AAK is a supplier of specialty fats to the chocolate and confectionery industries. Their solutions for the confectionery industry cover a range of product applications, including chocolate and compound fats for coating and moulding, filling fats, barrier fats and spreads. Their product range offers additional benefits that include improved mouthfeel and prolonged bloom stability for a longer shelf life. Most of their products can be offered as non-hydrogenated, zero-trans and low in saturated fat. Aasted North America will exhibit confectionery, bakery and snack food equipment. ADM/Matsutani will showcase Fibersol, a line of soluble prebiotic fibers offering developers a range of fiber solutions to give consumers foods and beverages with satiety benefits. The Almond Board of California's 2020 Global Chocolate Study reports that almonds are the number one ingredient surveyed global consumers select for their ideal chocolate product. According to Innova Market Insights, confectionery is the top category for global new product launches with almonds. Surveyed consumers also perceive almonds as making chocolate more nostalgic, natural, higher quality and guilt-free.
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