Business
Bakery Review
For Success In Your Bakery Start-ups
Running a bakery unit is a creative and challenging business, whether be it a stand-alone bakery, a retail bakery chain, or industrial bakery operations for that matter. However, in this feature we are concentrating on the points to be considered for the running of a start-up and stand-alone bakery business, especially in the context of India’s bakery and confectionery industry.
8 min |
April-May 2018
Bakery Review
An Event Of Immense Significance
AAHAR – The International Food & Hospitality Fair, took place at its regular venue of Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. AAHAR 2017 happened to be the 32nd edition of AAHAR, which is regarded as the largest fair in the food & beverage and the hospitality sectors in India. The mega show for the food & beverage and hospitality industry took place during 7 th-11 th March 2017, during 10.00 am to 6.00 pm.
3 min |
February/March 2017
Bakery Review
Homemade Chocolates: Points To Ponder
Chocolates can be construed as an ideal means of celebrating happiness. They can help us express our love and gratitude towards our loved ones. Many sweet-toothed Indians of all ages find these delights irresistible. While it could be true that you don’t mind the price the specialty artisan chocolates made in many home based bakeries command but have you ever stopped to think if these chocolates are safe to consume?
3 min |
February/March 2017
Bakery Review
SIGEP 2017 To Reveal Latest Gelato, Pastry and Bakery Trends
The upcoming edition of the five-day expo in Italy that focuses on five major products — gelato, pastry, chocolate, coffee and bread — aims at increasing the international profile of every single activity.
2 min |
August-September 2016
Bakery Review
Deliciously Healthy Seeds
Pomegranate tree is a deciduous shrub, which bears a fruit of the same name.
5 min |
August-September 2016
Bakery Review
Breaking Fast In Post-Modern India
The role of breakfast in our daily routine cannot be overstated.
7 min |
February -March 2019
Bakery Review
Customising Bakery
Indian bakery industry is considered to be one of the largest sections of the Indian processed food industry. Its main components are biscuits, bread, cakes and cookies. But biting into the same shaped and identical tasting products becomes tedious particularly in this age when the craving is for something new and innovative. The pastry chefs have endeavoured to come up with some contemporary and pioneering ideas in terms of shape, size and ingredients used for bakery products. Thus one now can get bread made from different ingredients and cakes in different shapes, sizes and icings and cookies that are not only made from various ingredients but also stuffed with various kinds of fillings. Ashok Malkani views the innovations that have been incorporated in the baked goods, by various chefs, to keep the interests of the consumers alive.
10+ min |
February -March 2019
Bakery Review
IHE19 Curtain Raiser
After the tremendous success of IHE18, India Expo Centre & Mart (IEML) hosted another magnificent curtain raiser to the second edition of India International Hospitality Expo (IHE19) at Hotel Le Meridien, Delhi.
2 min |
February -March 2019
Bakery Review
Summer Desserts to Beat the Heat
Summer is the season when your entire concept of desserts takes a new twist. Favourites like Chocolate and Strawberry Cakes, or Mint Oreo Cake or even Indian desserts like Gulab Jamun and Gajar Ka Halwa are turned a blind eye to, and the preferred ones become ice creams or fluids – both sweet and spicy. Ice creams are generally one of the favourite desserts and makers of this delicacy come up with new flavours during summer. Though ice creams can bring us a cool and refreshing feeling in the hot summer, they are not suitable for several people. Some chefs claim that ice creams are not the ideal escape for summer heat as they could affect yours health. Ashok Malkani takes a look at the prevailing culinary scenario during summer to gauge which desserts are proving popular with people during these blistering days.
10+ min |
April - May 2019
Bakery Review
Gelling With Gelatin
Gelatin – a fairly old ingredient for setting many items and cooking is also spelt as gelatine and originates from the French term, gélatine. It is a transluscent brittle substance, colourless or light yellow. In itself it has no taste or odour and it is created by prolonged boiling of connective tissue of animals such as skin, cartilege, and bones. Apart from its use in food, it is also of use in the pharmaceutical, cosmetic and photography industry. Technically also known as E number E441, it is an irreversibly hudrolyzed form of collagen.
