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Biscuit, cookie and cracker manufacturing manuals: : Manual 2: Biscuit doughs

D Manley, Consultant, UK

Woodhead Publishing Series in Food Science, Technology and Nutrition No. 31

This manual describes the various types of biscuit dough, the key stages in dough mixing and handling, and identifies potential problem areas and solutions.

ISBN 1 85573 293 9
ISBN-13: 978 1 85573 293 3
March 1998
80 pages  216 x 138mm  paperback  
£40.00 / US$70.00 / €50.00

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About the author

Duncan Manley is an internationally recognised authority in the complex field of biscuit technology. During thirty years of experience in the biscuit, cookie and cracker industries, Manley has worked in eighty factories in over thirty countries; amassing a wealth of experience in development, production efficiency and training under widely varying conditions. He now runs his own company, Duncan Manley Ltd, which provides consultancy services to the biscuit and food industries.

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Contents

Introduction
 - Vocational qualifications

Background to the biscuit industry
 - What are biscuits?
 - How are biscuits made?
 - How a factory is arranged
 - What your company requires from the factory
 - Ingredient storage areas
 - Your contribution when working with ingredients

Hygiene and safety aspects
 - Safety of food products
 - Sources of contamination
 - Safety for people

Problem solving
 - Introduction
 - Process audit record
 - Control Philosophy

Types of biscuit dough
 - Introduction
 - Developed doughs
 - Short doughs and batters

Types of dough mixer
 - What is required of a mixer
 - Biscuit dough mixers

Mixing the dough
 - Production control considerations
 - Dough consistency
 - Troubleshooting

Metering of ingredients into mixers
 - Introduction
 - handling ingredients
 - Ingredients that should be dispersed before mixing commences
 - Communication and recording changes
 - Troubleshooting

Handling dough after mixing
 - Removal from the mixer
 - Standing the dough
 - Removal of the dough from the tub
 - Troubleshooting

Care, maintenance and cleaning of machinery
 - Care
 - Cleaning of mixers
 - Maintenance