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Working with Preferments, pH and TTA
Preferments are an essential part of the breadbaking process, impacting key attributes and development. To optimize your preferment, and final product, you'll need to understand how preferments work, and the role pH and TTA plays in them. Preferment is the general...
What’s with the Sprouted Grain Trend?
You've probably noticed sprouted grain products sprouting up everywhere. There's a reason bakers and customers are jumping into this trend. Some of the key benefits are: Increased amount of vitamins and minerals Increased bioavailability of nutrients Rich source of...
BAKED In Science S2E27: Baking with Cannabis
What’s a new frontier for the baking industry? Cannabis edibles. Legislation at the state and federal level is opening doors for a new market. And while there are a fair share of hurdles and unsteadiness, there is plenty of room for profits and growth. Thinking of...
5 Tips for Whole Wheat Bread
Bread has been making a comeback, but it's still a bit of a hard sell right now. But whole wheat bread brings a lot to the table: It reduces risk of obesity, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancer It's high in fiber, nutrients and antioxidant activities As...
An Organic, Non-thermal Kill Step for Seeds, Grains and Nuts
If you work with organic seeds, grains and nuts, you know the problems that arise when it comes to food safety. Heat-based pasteurization can influence sensory attributes and germination. Chemical fumigation isn’t organic, and irradiation means a stigma on the label....
Why You Should Bake with Ancient Grains
If you’re looking for the baking trend of the future, try looking back—way back. With consumers on the lookout for healthy, natural, sustainable products, the baking industry is finding innovative solutions through ancient grains. There’s no denying the weight clean...
Have You Thermal Profiled Your Frozen Dough?
The frozen dough market is growing everyday and becoming more important for bakeries who offer “ready-to-proof” and “ready-to-bake” frozen dough for the production of a wide variety of products like par-baked, artisan bread and laminated products instead of baking...
Change the World. Be a Better Baker.
If you really want to succeed with your career or company, you can't just keep doing the same things. You need to improve, try new things, and learn how the experts do it—so you can do it better. That's why at BAKERpedia we're committed to providing education and...
Bake a Better Clean Label Product
Clean label is a growing and large trend in the baking industry. Consumers, especially younger generations, are looking for original, healthier, simple and more familiar products that create a long-lasting customer adherence. Baking these products requires rethinking...
BAKED in Science S2E26: Adam Yee Discussing Emerging Technology with Tom Mastrobuoni, CFO, Tyson Ventures
On this unique episode of BAKED in Science, Dr. Carson presents the podcast series My Food Job Rocks, hosted by Adam Yee. On his podcast, Adam talks to all kinds of industry professionals to help inform people about the cool jobs available in the food industry. On...
Try Something New: Baking with Barley
If there’s anything we’ve learned over the last few years, it’s that baking with the usual wheat flour isn’t the only option. With the popularity of clean label, functional food and ancient grains, we’re getting better at expanding our horizons when it comes to grains...
Sugar Reduction in Baked Goods
To help combat the growing childhood obesity challenge, the UK sugar reduction program challenges all sectors of the food and drinks industry to reduce overall sugar across a range of products by at least 20% before 2020. The guidance suggests "reducing sugar levels...
What’s the Big Deal with the Kill Step Calculator?
You know the importance of the kill step. It’s the point during baking when harmful pathogens likeSalmonella spp. are eliminated. Although it’s always been crucial from a food safety stand point, there’s another layer. Now that FSMA has been rolled out, the kill step...
Arla Foods Ingredients
www.arlafoodsingredients.com A leading whey ingredient supplier – all over the world Arla Foods Ingredients is a leading whey ingredient supplier for infant nutrition, baking, dairy, medical applications and sports nutrition. We’re known...
BAKED In Science S2E25: Hot 2019 Trends for the Baking Industry
What trends should you be paying attention to this year in the baking industry? Here are a few to keep on your radar. But before you can be truly successful with new products and processes, you’ll need a solid foundation in some of the important aspects of baking and...