8 min |
April - May 2019
Bakery Review
Nuts In Baking
Cakes are soft and spongy and often have the various creams and chocolates – well, ordinary cakes that is. When you chop and use candied and/or dried fruits, nuts and spices you come up with extremely different genre of cake.
4 min |
April - May 2019
Bakery Review
Trendy Cafe
It is a commonly known fact that burgers, pizzas and sandwiches are popular across several pockets of urban India. The significant increase in disposable incomes in select but sizeable pockets of urban Indian society during the last two decades, the growing number of nuclear families and the spread of busy life which often lead to very little time to cook two full meals a day, and the evolution in urban India’s food & beverage preferences due to the impact of globalisation are only some of the socio-economic factors fostering this trend.
3 min |
April - May 2019
Bakery Review
Cafe Business With Potential
Cafes are not the places where you just visit for a cup of coffee and exit. Many renowned cafés have a culture, a legacy associated with them. These days, in post-modern urban India, café is a place where the youngsters gather to socialise or to do leisurely work, or to do their college or business assignments on their computers. With many of the cafes offering free Wi-Fi, you will find many of the guests occupying lonely nooks to concentrate on their assignments, with a cup of warm, aromatic coffee. Coffee, which was mainly a drink confined to south India, has become, with its various different avatars, a favourite of the youths in the Indian metros as well as in tier-I and tier-II cities. International brands like Café Coffee Day, Starbucks, Costa Coffee, and Barista to name a few, have contributed significantly to this coffee café culture. Ashok Malkani discusses about this happening scenario. The growth of café culture and the future of cafes in the context of India’s food service industry are analysed.
10 min |
June-July 2018
Bakery Review
The Essential Fruit
Wood apple, which is known as bael in Hindi, is a fruit enriched with health benefits.
3 min |
June-July 2018
Bakery Review
Facilitating Hygiene In Food Production Chain
It is extremely important that eateries get their food and beverage products only from reputed and registered suppliers and institute a system of regular inspection to facilitate that the supplied products are of consistently high quality
4 min |
June-July 2018
Bakery Review
The Rise And Rise Of QSRs
Due to some favourable socio-economic factors, India’s QSR market is growing impressively. According to an ASSOCHAM’s report dating back to 2015, the quick service restaurant sector in India was growing at a CAGR of 25 percent, and was likely to touch Rs.25,000 crore mark by 2020 from Rs.8500 crore in 2015. Ashok Malkani explores the happening QSR business scenario in India, where several international brands like McDonald’s, KFC, Subway, Domino’s Pizza and others have established themselves and by tailoring their offerings to Indian tastes, they have scripted or are scripting success stories in India’s QSR business.
10 min |
April/May 2017
Bakery Review
Blue, Purple, and Healthy
Blueberries are flowering plants, whose height range from 10 centimeters to 4 metres. They can be aptly described as prostate shrubs. These plants or shrubs produce berries, which teem with health benefits. These berries are also known as blueberries.
4 min |
April/May 2017
Bakery Review
The Recipe For Successful
Bakery business in India has huge growth potential. Starting a bakery business also requires a modest capital. That is probably one of the reasons behind the galore of home bakers across the Indian bakery industry.But to succeed in bakery business, especially with limited funds, an entrepreneur not only requires personal involvement, hard work and creativity, but proper training is also needed. Ashok Malkani tries to find the ingredients that make for a good baker.
