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24.02.2022
Hi, Amye here.Issue: marie biscuit having soapy tasteRoot cause I have in mind: imbalance pH, saponification process which happened when ammonia bicarbonate reacted with shortening. Question: Is there any calculation method available to calculate how...
31.01.2022
Hello everyoneI have a problem that has been bothering me for a long time.I work with ROTARY MOULDED dough and the dough falls off the back roll (feed roller / compression roll). It can work fine for a few minutes and then fall right into large piece...
12.01.2022
What is the maximum quantity (%) of BRAN we can add in formulating a high fiber biscuit with good volume ?What are some other ingredients that can be used to add fiber without affecting the volume of biscuit ?
How to improve a recipe for biscuits for dogs and their shelf-life?
Dear Experts,I am an artisan creating biscuits for dogs (treats) and I am experimenting some recipes.The plan is to scale up and improve the shelf-life of the products (target set to 12 months) by using adequate Doypack with sealing.Today, I use a cl...
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 with inadequate moisture removal during baking, or...
18.06.2021
Dear onesCan any one tell me how to calculate the Heat energy required to bake one kg of biscuits or one square meter of oven area. Pl consider the moisture loss as 18% when you have 100kgs dough. with at least 2% moisture still there in biscuits....
Flow wrapper positioning
I am moving premises shortly and want to build the ideal layout for my production and packaging that will also be BRC compliant.The last "food" stage will be lifting biscuits off trays and onto the flow wrapper in-feed. The biscuits are wrapped indiv...
How to control the acidity of extracted fat ( as oleic acid) of finished good cookies?
Hi dear all experts,How to control the acidity of extracted fat ( as oleic acid) of finished good cookies. My country std. is Maximum 1% but i am getting 1.2-1.5%. Plz provide me a solution, is it raw fat problem or process problem?Advance thanks.
28.05.2021
Hi
Please can any one tell how to calculate the proper cooling time for soft and hard dough type biscuits . What is the standard cooling time of different verities of biscuits ( hard dough, soft dough and wire cut cookies)
Best Regards
Rasika
27.05.2021
Hello,
Does anybody know about non-sweet or salted moulded biscuits in market, filled or not? Is it
possible to replace sugar in its recipe with an ingredient not so expensive,
keeping at least part of sugar properties? What could be the main issu...
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