Bread making: An overview. Part 1 Wheat and flour quality: The chemistry and biochemistry of wheat; Assessing grain quality; Techniques for analysing wheat proteins; Wheat proteins and bread quality; Starch structure and bread quality; Improving wheat quality: the role of biotechnology; Analysing wheat and flour; Milling and flour quality; Modifying flour to improve functionality; The nutritional enhancement of wheat flour. Part 2 Dough and bread quality: The molecular basis of dough rheology; Molecular mobility in dough and bread quality; The role of water in dough formation and bread quality; Foam formation in dough and bread quality; Bread aeration; Measuring the rheological properties of dough; Controlling dough development; The use of redox agents; Water control in baking; Improving the taste of bread; High- fibre baking; Mould prevention in bread; Detecting mycotoxin contamination of cereals; Improving wheat quality; Preventing bread staling.
Stan Cauvain is Director of Cereals and Cereals Processing at Campden and Chorleywood Food Research Association. He is widely acknowledged as one of the world's leading authorities on bread making.
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