10+ min |
April/May 2017
Bakery Review
Bakery In Age Of Social Media
If you want to make it big in India’s bakery industry, having a social media marketing strategy is a must
5 min |
June-July 2019
Bakery Review
Artisan Bakery
Modern bread due to usage of bleached flour and addition of dough conditioners, emulsifiers and mold inhibitors is being distanced by the consumers who are health conscious. Their preference is now shifting to healthier and wholesome ingredients. The result is the increasing popularity of artisan bread. Loosely artisan bread could be designed as one which is produced by using traditional methods and ingredients. Ashok Malkani takes a look at the increasing popularity and the future of this increasingly popular delicacy
10+ min |
June-July 2019
Bakery Review
Top Trends In Bakery For 2019 Organic, Healthy & Gluten Free
Savoury croissants, healthy multi-grain bread, artisanal bread, ruby chocolate, and sour flavors – this year has been full of new experiments in the bakery world. We talk to talented Bakery chefs and round up the biggest trends of the year.
5 min |
June-July 2019
Bakery Review
Premium Biscuits Gaining Currency
Indias bakery market is estimated to be worth Rs.16500 crore and it is growing impressively at 7.5 percent per annum.
5 min |
August-September 2018
Bakery Review
Myriad Functions Of Food Additives
The global market for food additives, which has various applications in bakery and confectionary, beverages, dairy and frozen products, sauce and dressings, among others, may surpass 115 billion USD by 2024
4 min |
August-September 2018
Bakery Review
Ragi Is Right For Bakeries
Ragi or finger millet is native to the Ethiopian and Ugandan highlands.
3 min |
August-September 2018
Bakery Review
Naturally Sweet
For quite some years, sugar has been blamed for the many health related problems that affect our lives and lifestyles.
6 min |
August-September 2018
Bakery Review
Designing Your Cake
Nowadays cake is not only a tasty confectionery item, which is savoured by all age groups.
5 min |
August-September 2018
Bakery Review
Bakery Ingredients Market Growth
The Indian bakery industry has been growing at a rapid pace due to the busy lifestyles, changing eating habits and western influence, particularly among the millennial. The rising health consciousness, not only of the millennial but of consumers of all ages, has encouraged manufacturers to focus on healthier products like brown, multi-grain and whole wheat breads. Environmental concerns are also increasing sales of organic bakery products. The rapid growth of the bakery industry and the quick changes that are taking place provides an opportunity for entrepreneurs to venture in the bakery ingredients market which is in a fast-growth mode. Ashok Malkani looks at the changing scenario in the bakery industry and the ingredients commonly used by the bakery industry, to help entrepreneurs planning to enter the bakery ingredients’ arena.
10 min |
April - May 2019
Bakery Review
India Has One Of The Fastest Growing Chocolate Markets
While the global chocolate confectionery market posts slow growth, new research from global market intelligence agency Mintel reveals that India is defying the odds. Indeed, India now has one of the world’s fastest growing chocolate confectionery markets.
2 min |
April/May 2017
Bakery Review
Satiating The Sweet Cravings
Cravity is a newly opened trendy café and French patisserie, located in the posh area of Hauz Khas, New Delhi. The outlet was launched on 9th December 2016 and presently the 22 cover sleek café cum patisserie on the ground floor, according to its proprietor Rachit Goil, is attracting brisk footfalls.
4 min |
April/May 2017
Bakery Review
The Chili From Tex-Mex
Recently, Food & Beverage Business Review had an interaction with Ashish Saxena, CEO — Chili's India (South & West). Chili’s India is within the ambit of Chili’s American Grill & Bar, which is a leading American casual dining restaurant chain, with presence across more than 1600 restaurants in 33 countries worldwide including Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Egypt, Kuwait, Russia, UAE, Germany, India, Japan, Singapore and South Korea amongst several others.Tex-Mex Cuisine, a private limited company headquartered in Chennai and having its corporate office in Mumbai, holds development rights for Chili’s American Grill & Bar in West & South India. The southern & western markets for Chili's in the country are spread across Mumbai, Pune, Chennai, Hyderabad and Bangalore. The interaction with the corporate honcho provided useful perspective about the evolution of the Chili’s brand in India. The excerpts of the interview follow:
3 min |