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FLATBREAD: The earliest evidence of people using fire to cook food dates to the Neanderthal/Homo Sapiens intersection about 75,000 years ago. Flour milled from different grains and mixed with water then baked on a fire-heated rock has been a staple for much of humanity for the past 5,000 years. In the Middle East it’s Pita and Lavash, and in Mexico it’s the tortilla; in Scotland it’s oatcake. In India, naan or chapatti, and in China they call it po bin; the American First Nations made johnnycake. The Norwegians have flatbread; in Ethiopia, they enjoy injera, but in ancient Israel, it’s matzoh. The grains and flavors may be different, but for a long time the cooking was remarkably similar. The most ancient original bread known to humans is flat bread, and today, flatbreads taken together worldwide make up the largest total block in consumption of bread products. Today, due to modern society’s increasingly complex dietary and regulatory demands, there has been an explosion in the variety of flatbread types, baking methods, ingredients and formulation.
About IFF:
But these complexities create tremendous and growing challenges for all who seek to produce flatbreads commercially. The need for flatbread manufacturers to join forces, exchange information, share best practices, and learn the latest in formulation advances and regulatory requirements gave birth to the International Flatbread Federation or IFF.
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By joining us, you will have the opportunity to:
- Learn the latest in formulation, regulations, and best production practices
- Become informed about the latest products including machinery and additives
- Identify challenges and create educational agendas taught be experts to help overcome them
- Build valuable business relationships by networking with flatbread bakers around the world
- Enjoy substantial discounts on attending and exhibiting at IFF events
- Get listed and be found in our annual Directory & Buyers Guide
- Exercise leadership and advocacy on IFF’s Advisory Board or one of its committees
- Get the latest in market data and statistics to help you plan and invest
Producers of flatbreads and Suppliers of machinery or ingredients each can choose the membership level that suits them best based on the benefits they wish to receive and the annual dues that fit in their budgets.
IFF operates in partnership with the Tortilla Industry Association (TIA), a 30-year old leading non-profit that has very successfully represented the tortilla portion of the flatbread industry and the fastest growing sector of the baking industry. TIA provides a great deal of resources and synergy and infrastructure for IFF. Your IFF membership gives you reciprocal membership in TIA automatically at no extra cost. Wherever there are similarities such as in machinery and ingredients between tortillas and other flatbreads, we leverage on this, and wherever needs are unique we operate in separate independent tracks. For example we currently co-locate with the TIA Annual Convention & Trade Expo, while operating our own independent Education & Technical Committee, and hosting exhibitors and vendors of flatbread-specific products at the trade show. Join IFF, and register to attend or exhibit at the Convention & Expo!
www.flatbreads.org