Making dough may seem simple enough, but there are a lot of complex things happening at once. And the dough and flour have a lot to say. So it's important to really know what's going on if you want consistent quality and control in your product. Especially if you’re developing a new one. Analysis [...]
Cornbread Also known as maize bread What is Cornbread? Cornbread is a special bakery product made from a chemically-leavened batter in the U.S. or from yeasted dough in Europe and other parts of the world. Typically, dough-based cornbread has a: Tight crumb grain Golden crumb color Unique aroma and sweetness provided by [...]
Batter Mixing What is Batter Mixing? Batter mixing is a process in which basic cake ingredients are mixed to form a smooth, aerated and semi-fluid mass that can be poured or deposited into pans. Batter mixing is quite different from dough mixing. This is because the water, fat, sugar and egg levels [...]
Bread Processing Also known as bread manufacture process What is Bread Processing? Traditionally, the term “bread processing” was used by high-speed bakers to assess the contribution of moulding or makeup stages of dough to the manufacture of bread. Today, it’s a broader term describing the overall manufacturing process of breads and buns. [...]
Mixolab What is a Mixolab? The mixolab is dough testing equipment used to assess the baking quality and performance of hydrated cereal flours. It's used to characterize the rheological behavior and pasting properties of flour/water doughs and starch/water mixtures when subjected to the simultaneous action of mixing and heat transfer (changes in [...]
Mixer Design What is Mixer Design? A bakery mixer is designed to produce bread dough or cake batter by bringing dry and liquid ingredients together to form a mass with optimum rheology and handling properties. For a preset product load, efficient mixers should perform their function under optimal mechanical and energy consumption. [...]
No Time Dough Also known as rapid dough processing or short time dough system What is No Time Dough? No time dough is a one-step breadmaking process where all dry ingredients are mixed slowly prior to adding water. Unlike other common dough systems where fermentation lasts for a couple of hours, this [...]
Dough Mixing What is dough mixing? Dough mixing is a process in which flour and water are mixed until gluten is developed, a result of the enhanced interaction between dispersed and hydrated gluten-forming proteins. It's quite different from batter mixing due to differences in their respective formulations—specifically, the proportion between dry and [...]
Farinograph What is a Farinograph? The farinograph is a tool to assess baking qualities and performance of wheat flour doughs. It records the resistance to deformation, or the consistency of dough mixed from flour and water. To millers and bakers, farinographs are essential for: Adjusting dough mixing parameters: absorption, time, pre-hydration ratio [...]
Chorleywood Baking Process What is the Chorleywood Baking Process? The Chorleywood Baking Process (CBP) is a no-time dough system combined with an enclosed high-speed mixer that is used in large-scale production of yeast-leavened bakery products such as white pan bread and buns. The aim of the CBP is to modify the dough [...]
