Biscuit Baking Technology
Processing and Engineering Manual

Examines the biscuit industry process, ingredients, and formulations, and the design, manufacture, installation, operation, and maintenance of baking ovens

Iain Davidson (Author)

9780323999236, Elsevier Science

Paperback / softback, published 27 January 2023

426 pages, Approx. 300 illustrations (300 in full color)
22.9 x 15.2 x 2.7 cm, 0.45 kg

Biscuit Baking Technology: Processing and Engineering Manual, Third Edition shares over 50 years of experience in the biscuit baking industry worldwide, and is the most updated reference book for senior managers and staff involved in industrial-scale biscuit baking. This volume covers the biscuit industry process, ingredients, and formulations, as well as the design, manufacture, installation, operation, and maintenance of baking ovens. This third edition is fully updated and covers topics, such as baking by infrared radiation, NIR, FIR and dielectric heating, new innovations from leading oven manufacturers, new products for baking cookies, filled cookies, and snack cakes, and 3D and puzzle biscuit design.

1. The biscuits 2. Baking process 3. Biscuit design and output 4. Heat transfer 5. Oven designs 6. Oven specifications: Hybrid ovens 7. Oven construction: Direct gas fired ovens 8. Oven construction: Indirect fired ovens 9. Local oven manufacture 10. Heat recovery system 11. Oven conveyor bands 12. Oven conveyor design 13. Process control systems 14. Oven safety monitoring and alarm 15. Oven operation: Direct gas fired oven 16. Oven operation: Indirect radiant oven 17. Oven operation: Convection oven 18. Oven efficiency 19. Oven inspection and audit

Subject Areas: Food & beverage technology [TDCT]