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Teething biscuits for babies, very hard biscuit

January 01, 2023

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 a teething child to chew on the biscuit but for it not to crumble or break in the child's mouth. The ingredients are bakers flour, cooked wheatgerm and water. The dough is worked quite dry from a crumbed state and is worked by hand with the aid of a pastry brake. The actual baking is a low temp 3 hour process. 

At current my main theory is that a higher protein flour would give us more gluten and increase the strength of the final result, is this the case?

Any input, even if only to direct me to more reading material so I can better understand what I am dealing with would be greatly appreciated.


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