Today’s consumers want healthier products that are simple to understand and use more familiar ingredients. Consequently, clean label is a growing trend in the baking industry and doesn’t show any signs of slowing down. During the Baking Expo in September, I caught up with E.B. Russell, Business Development Manager, and Gideon Butler-Smith, Technical Service [...]
These days, there is more demand for sustainable and eco-conscious food businesses. Why? Well, considering that food production alone is currently responsible for 26% of greenhouse gasses, and that is up 8% since 1990. At IBIE, our team visited the Lallemand Baking booth to learn how they can help bakers and food manufacturers become [...]
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 [...]
You use protein to bulk up. So does your bread, in the form of gluten. This storage protein unique to wheat, rye and triticale is a reserve of amino acids. Thanks to its elastic, viscous and extensible properties, gluten gives bread its springy texture and allows dough to stretch. It also provides texture, stabilization, flavor and dough strength. [...]
What's one of the products we get the most questions about? Buns. The simple hamburger bun has many uses and demands these days. So what’s the secret to a perfect hamburger bun? Here are a few places to get started: Fermentation: Hamburger buns made with prior fermentation have a cleaner cut, better quality, improved flavor and [...]
The need for sustainable and eco-conscious food businesses has never been more clear. Food production alone is currently responsible for 26% of greenhouse gases, up 8% since 1990. Consumers have been taking action to do their part—65% in fact look for products to help them live a more sustainable life and 54% try to [...]
Cultured wheat is a powerful ingredient for any baker's toolbox. Here is a strong preservative that is natural, allowing you to have a solid shelf life without chemicals like sorbates or benzoates. Here’s why you should bake with cultured wheat: Texture-building Anti-staling Fights bacteria, yeast and molds Natural! How does preserve products? Wheat flour is [...]
Artisan bread with its simple, clean label is a popular choice for consumers these days. So, many artisan bakeries are scaling up to the industrial level. Here are some things to keep in mind when running a high output artisan bread line. What is artisan bread? Artisan bread contains natural and high-quality ingredients. While [...]
While you’re searching for ways to control shelf life, flavor, or just overall quality, make sure you check the product’s pH. An acronym for “potential of hydrogen,” it measures the acidity or alkalinity of a substance. In baking, pH control is critical for: Inhibiting mold spoilage Optimum rise in yeast- and chemically-leavened products Gluten behavior and [...]
Maltase What is maltase? Maltase is one type of alpha-glucosidase enzymes that splits disaccharides like maltose into their constituent glucose units. Maltose itself cannot be used or metabolized by baker’s yeast cells. However, when broken down into its glucose components, the latter are quickly consumed by yeast and used for cell growth [...]
