AIB International Tip Of The Week: Recording Mixers – What Can They Do For You?
According to standard official methods, recording mixers (Farinograph, Mixolab, Doughlab, Mixograph) can be used to monitor dough development. The purpose is to mix wheat flour into dough, under controlled conditions, and compare characteristics of the resulting doughs. We are looking for changes, or lack of changes, between flours. The quality of a loaf of bread (and many other bakery products) is strongly dependent on the mixing. …