Want to hear something a-glaze-ing? Food manufacturers producing donuts finally have a solution for an overly sticky glaze that can make the packing process messy. During the Baking Expo in Las Vegas, I spoke to Allison Hornev, Director of Core Portfolio and Innovation, and Roja Ergan, Director of R&D Wet Ingredients, at Dawn Foods [...]
Icing Stabilizers What are icing stabilizers? Icing stabilizers are food additives added to buttercreams, frostings, icing and glazes to provide foam or emulsion stability, elasticity, and anti-sticking or setting properties. They are commonly produced from hydrocolloids, gums, polyglycerols esters fatty acids, sorbates and other emulsifiers.1 Stabilizers play a key role in product [...]
Fondant What is Fondant? Fondant is a glossy hard icing or topping used for covering and decorating cakes and pastries. Technically, fondant is a partially-crystalline confectionery product made of small sucrose crystals in a saturated sugar syrup.1 Hardness of fondant is determined by its water content with typical range from 10 - [...]
Reliable icing or frosting is key to the shelf life and desirability of baked goods. The shelf life must be as good as whatever is underneath it, and its appearance must remain appetizing and intact. If you are trying to improve the nutritional profile to address the health trend, it can be even more [...]
Tropical Vanilla Frosting Ingredients In Baker's Percent: (%) Powdered Sugar - 62.3 Water - 16.4 Cavamax W6 by WACKER - 3.3 Vegetable Oil - 13.8 High Fructose Corn Syrup - 3.3 Vanilla - 0.1 Vinegar - 0.2 SOR-Mate Natural Preservative J&K Ingredients - 0.6 Method Add water to a [...]
Tropical Chocolate Frosting Ingredients In Baker's Percent: (%) Powdered Sugar - 51.8 Water - 13.2 Cavamax W6 by WACKER - 2.7 Vegetable Oil - 11.1 High Fructose Corn Syrup - 2.7 Dark Chocolate (melted) - 17.9 Vinegar - 0.2 SOR-Mate Natural Preservative by J&K Ingredients - 0.4 Method Add [...]
Shelf Stable Vanilla Frosting Ingredients In Baker's Percent: (%) Powdered Sugar - 64.5 Shortening - 14.3 Water - 16.9 High Fructose Corn Syrup - 3.5 Vanilla - 0.1 Vinegar - 0.2 SOR-Mate Natural Preservative by J&K Ingredients - 0.6 Method Place powdered sugar and shortening in a mixing bowl [...]
Shelf Stable Chocolate Frosting Ingredients In Baker's Percent: (%) Powdered Sugar - 52.7 Shortening - 11.3 Water - 13.4 Corn syrup - 2.7 Dark Chocolate (melted) - 18.2 Vinegar - 0.2 GMO-free Sunflower Lecithin Sun 400 by Ciranda - 0.9 SOR-Mate Natural Preservative by J&K Ingredients - 0.5 [...]
Then here's the ingredient you need to put in. Pre-gelatinized rice flour! You'll find it most often in gluten-free baking, low-volume bread, batters and frostings. When do you use pre-gelatinized rice flour? It works well for: Thickening Binding Increasing water absorption Reducing water activity How does it work? Due to it’s production process, pre-gelatinized rice flour instantly [...]
Alpha-cyclodextrin Also known as alpha-dextrin (α-CD) or alpha-cycloamylose What is Alpha-cyclodextrin? Alpha-cyclodextrin has emulsifying and stabilizing properties. It can also eliminate undesirable compounds. In the food industry, alpha dextrins are used for: Stabilizing oil-in-water emulsions Controlling the solubility and dispersibility of un-mixable liquids Masking odors and unwanted flavors Stabilizing and protecting compounds [...]
