Our State of the Art Facility

history

Bake’n Joy is poised for exponential growth. Our North Andover manufacturing facility expanded in 2017 to include 20,000 additional square feet for Predeposited Frozen Muffin production and associate space. The Technical Services, Quality Control and Research & Development labs were renovated in 2018.

What We Make

  • Predeposited/Preportioned frozen batters for muffins, cornbreads and loaf cakes
  • PanFree® Muffins (no muffin pan required)
  • Thaw, scoop and bake batters for muffins, cakes, cornbread, brownies, loaves or just about anything else you have in mind to create
  • Mixes and Bases for donuts, muffins, cornbread, cakes, loaves, cookies, brownies, cupcakes, biscuits, Danish, scones, pancakes and bread
  • Thaw and serve cupcakes, whoopie pie shells and coffee cakes for private label retail sales
  • Fillings for donuts, pies and danish; icing, dips, sanding sugar, glaze and streusel toppings
  • Ready to bake elephant ears

Product Formats

Freezer to oven – frozen predeposited muffins, cornbread and loaves:

  • Muffins available in 4.5 oz., 5.4 oz. & 6.25 oz. sizes and nearly 20 varieties including low fat blueberry
  • Preportioned, predeposited cookies available in a wide variety of flavors and sizes
  • 18 oz. loaf cakes are ready to bake
  • Bake fresh all day on premise
  • Ease of inventory
  • Less skilled labor
  • Minimize waste

Thaw, scoop and bake frozen batters for muffins, brownies, cakes, cornbread, loaf cakes, muffin tops, pudding cakes and more:

  • Premium, decadent and indulgent
  • Extra moist for superb texture, taste and shelf life
  • 15 – 20% more fruit, nut, and candy content
  • More eggs and oil, less water
  • Firmer texture, tighter grain
  • Available in over 20 delectable varieties

PanFree®! No muffin pan required:

  • Premium recipes, taste & texture
  • Muffins come in Novacart liners and loaves in a lined aluminum baking pan to retain shape
  • Minimum labor required
  • Direct freezer to oven convenience eliminates need for muffin pans
  • Bake fresh all day

Thaw & serve fully baked coffee cakes:

Celebrating 25 years of sweet success, the family recipes used in our coffee cakes are second to none! Fresh ingredients are blended together then baked to perfection, packed and frozen, so they are ready to thaw and serve in a snap.

  • Merchandise in eye-catching, colorful retail box
  • Available in large for larger size for foodservice
  • Also comes in trendy craft box for Your Private Label branding
  • Fluffy, sweet and memorable
  • Loaded with cinnamon, walnuts and other tasty flavors

Proprietary Formulations

Bake’n Joy works with customers to develop exclusive formulas for private label retail quick service, supermarket bakery and foodservice.

Proprietary frozen batter capabilities:

  • Predeposited, PanFree and Scoop Batters
  • Fully prepared frozen batters
  • Quality ingredients
  • Cost effective – no loss at the bowl
  • Saves time and labor
  • Operationally simple

Proprietary dry capabilities:

  • Quality ingredients
  • Consistent results
  • Cost effective
  • Choice of formulations (water only/water & oil/egg, water & oil)

Proprietary frozen cookie capabilities:

  • High chip/nut/fruit content
  • Consistent results
  • Labor saving options
  • Choice of formulations (dry mixes, scoop batters or pre-cut cookies)

Private Label Products

Private Label products include:

  • Multiple varieties of thaw and serve Coffee Cakes and seasonal Coffee Cakes
  • Chocolate, Yellow Cake, Red Velvet and Carrot Cake Cupcakes – thaw, finish and serve
  • Whoopie Pie Shells and scoop crème filling
  • Frozen Predeposited Muffins, Loaf Cakes and Cornbreads.
  • Frozen PanFree® Muffins (no muffin pan required)
  • Frozen scoop and bake cake and muffin Batters
  • Custom-formulated baking Mixes and Bases for donuts, muffins, cakes and more

Examples include:

  • Retail supermarket bakeries that sell exclusively-developed freezer to oven muffins; customized to meet their specifications
  • Private Label Coffee Cakes where retailers apply their label at store level
  • Custom formulations of scoop and bake batters sold as foodservice house brands

Our Facility

We are SQF certified and undergo regular audits by industry associations as well as customers:

  • Full HACCP program
  • Cook & Thurber Inspections
  • Raw and finished QA product testing
  • Facility security systems
  • Water purification

Product innovation – R&D:

  • Expert food scientists and baking technologists
  • R&D Lab for consumer driven innovation
  • New Tech Services, QA and R&D kitchens in 2018
  • On-site and in the field Technical Services Department

QA, Technology and Food Safety:

  • Expanded manufacturing
  • Research and Development
  • State-of-the-art bakery
  • SQF
  • Sustainability efforts
  • Full HACCP program
  • Water purification
  • Cook & Thurber inspections
  • Customer inspections
  • Raw/finished testing
  • Documentations
  • Supplier selection/COA
  • Facility security/Bioterrorism

Equipment:

  • Depositors
  • Freezers
  • Blenders
  • X-Ray Detectors
  • Ovens