The oven is perhaps the most critical step in the baking process. Yet, over baking is easy to do, and happens more than you realize. So it's important to get it right to avoid waste or a low quality product. For a precise bake, you need to understand the three crucial oven zones: Oven [...]
Gluten-free products are currently a major trend in the bakery industry, and will continue to be for years to come. There are two reasons behind this trend: Medical: Gluten intolerances, celiac disease, wheat allergies. Several studies confirm an increase of these health conditions in the population of developed countries in the last years. Newer [...]
Oven Temperature What is Oven Temperature? Oven temperature is one of the key baking parameters. It can be measured, modified, and controlled in order to influence process conditions directly, thereby affecting a product’s final characteristics. Heat in transferred from the oven to the baked good by the following mechanisms, depending on the type [...]
Thermal Profiling for Baking How is a Thermal Profiling Used in Baking? Thermal profiling is a baking process for optimization and control. Baking involves many stages such as proofing, baking and freezing operations. This tool allows bakers to read and analyze the change in temperature within a product while it goes through [...]
