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Biscuits crack
Hello everyone, I recently had a problem with some petit beurre biscuits breaking (petite beurre but with more fat and sugar) . I specify that initially they were with metabisulfite and now they are w...
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Improving Tenderness in Rotary Moulded Biscuits Without Changing Fat or Sugar
What do you suggest to improve tenderness on a rotary moulded biscuit without changing the amounts of fat and sugar? Emulsifiers, starch, other?
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Rancidity in Semi-Sweet Laminated Biscuits
Why do semi-sweet laminated biscuits, like Mary, show a higher incidence of rancidity than others? Besides being baked at higher temperatures, are there other process or recipe factors that could be c...
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The LDX Continuous Mixer combines all ingredients except flour in the creme-up stage. In this stage, special mixing elements cut the fat int...
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How to Prevent Spreading in High-Fat, High-Sugar Wirecut Cookies for a Scone-Like Texture?
Usually, wirecut cookies with high levels of fat and sugar are supposed to spread in the oven. However if I want to keep the high levels of fat and sugar, but prevent spreading to obtain a scone-like...
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Water-Based Filling with Low Water Activity
To produce a water-based filling with low water activity, do you suggest any modified starch to achieve this condition? I need the filling to be liquid in the balance and at the same time the biscuit...
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Optimal Temperatures for Cream-Filled Sandwich Biscuit
What are the recommended temperatures and cooling profile for a cream fillied (sandwich) biscuit cooling tunnel, considering a line with 4-5 in baking time?
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Optimising Fibre Integration
Optimising Fibre Integration
Explore the effects and challenges of soluble and insoluble fibers in product development. Discover new insights and application examples for bakery items.
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Grisbi from Vicenzi
We are studying the possibility of making Vicenzi's Grisbi. https://www.matildevicenzi.com/types/grisbi/ It seems that the filling is quite fluid. 1. How can this filled cookies be formed (co-extruder...
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De-moulding larger dough piece
Hi,We have a large rectangular rotary mould impression, scored into fingers and docked. Rough weight is 105g. With a shortbread dough, all butter (28% approx), it extracts fine. When we move to 7-14%...
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Jos Vast wrote article
19 October 2023
Fats in the Bakery: Valuable but Delicate
Fats in the Bakery: Valuable but Delicate
Fats, a crucial component in the world of bakery, are not only valuable but also remarkably delicate. They wield significant influence over the quality of various bakery products, demanding a profound...
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Rapeseed lecithin in hard dough biscuits
Hello! In this moment we receive an offer to introduce rapeseed lecithine for replacing soya lecithine( alergen).  Actually, I found nothing about the differences between these. it is possible to appe...
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The correct gelling agents
They know what type of pectin is used to make quince sweets or for a continuous manufacturing process?
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Oven settings affecting cookie spread
I would be interested to get the opinions of the team on how oven settings affect cookie spread during baking.Can they advise if any adjustments can be made to control / reduce spread and conversely h...
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Help us decide the ideal production amount for our soda crackers!
Hey everybody. I'm a chemical engineering student and as part of the final project of my bachelor's degree me and my group are working on the production of soda crackers from cassava, breadfruit, yam...
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Using Hot Air to Prevent Dough Sticking in Gauging Rolls: Is it the Best Option?
In one of my travels, I saw a factory using hot air on the cracker dough surface, between gauging rolls. Is this the best option when compared with room temperature or cold air, for mitigating dough s...
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Wirecut cookie dough hardens very quickly
Hello Friends, We recently noticed that our wire-cut biscuit dough hardens very quickly during the cut, causing variations in weight and disassembling the extruder rolls. This seems to happen si...
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Wafer Cream Consistency - How to Get Heavier, and Harder Cream?
Our wafer cream is light, (s.g. 0.9) (we are mixing the cream with a beater in a planetary mixer) and soft. We would like to get a cream with totally different eating quality. Please advise how we can...
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Internal factor influencing shelf life of bakery products
Internal factor influencing shelf life of bakery products
Importance and definition of shelf life. Internal factors that influence microorganisms and thus shelf-life of bakery products.
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External factors influencing shelf life of bakery products
External factors influencing shelf life of bakery products
A thourough expert article in the shelf life series, by Jos Vast and Wouter Duisterwinkel, on four external factors in relation to microbiological spoilage.
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Biscuit paste
Hello Techs, I am trying to develop a product similar to biscuit paste. I have found Lotus biscuit spread is getting popular in African countries. Can anybody suggest the recipe for a caramel biscuit...
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Steel Band Stickiness Greasing Problem
We are the manufactures of chocopie, we face sickness issue in our steel band while running the base cake. Can you please suggest the process of steel Band Waxing to eliminate sticking? We tried band...
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Jos Vast wrote article
12 January 2022
Product Development With Fibres
Product Development With Fibres
Classify, benefits and challenges. Types of fibres and their benefits for human health. Learn more about using fibres in biscuit industry.
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Why does wire cut biscuit dough get sticky when using oil?
Hello When using oil in a wire cut type cookie (no chips or inclusions), it gets sticky.It causes a lot of problems in process (extruder roll stuck, bad piece deposit, breakage of wires, etc...)....
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Rotary Moulded Crackers
HI All,I am currently trying to make a dairylea style cracker in a rotary moulder,  The product visually looks really good and very similar to the branded version but I keep getting comments from the...
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Checking in sweet Laminated Biscuits (Marie) after using hot water in dough
After using hot water (~55°C) to reduce dough mixing time in Marie biscuits line, checking occurrence has increased significantly. Could these two factors be related? I normally associate checking...
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Acrylamide Explained
Acrylamide Explained
Acrylamide definition, toxicity, and suggestion for biscuits and crackers. Acrylamide is a compound that can be created during the baking process of in particular grain and potato-based products.
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The Hurdle Technology: Shelf life part 4
The Hurdle Technology: Shelf life part 4
In this part we try to bring all these items together in an approach that can facilitate a prolongation of the shelf life.
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Encrusting machine
Hi everyone, has any of you had any experience with encrusting machines? I am looking to buy one for small productions (~40 pieces/min) I could find some produced in US and Germany, but their cost i...
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How can we use flat wafer scrap?
How can we use flat wafer scrap other than recycle into the wafer filling?
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How can we use flat wafer scrap?
How can we use flat wafer scrap other than recycle into the wafer filling?
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