Volume 22, number 6 Newsletter Sponsor www.lindarcorp.com Bakery-Net eNewsletter Deerfields debuts gluten-free line Deerfields Bakery, a family-owned retail bakery business in Chicago's north and northwest suburbs, recently launched a line of gluten-free baked products. Read More Lallemand develops vitamin D-enhanced yeast Lallemand, Montreal, has filed for patent protection of a novel, FDA approved fermentation process that produces yeast with significant levels of vitamin D, while retaining the normal properties of commercial baker's yeast. Read More Minyard to shed two banners Minyard Food Stores, Coppell, Texas, is selling its Carnival Super Market brand and 37 of its stores to a group led by The Grocers Supply Co. The group includes Houston-based retailer Fiesta Mart and many of Grocers Supply's local area retail grocer customers. Read More More trans-fat bans California passed legislation last month banning trans fats from restaurants by 2010 and from all baked products by 2011. Some cities have enacted bans on the artery-clogging fat, including New York whose deadline for bakers to make the switch occurred July 1. But, California becomes the first state to make the move. Read More National Starch Texture Center of Excellence opens for business National Starch Food Innovation recently opened its Texture Center of Excellence. The Bridgewater, N.J.-based company inaugurated its new state-of-the-art facility on June 5, as nationally recognized chefs, sensory and rheology experts joined company personnel and more than 60 food industry representatives. Read More RBA announces cake competition line up The Retail Bakers of America, McLean, Va., announced the cake decorators who qualified to compete in RBA's 8th Annual Pillsbury Grand Champion Creative Decorating Competition to be held Sept. 22-23 during the American Bakery Expo in Atlantic City, N.J. Read More Subscription Information Thank you for reading The Bakery-Net eNewsletter Electronic UPDATE You are subscribed as #email#. You've received this e-newsletter for one of three reasons: 1) You signed up for it on one of our web sites. 2) You are a reader of Bakery-Net eNewsletter. 3) You are an attendee of a Bakery-Net eNewsletter conference or trade show. Manage Your Subscription To subscribe: Click Here To unsubscribe: Click here To change your email address, unsubscribe your old email address, then re-subscribe with your new email address. Contact Information Advertising/sponsorship opportunities: Chris Warne or Ed Lee Penton Media, Inc. 1300 E. 9th Street Cleveland, OH 44114 ©2008 Penton Media, Inc. All rights reserved.