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20.04.2023
Hello, we need some advice about production of extruded corn snacks. We are having problems with achieving "softer" structure of snack, we tried by lowering the water content during extrusion, and also by raising extrusion pressure. The structure tha...
20.04.2023
Good morning,Biscuit ingredients:wheat flour, vegetable fat, sugar, low-fat cocoa, glucose syrup, whole egg pulp, starch, skimmed milk powder, soy lecithin, emulsifier, flavoring, raising agents.Chocolate filling:Sugar, rafined oil, chocolate, modifi...
05.03.2023
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 and sweet potato flour. As part of the project we...
01.03.2023
Hello, I would like to know what is the most appropriate way to incorporate sodium bicarbonate and ammonium or proteases into a biscuit dough ( in this moment these are solved in water and incorporate in the first faze of mixing).
28.02.2023
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 sticking to rolls?Jose
Cracker Width Expansion: Causes and Solutions
Good Day to all,
We produced crackers just like Malkist.
We encounter a problem in dimension, the width of our
cracker expands by 2mm (from the maximum width of 70mm we get 72mm) and our
packaging finds difficulties in packing our product. Th...
22.01.2023
Hello,
we are producing wafle cones 160mm in length in an automatic 37 mould oven on the rate of 1300- 1500 cones per hour. We have a problem that some of the wafers tend to get inflated as soon as the mould opens after cooking. This makes the waf...
Sulfite Calculation
Hello everyone,I need some help in understanding how to calculate sulfite residues in order to check that the amount of Sodium Metabisulfite added to our products (biscuits and crackers) is compliant to local regulations.Based on the Sodium Metabisul...
18.01.2023
Dear all,
do you have any calculation for deciding theoretically for a given size of the mould say in mm L-225X W-89*X H-43? What is the bread dough or Rusk Dough to be divided so that I get full mould of bread with lid on the mould?
If any th...
Teething biscuits for babies, very hard biscuit
Hello,I work as a baker for a company that makes teething biscuits for babies. I have been tasked with finding a way to make the biscuits harder to break. So basically I am trying to make something safe to eat but too strong to break. The aim is for...
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