How the Mixolab can help analyze dough.

Your dough and flour have a lot to say. And you need to listen if you want consistent quality and control in your product—especially if you’re developing a new one. Analysis equipment and tests are key for taking the guess work out of baking. Today, we’re going to look at the混搭.

本机评估水合谷物面粉的烘烤质量和性能。它用于表征面粉/水面团和淀粉/水混合物的流变行为和粘贴性质,当经受混合和热转移的同时作用时。

The mixolab helps millers and bakers to:

  • Adjust dough mixing parameters
  • Detect excessive enzymatic activity in wheat due sprout damage
  • Evaluate starch damage
  • Adjust flour’s alpha amylase activity
  • 预测热处理期间的产品行为
  • 评估淀粉和牙龈的冷/热功能
  • Study the effect of dough conditioners on dough mixing properties

它是如何分析面团的工作?

Mixolab是一种具有加热和冷却能力的记录面团混合器。它使用两种混合刀片,该刀片沿相反方向旋转。该仪器可以在加热期间以7.2°F / min(4℃/ min)的速率在加热期间测量面团在86-194°F(30-90°C)的温度范围内的一致性。1,2,3

Evaluation of dough consistency over this temperature range allows the mixolab to determine complete characterization of the gluten-forming proteins and starch functionality in a single assay. These functions can be performed by measuring, in real time, sample resistance to mixing action of the kneading arms (i.e. torque in N·m), recorded by a computer software in a graph as changes in viscosity with time.