Bread Making: Improving Quality(92 Woodhead Publishing Series in Food Science, Technology and Nutrition)

There has been a wealth of recent research on the complex changes involved in bread making and how they influence the many traits consumers use to define quality. Bread making: improving quality sums up this key research and what it means for improved process control and a better, more consistent product. After an introductory review of bread making as a whole Part 1 Discusses wheat and flour quality. Chapter 3 summarises current research on the structure of wheat, providing the context for chapters on wheat proteins (chapters 5 and 6) and starch (chapter 7). There are also chapters on ways of measuring wheat and flour quality, and improving flour for bread making. Part 2 Reviews dough formation and its impact on the structure and properties of bread. It includes chapters on the molecular structure of dough, foam formation and bread aeration together with discussion of the role of key ingredients such as water. A final group of chapters then discusses other aspects of quality such as improving taste and nutritional properties, as well as preventing moulds and mycotoxin contamination. With its distinguished editor and international team of contributors, Bread making: improving quality will become a standard work both for industry and the research community.

Table of Contents:
Bread making: an overview. Part 1 Wheat and flour quality: The chemistry and biochemistry of wheat; Assessing grain quality; Techniques for analysing wheat proteins; Wheat proteins and bread quality; Starch structure and bread quality; Improving wheat quality: the role of biotechnology; Analysing wheat and flour; Milling and flour quality; Modifying flour to improve functionality; The nutritional enhancement of wheat flour. Part 2 Dough and bread quality: The molecular basis of dough rheology; Molecular mobility in dough and bread quality; The role of water in dough formation and bread quality; Foam formation in dough and bread quality; Bread aeration; Measuring the rheological properties of dough; Controlling dough development; The use of redox agents; Water control in baking; Improving the taste of bread; High- fibre baking; Mould prevention in bread; Detecting mycotoxin contamination of cereals; Improving wheat quality; Preventing bread staling.

About the Author :
Stan Cauvain is Director of Cereals and Cereals Processing at Campden and Chorleywood Food Research Association. He is widely acknowledged as one of the world's leading authorities on bread making.