Hear yeast! Hear yeast! The IBIE 2022 Baking Expo is coming around the bend! All jokes aside, as bakers we know that yeast is an essential ingredient for many baked goods. Baker's yeast comes in several forms, including compressed, dried or granular, cream or liquid, instant, encapsulated, and frozen. The type is chosen based [...]
Leavening Agent What is Leavening Agent? A leavening agent is an ingredient whose main function is the production, inclusion, and entrapment of gas (air or CO2) in a dough or batter. One obvious function of leavening agents is the expansion of dough or batter to produce a volume increase which improves product [...]
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 term for the sponge or brew step that is used at the start [...]
Yeast Spec Sheet Also known as a technical product data sheet What is a Yeast Spec Sheet? A yeast spec sheet is a document that expresses and defines the requirements that must be met by yeast suppliers to comply with bakeries’ quality specifications and breadmaking processing conditions. How does [...]
Bread is an important foodstuff in everyday life. A healthy, balanced diet is the foundation of good health, and nutritionist and most health professionals recognize that bread should be part of a healthy diet. However, for multiple reasons the consumption of bread has been declining in the last decades. Some global population trends might [...]
For decades, foods have been fortified with vitamins and minerals. By adding vitamin D, food producers provide an effective solution to give consumers much needed enrichment in their daily diet. Now, there is a more natural, cost-effective way of baking with vitamin D. At Lallemand, we have developed a bakers yeast that naturally produces vitamin [...]
Vitamin D What is Vitamin D? Vitamin D is a hormone that can be made in the human body or consumed in food or supplements. Because the body can make its own vitamin D from sun exposure on the skin, it has been known as the “sunshine vitamin.” It is also commonly [...]
Yeast Also known as bakers’ yeast or Saccharomyces cerevisiae What is Yeast? Yeast is a single-celled living organism widely used in baking, brewing, winemaking and other industries. Saccharomyces cerevisiae can ferment and metabolize a variety of sugars under anaerobic conditions with preference for glucose, fructose and maltose. As a result, it produces [...]
Dry Yeast Also known as active dry yeast, baker’s yeast or compressed dry yeast What is dry yeast? Dry yeast is the dehydrated form of Baker’s yeast that does not require refrigeration and is characterized by long shelf life. It is used in various baking formulations to enhance texture and provide desirable [...]
Beta glucans are sugars derived from a variety of cereal grains and plants. Beta Glucans Also Known as β-Glucans What are Beta Glucans? Beta glucans are used as a food thickening agent, a source of dietary fiber, emulsifier, and a coating substance.2 They are a soluble fiber found in the [...]
