Whether you’re producing sausages at scale, coating a million nuggets a week, feeding hundreds in a commercial kitchen, or developing ready-meal products, breadcrumbs, panko, and rusk  are ingredients you rely on daily—even if you’ve never given them the spotlight they deserve. Today, we fix that injustice and unpack exactly what they are, where they come from, how they work, and how they can help you improve yield, texture, and profitability.