

Construction of the facility commenced in January 2020, was completed and handed over in June 2022, and fitted with state-of-the-art processing equipment, including a maize drying plant and a grit milling machine.

The Sekyere Maize Processing Factory is expected to directly employ some 118 workers including management professionals, factory floor workers, and plantation management personnel, who would work on nucleus maize farms.

Additionally, more than 600 farmers from the Sekyere Central Union of Maize Producers Associations, the mother association of all maize farmer-based organizations in the district, would be directly engaged as contract suppliers of maize to the factory.

In other related news, the Government of Ghana is pursuing the creation of a Grains Development Authority (GDA) to further the development and regulation of the market for domestically produced grains and legumes.

According to the Minister of Food and Agriculture, the GDA, expected to be publicly funded at inception, will contribute significantly to complement the achievements being realized under the government’s flagship agricultural program – Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ), introduced in 2017.

PepsiCo SSA launches US$16.92M production line to boost Weet-Bix capacity

Benson Hill invests US$28m in soy processing capabilities

USA — Agricultural biotechnology company Benson Hill is investing US$28 million to expand its capacity to convert its proprietary soybeans into value-added soy protein ingredients for the underserved human and pet food categories.

The funds will support the establishment of a new soy extrusion facility at its site in Creston, Iowa to spur product innovation and increase manufacturing scale. Benson Hill said the resulting high-protein soy ingredients will be marketed to consumer-packaged goods companies.

SOUTH AFRICA – PepsiCo SubSaharan Africa has launched a new production line at its Weet-Bix plant in Atlantis, West Cape worth R300m (about US$16.92m) in a quest to boost its production capacity.

The commitment to invest in WeetBix was initially made during PepsiCo’s acquisition of Pioneers Foods in 2020 which was approved by the Competition Tribunal, subject to some public interest commitments.

The approval agreement committed R6.5bn (US$370 million) capital expenditure investment as an upgrade of the Weet-Bix value chain.

According to the company, the new production line will play a vital role in the community’s economy as 14 additional jobs will be created in a 24/7hour operation across four shifts. The expansion came with an additional silo capacity to store 500 tonnes of wheat.

PepsiCo’s investment is timely following the global consumer’s new trends and awareness in healthy, convenient, minimally processed foods and varied foods.

According to Hopewell Hlophe, manufacturing plant manager at the facility, the company is focused to increase production using a technology that enhances the efficiency and safety of the production process as well as the product.

“This investment is timely as we move towards a safer, more efficient, and sustainable food system. It’s also part of our commitment to investing in our operations,” says Tumi Matsheka, VP of supply chain at PepsiCo SSA.

Emerging trends in food and nutrition put PepsiCo at a competitive advantage in the provision of healthy breakfast cereals.

According to PepsiCo, the WeetBix volumes are expected to increase following the products’ health credentials in the healthy ready-to-eat cereals category.

In addition to R300m, the company has also spent R60m to upgrade the company’s Malmesbury Mill which is the only source of the specific cleaned wheat needed to produce Weet-Bix.

The company is confident that the new production line will fuel the capacity for future growth enabling more focus on Weet-Bix innovation into new formats.

The Creston facility where the expansion is expected became part of Benson Hill in January 2022 as part of its acquisition of ZFS Creston, LLC.

At the time of the acquisition, Benson Hill said the purchase fulfilled the final step in its ability to convert its proprietary soybeans into valueadded soy protein ingredients for the underserved human and pet food categories.

The company said the exploding demand for soy-based protein ingredients is outpacing supply, suggesting the need to build additional concentrate and isolate processing facilities.

This traditional approach would take massive investment, years to build and perpetuate a commodity-based, asset-heavy, siloed approach to food production.

The Creston operation is equipped to produce soy meal and oil, as well as foodgrade soy white flake, flour, and grits, which can be marketed as ingredients or used as raw material for further production of concentrates, isolates and textured protein products.