Brought to you from IBIE 2019 With all the products, ingredients, and demos at IBIE 2019, there was a lot of bread. Which may be surprising with the rise of gluten-free, low-carb diets. But the baking industry knows that bread is making its comeback, and that this world-wide staple has a lot to offer. One [...]
Consumers and food producers alike can’t get enough of the great taste and health benefits of sprouted ingredients. As a food producer, there is something about the idea of taking a seed, and carefully orchestrating the process of germination to allow it to start to grow into a nourishing plant. Did you know that when [...]
Clean label is a growing and large trend in the baking industry. Consumers, especially younger generations, are looking for original, healthier, simple and more familiar products that create a long-lasting customer adherence. Baking these products requires rethinking ingredients, processes and quality control. Currently, there is no absolute definition for clean label. Instead, the concept implies [...]
Fonio What is Fonio? Fonio, one of many types of grains and pseudocereals referred to as ancient grains, has West African origins. It is touted for its nutritional profile and lack of gluten, which makes it an attractive baking ingredient, particularly for breads and snacks. However, some experts say more research is [...]
After eating a loaf of bread a day for 90 days last year, for my Eat Bread 90 project, you may have thought I'd had my fill of bread for a long, long time. Nope. I'm ready to up the ante: Starting April 2nd, I'll be eating half a pound of bread a day, with a [...]
Fiber in baked goods… it’s an interesting dilemma. Insoluble fiber is a bulking agent with health benefits and zero calories. It’s also woven into the key ingredients of bread: whole grains and wheat bran. Insoluble fiber is also found in a variety of foods, including: fruits nuts and seeds vegetables wheat bran whole grain foods What’s the problem [...]
Is your bakery focused on producing whole grain products? Consumers are turning away from baked goods produced with refined flour and seeking healthier alternatives found in whole grain foods. Whole grains are grains that are consumed in their original form without being refined. They contain their original parts such as the bran, germ, and endosperm [...]
Whole Grains What are Whole Grains? Whole grains are cereal grains which contain the intact, ground, cracked or flaked kernel or seed of the grain as well as the endosperm, germ and bran.1 The American Association of Cereal Chemists International (AACCI) defines whole grains as "The intact, ground, cracked or flaked caryopsis, [...]
Rolled Oats Also known as old fashioned oats What are Rolled Oats? Rolled oats are whole dehulled oat berries (groats) that have been lightly steamed and passed through rollers to flatten or flake the groat. They are commonly used to make oatmeal. Oat products are an excellent additive to many baked goods, [...]
Protein What is Protein? Proteins are essential components of the human diet. They are found in skin, hair and muscle and all body tissues. A protein is made up of peptide building blocks with various combinations of 20 amino acids which determine proteins functionality and their nutritional value.1 Commercially, proteins are differentiated [...]
