Baking refers to the process of dehydration, drying and hardening of materials by dry heat under the ignition point of materials. Baking is an indispensable step in the production of bread and cake. After baking, a series of chemical changes such as gelatinization and protein denaturation of starch can make bread and cake mature and change the taste of food.
In most countries in the world, whether it is people's staple food or non-staple food, baked goods occupy a very important position. Therefore, China's baked goods also ushered in a period of great development. Baked food can be said to be an exotic product, which comes from "baking", that is, baking grain, which is usually understood as western-style cakes similar to bread.
In short, baked food is a kind of food with diverse tastes and rich nutrition, which takes grain, oil, sugar and eggs as the main raw materials. Adding appropriate auxiliary materials, kneading, molding, baking and other processes.
Nutritional value of baked goods;
The first thing people like about baked goods is that they are nutritious, not to mention that most baked goods are suitable for adding various nutritious food raw materials. As far as wheat flour is concerned, it has incomparable nutritional advantages over other cereals. The protein content of wheat flour is 2-3 times that of rice and 2 times that of corn flour, especially its calcium content is about 4 times that of rice and 8 times that of corn flour. Wheat flour containing vb 1, VB2 and nicotinic acid is 3-4 times that of rice.
In addition, due to the physical and chemical effects of yeast, baked goods are rich in protein and amino acids, which are easy to absorb and have good taste and color. Therefore, in western countries, bread of baked goods has almost become synonymous with grain and grain.
Baked food is not only nutritious, but also has incomparable processing advantages over other foods. The unique gluten component of wheat flour not only enables baked goods to be processed into various forms, with various patterns and styles, but also makes it the most influential industrialized staple food since human beings entered the industrialization era because of its dough processing operability, steaming, finished product preservation and eating convenience.