Ingredients in Bakery Products

Bakery manufacturers or owners of small bakeries andbakers must have knowledge of ingredients used for bakery products .Properties of these raw materials are distinct and quantity to be used are critical for good and tasty product.

RAW MATERIAL USED IN BAKERIES

FLOUR; Flour is the major ingredient for any bakery product .Wheat flour special characteristic like gluten makes it most suitable for bakery product.

gluten is protien like substance which provides network like structure.Its other properties are extensibility and resistance . Moisture content of flour should be less than 10 %

SUGAR : Sugar provides sweetness to the product and also act as preservative.sugar can be used in crystal as well as grounded form .Sugar grinding helps to break sugar crystal into powder form . Sugar solution has gained popularity in usage .sugar solution ( invert sugar)has advantage as it gets easily mixed with in the dough .sugar also providess color to the product

FAT: Fats main function in the bakery product is to retain moisture in the product . Categories of fat used in bakery are hydrogenated vegetable oil,

refined ground nut oil , sunflower oil , coconut oil , palmoil , palmkerneloil.

PRESERVATIVES

Increases the shelf life as it prevents oxidation of fat /sugar as well it protects bakery product from microbial infestation.

Apart from sugar ,abscorbic , citric acid , tbhq ,salt .Major preservatives are calcium propianate and acetic acid .

EMULSIFIER

Emulsifiers are those agents which holds oil and water inside the dough/batter to retain mositure in the batter /dough and give softening effect.

GMS : glycol monostrate emulsion ,Potassium Bromate

LEAVENING AGENT

These agents provides puffiness to bakery products as these chemical or iingredients relases gas which then lifts the dough which creates spaces within the dough structure.

yeast , egg , ammonium bicarbonate , sodium bicarbonate

IMPROVERS : Improvers are those chemical agents which affects taste and texture . Various improvers available in the market .

ARTIFICIAL COLORS

Colors are added to the products to give product a matching color with flavour like cream , strawberry and vanilla

ARTIFICIAL FLAVOURS

butter

vanilla

strawberry

mango

orange

whey powder

skimmed milk powder



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