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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808486603321

Titolo

Breadmaking : improving quality / / edited by Stanley P. Cauvain

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, Pa, : Woodhead Pub., 2012

ISBN

0-85709-569-2

0-85709-060-7

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xxviii, 802 p. : ill

Collana

Woodhead Publishing series in food science, technology and nutrition, , 2042-8049 ; ; no. 229

Altri autori (Persone)

CauvainStanley P

Disciplina

664.7523

Soggetti

Bread

Baking

Bread industry

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Wheat and flour quality -- pt. 2. Dough development and particular bread ingredients -- pt. 3. Bread sensory quality, shelf life and safety -- pt. 4. Particular bread products.

Sommario/riassunto

The first edition of Breadmaking: Improving quality quickly established itself as an essential purchase for baking professionals and researchers in this area. With comprehensively updated and revised coverage, including six new chapters, the second edition helps readers to understand the latest developments in bread making science and practice. The book opens with two introductory chapters providing an overview of the breadmaking process. Part one focuses on the impacts of wheat and flour quality on bread, covering topics such as wheat chemistry, wheat starch structure, grain quality assessment, milling and wheat breeding. Part two covers dough development and bread ingredients, with chapters on dough aeration and rheology, the use of redox agents and enzymes in breadmaking and water control, among other topics. In part three, the focus shifts to bread sensory quality, shelf life and safety. Topics covered include bread aroma, staling and contamination. Finally, part four looks at particular bread products such as high fibre breads, those made from partially baked and frozen dough and those made from non-wheat flours. With its distinguished



editor and international team of contributors, the second edition of Breadmaking: Improving quality is a standard reference for researchers and professionals in the bread industry and all those involved in academic research on breadmaking science and practice. With comprehensively updated and revised coverage, this second edition outlines the latest developments in breadmaking science and practice Covers topics such as wheat chemistry, wheat starch structure, grain quality assessment, milling and wheat breeding Discusses dough development and bread ingredients, with chapters on dough aeration and rheology.