Editorial



Inside Track
Our snippets on movers and shakers in the baking/confectionery and related industries. Read more...



Egg-cellent eggs
Baking without eggs, with its myriad of functional properties in the baking
process, is almost inconceivable, but so is using shelled eggs in a high volume processing environment. Fortunately, egg solutions for use in the baking
industry are available in many convenient forms. Read more...



Premixes - Customised solutions
While there are several companies that supply ready-made, tried-and-tested premixes in an astounding range of varieties to the baking industry, the fast growing trend is customised premix formulas produced specifically to meet individual bakery requirements. Read more...



Milling in SA - Genetically manufactured onslaught?
In 10 000 years the population of earth has doubled 10 times; from less than
10 million to nearly 7 billion people. Many would uphold that one of the main foundations that enabled this population leap was (and continues to be)food. However, if the recent United Nations forecast is accurate, there may not be
enough of the staple life force trio of wheat, maize and rice to provide the vital nourishment required for a 9.1 billion strong population in the year 2050. Can Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO’s) play a role in alleviating our already stretched resources?
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The international economy of wheat
With the exception of the 1% of the population who are allergic to it, the majority
of us consume bread in some form or other on a regular basis. Wheat (in the form
of flour) is possibly the most obvious ingredient to bread. However, I wonder
how many of us realise the extent to which this simple commodity affects us all
so deeply on a daily basis? Read more...



Combustible flour dust
Grain handling is a high hazard environment. Employees are exposed daily to hazards ranging from falling from heights to engulfment, entrapment, suffocation
and crushing injuries. Perhaps one of the most dangerous hazards to consider
is the combustibility of grain or flour dust...
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Asthma - Time to clear the air
High quantities of flour and grain dust in flour mills are detrimental to employee health – fact. Flour and grain dust sensitivity is the second largest cause of occupational asthma – fact. So, what are we doing to effectively counter this
serious industry hazard? Read more...



Quality analysis
Thorough analysis of wheat and the flour produced from it, as well as food
safety tests, is essential in the milling and baking industries, providing crucial insights into the quality of the final product. Fortunately, several reputable suppliers of testing and analytical equipment have made it quick and easy to perform this type of high-level analysis. Read more...



Silo storage - The sky is the limit
Technological advances in both science and construction methods mean that
the sky – or rather the ground area where a dry bulk silo can be built – is
literally the limit. Read more...



Caring about what you carry
Ignorance is bliss. Or is it? Have you ever passed some kind of branded flour
tanker on the road and wondered how they got the bulk flour into the tanker
in the first place? I normally ponder things such as the nett weight, the time
taken to load, and what about the highly combustible flour dust clouds?
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Miller's Grist - The nuts and bolts of it
Most of us would have encountered, and perhaps even made reference to the
phrase ‘nuts and bolts’ within our lives. It’s all about getting back to the basics,
the fundamental aspects, getting re-familiarised with our ABC’s and re-engaging
with the quintessential essence of whatever it is that we are trying to understand
or come to terms with. Read more...



Small Baker's Forum - Courgette, sun-dried tomato and ricotta flan
High quantities of flour and grain dust in flour mills are detrimental to employee health – fact. Flour and grain dust sensitivity is the second largest cause of occupational asthma – fact. So, what are we doing to effectively counter this
serious industry hazard? Read more...

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