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Jose Azevedo Product Development Manager | Biscuit Expert | Subject Matter Expert and Biscuit manufacturer
29.10.2024
Optimizing Scraper Knife Angle and Height in Rotary Moulders for Dough Weight Control
In some rotary mouldes there are two scrapper knife controls, angle and height. How to combhine these two to increase or decrease dough piece weight? What is the optimal knife scrapper initial default heigh, from the center line of the mouldind and f...
17.10.2024
Cracker strength
We are making a snack type crq ker and find it loses strength over 2 days post baking. Assume this is checking? Our moistures are around 1.5% post bake. We use protease and laminate 4 to 5 layers. Some crackers are strong and others seem to break eas...
15.10.2024
Chips Ahoy
What is the best forming method for Chips Ahoy cookies? (large-sized cookie with chocolate chip inside) Thanks
Alma Executive manager and Other
05.10.2024
Petit beurre
This is our recipe for butter biscuit like petit beurre finger style: Palm oil shortening 15kg 4% Sugar 60kg 16% Premix vitamin 0.2kg 0.05% Lecithin 1.5kg 0.4% Whey 1kg 0.27% Ammonium bicarbonate 3kg 0.81% Baking soda 1.5kg 0.4% Dextrose 5kg 1.4% Me...
Alma Executive manager and Other
05.10.2024
Petit beurre
Is it possible to get recipe for butter laminated biscuit like petit beurre and mixing procedure? Thanks in advance
Victoria Self Employed NPD Interim/Consultant and Consultant
02.10.2024
Gluten Free Cracker
We produce GF crackers which are oat, maize and rice flour based. Usually we cut to a slight oval (2mm), to accommodate the shrink back that happens, to ultimately get a round shape post bake. Dough is not laminated. It passes through gauge rollers...
How to Bake High-Quality Cookies from Frozen Dough?
I want to make cookie product using frozen cookie dough. My planning is take a cookie dough from freezer and bake it to get good quality of cookie. What kind of parameter which I need to monitor and maintain to get good quality cookies using this met...
Omar Schmidt Development of New Product & Process Bakery Consultant and Consultant
17.09.2024
How to Reduce Vibration and Ensure Uniform Pinch and Cut in Crackers
In a line of crackers, the rotary cutter has a permanent vibration that makes that the pinch and the cut are not homogeneously marked. How can I reduce this vibration or oscillation?
Best Practices for Cleaning a Stencil Hopper
Does anyone have a method to clean a stencil hopper when changing flavours or after production? Can I use water, or should I make a dry cleanning? Should I fully dismantle the screw, pumps and pipes?
Effective Strategies for Reducing Fat in Healthy Biscuit Formulations
What is the most effective way to reduce fat in the biscuit for healthy biscuit formulation? It is reduce fat or looking for alternative ingredient which has similar function with fat.
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