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Welcome at Bakery Academy

Are you seeking guidance for improving your product or bakery?

As a baker, do you frequently encounter issues with your products or production processes, such as waste or variations in product weight? Do you lack the fresh perspective due to chronic time constraints? Are you searching for an efficient and affordable solution to address these challenges?

At Bakery Academy, we are dedicated to supporting bakeries in achieving operational excellence through cutting-edge technology, innovative product development, and streamlined processes. Our consultancy services are tailored to elevate your bakery to new levels by enhancing efficiency, reducing costs, and enhancing quality.

With our extensive experience in the bakery industry, we understand the complexity of bakery operations and the daily challenges you face. Our consultants have all worked in industrial bakery production, operating and improving lines ranging from 300 to 3000 kg/hr. They have also served as R&D or NPD bakery technologists, introducing products on existing or new production lines.

By combining practical bakery expertise with science and technology, we offer an academic approach that enables you to apply this knowledge in your bakery practice effectively.

That's why, at Bakery Academy, we provide an accessible way to access high-quality knowledge and services that can help you enhance your products and optimize your production processes

Bakery science & technology available and applicable for you. 

Always within easy reach, anytime, anywhere.Bakery science & technology available and applicable for you. 

Always within easy reach, anytime, anywhere.

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Our Services


  • Bakery Product Technology and Development: We provide expert guidance and support in developing new and exciting bakery products that meet market demands and strengthen your brand.
  • Process Optimization: Our consultants analyze your current production processes and identify opportunities for improvement, such as reducing waste, increasing efficiency, and enhancing overall product quality.
  • Technological Implementation: We specialize in facilitating the transition of bakery products from small-scale ovens to industrial-grade ones, integrating automation systems and advanced production controls.
  • Research and Development: Our team specializes in troubleshooting challenges within bakery product development by researching new technologies. We offer customized solutions designed to address specific issues within your bakery products.
  • Educational Programs: From starters to product technologists, we provide customized training programs and courses designed to equip your team with the essential skills and knowledge required in the bakery industry.
  • Coaching and Mentoring: Our experienced consultants provide personalized guidance and mentoring to your team to enhance their capabilities and performance, fostering a culture of continuous learning.


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Training & education

In our bakery training programs, we start with the basics of bakery products, fillings and processes.

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E number reduction

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E number reduction

Is it the ingredient we wont't want it to be in there, or is it the way it is produced (chemically/not sustainable), or are we in princible ok. But no...

Acrylamide and ingredient choices

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Acrylamide and ingredient...

Acrylamide and ingredient choices. Theoretically it should be possible to select for certain products where no or low fermentation times are being use...

Checking

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Checking

Checked biscuits have small cracks or hairlines in them, sometimes hardly visible. Problem appears mostly in short period after packaging, when openin...

Chemical leavening

Leavening

Chemical leavening

The use of chemical leavening is of all day and ages and sometimes shaped by traditions. Due to convenience sometimes certain leavening agents are rep...

Cost vs Quality

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Cost vs Quality

It is the biggest battle of bakers. Cost vs Quality. What can we do to keep the quality high and still keep it affordable for manufactures and consume...

Baking with sweeteners

Reformulation

Baking with sweeteners

New plant based sweeteners as stable alternatives we could consider formulating with them. 

Product drying

Baking processes

Product drying

Product drying. During the product stabilisation phase the crust will start to dry, this allow the moisture to transfer from the inside/crumb towards ...

Pre-blending

Pre-blending

Ingredient preblending, a fundamental step in the bakery world. The goal of pre-blending is to achieve a homogeneous composition by carefully mixing d...

Collapsing of cakes

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Collapsing of cakes

Collapsing is a very common issue in cakes, in particular in the more traditional formulations: without stabilisers, emulsifiers, etc. In those cases ...

Biscuits processes

Cookies & Biscuits

Biscuits processes

Biscuits can be made in different processes, one is a system where a rotary moulder is being used and the dough is quite crumbly. Without the pressure...

Egg products

Reformulation

Egg products

We see eggs dominiantly in Cakes (family/pound, sponge cakes and muffins). As well as cookies and biscuits, but also croissants, puff pastries and bre...

Heat transfer

Baking processes

Heat transfer

On average, close to 50% of the total energy is consumed in the first 25-35% of the baking process. Products are entering the oven between 10-35% C an...

Challenges of enrichment: Psyllium / hardness.

Fibres

Challenges of enrichment:...

As fibres are products of nature, we can’t design them 100% to our liking; of course the larger fibre length can be (mechanically) shortened and...

acrylamides guideline

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acrylamides guideline

Acrylamides guideline. A helpfull toolbox was created. Called the CIAA Acrylamide toolbox. Several options were proposed in this toolbox. Investigate ...

Crackers

Crackers

Crackers tend to be perceived quite differently; however in essence it is like a puff pastry or croissant product, but with a ‘poorer’ for...

Functions of fibres in biscuits

Fibres

Functions of fibres in bi...

Fibres are very versatile as you have read in the earlier part of these small articles on them. Fibres have nutritional advantages and with that they ...

Liquid sugars

Reformulation

Liquid sugars

Liquid sugar can have about 67% sucrose content, sometimes a little bit of invert is added to delay sugar recrystallisation. Different saccharide sour...

The basics of Cakes

Cake

The basics of Cakes

For the basics of cake, before the time of emulsifiers and leavening agents. The natural ingredients had to be used in such a way that they were in th...

shelf-life calculating in cake

Cake

shelf-life calculating in...

When combing the knowledge and balancing the formulation the shelf life can be extended by lowering the Aw, pH with some additives and packaging.

Nutriscore

Reformulation

Nutriscore

What is a nutriscore? Nutriscore is a food choice logo. It is an image on the front of food packaging. Nutriscore gives the composition of a product a...

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