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The role of bread improvers

April 15, 2024
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In the world of baking, achieving the perfect bread requires a mix of factors. Even with the use of quality ingredients and skilled bakers, external factors such as flour variability, baking environment, and time constraints can subtly impact the final result. Here, bread improvers play a crucial role in addressing these challenges.

What are Bread Improvers?

Bread improvers are a tailored blend of flour and enzymes designed to optimize specific functional characteristics of bread. By modifying dough behavior at various stages of breadmaking, these improvers aim to simplify the baker’s tasks and ensure consistent quality, appearance, and flavour in the final baked bread.

How Bread Improvers Reach Their Goals?

There are various types of bread improvers, each formulated to improve different characteristics of bread to achieve baking goals. Bread improvers help to achieve these goals through:

  • Adaptation to mechanical processing
  • Adjustment to differing flour quality
  • Facilitation of easier dough development
  • Control of fermentation
  • Enhancement of dough tolerance
  • Support for development during baking
  • Improved yield
  • Reduction of wastage
What Characteristics Can Bread Improvers Enhance?

Bread improvers offer various benefits to bakeries, enabling them to diversify their product range with high-quality breads. The use of improvers results in:

  • Better crumb texture
  • Enhanced crust color and appearance
  • Increased volume
  • Longer shelf life
  • Improved softness
  • A richer taste and aroma

In conclusion, bread improvers make sure the bread is not just good, but consistently excellent every time.

Your Trusted Solution: MAGIMIX® Bread Improvers

Are you facing challenges achieving fluffy, golden-brown, and consistently sized breads? Introducing MAGIMIX® Bread Improvers – your trusted solution for perfect breads with over 30 years of expertise. Tailored for various processes, including the frozen process, each improver delivers genuine results, developed and tested under real conditions to meet every baker’s needs. Formulated with only permitted ingredients, our improvers ensure not just quality but also compliance with regulatory standards.

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