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About Baker Perkins
For more than 100 years, Baker Perkins has helped food manufacturers bring great products to market with confidence.
From bakery and confectionery to cereals, snacks, nutritional and functional gummies, as well as pet treats, our processing technologies help customers improve efficiency, maintain product quality, and scale production as demand grows. We combine proven expertise with continuous innovation to help manufacturers meet changing consumer expectations while keeping operations running smoothly.
With innovation centers in both the UK and the U.S., customers can test new ideas, refine processes, conduct trials, and train their teams, turning concepts into commercial success faster.
ServoForm Flexi+ automated gummy manufacturing system New
Hillenbrand Food, Health & Nutrition offers fully automated starch-free gummy production for higher-capacity gummy and jelly production up to 1,000 kg/hr.
Discover the Baker Perkins story
Founded by 19th-century innovators Jacob Perkins and Joseph Baker, Baker Perkins merged in 1920 to revolutionize food production. Now part of Hillenbrand’s Food, Health & Nutrition division, our legacy drives innovation in the food industry—blending heritage with cutting-edge technology to empower brands for tomorrow’s challenges.
Key industries
Baker Perkins specializes in alternative proteins, bakery, biscuits, cookies & crackers, confectionery, cereals, snacks, pet treats as well as pharmaceuticals & nutraceuticals, delivering tailored equipment to meet the industry’s evolving demands.
Alternative proteins products applications:
- Meat analogue
- TVP
Bread & bakery products applications:
- Buns & rolls
- Pan bread
- Artesian bread
- Enrobed or seeded bread
- Bread crumbs
- Pizza dough
Biscuits, cookies & cracker applications:
- Biscuits
- Cookies
- Crackers
- Wirecut cookies
- Rotary moulded cookies or biscuits
- Frozen dough cookies (bulk or on paper)
- Encapsulated cookies (filled with jams, chocolate, etc)
- Crackers (laminated or extruded)
Confectionery applications:
- Gummies & jellies (multiple colors, layers, center-filled, 3D shapes, etc)
- Hard candies (shapes, multi-color, stripes, layered, filled, etc.)
- Lollipops (shapes, multi-color, stripes, filled, etc.)
- Toffee & caramel (soft, filled, etc)
- Fondants
Cereal applications:
- Extruded breakfast cereal (loops, balls, shapes, etc)
- Flaked breakfast cereals
- Filled co-extruded cereals
Pet food applications:
- Bones and other baked treats
- Extruded and co-extruded treats
- Filled bar or cookie type treats
- Chews and gummies (treats, supplements, medicated, etc)
Pharmaceutical & nutraceutical applications:
- Nutraceutical gummies
- Functional gummies
- Pharmaceutical gummies
- Lozenges
Snacks applications:
- Puffed (animals, characters, shapes, etc)
- Sticks and straws
- Snack crackers
- Extruded (shapes, pillows, etc)
- Filled co-extruded snacks
- Chips (waves, cups, etc)
- Fabricated chips
Process excellence
Baker Perkins delivers process-specific solutions, from starch-free depositing to moulding, baking & extrusion—backed by deep industry expertise.
Knowledge Hub
Explore Baker Perkins’ success stories, articles, and insights on innovation, training, and more.
Celebrating Over 50 Years of Service for Baker Perkins
Ken Aldous marks more than 50 years with Baker Perkins, celebrating a career shaped by technical expertise, mentorship, and lasting contributions.
ServoForm Flexi+ automated starch-free gummy production
Baker Perkins launched the ServoForm Flexi+ starch-free gummy manufacturing system, combining automated mould handling, enhanced hygiene, and high-output production for nutraceutical and confectionery manufacturers.
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We take a distinctive approach to the processes that drive manufacturing. Let us know how we can help you achieve your goals for efficiency, productivity and safety.