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How to adjust the color of extruded bread Crumbs

Publish Time: 2025-04-19     Origin: Site

We are professional manufacturer of the bread crumbs machinery. Based on our decades of experience, here is a brief introduction to the fried color of Extrusion type of bread crumbs, hoping that you will get some tips for the production of bread crumbs. At the same time, welcome friends to inquire about our production process and production equipment, and jointly discuss and develop the production line.

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Recommendation:

To increase the Maillard reaction when frying extruded type bread crumbs, consider the following approaches:

  • Increase Reducing Sugars and Amino Acids: The Maillard reaction involves the interaction between reducing sugars and amino acids. Adding reducing sugars (such as glucose or fructose) and amino acids (like lysine) to the bread crumb mixture before extrusion can enhance the reaction during frying.


  • Adjust pH: The Maillard reaction is more efficient at a slightly alkaline pH. You can adjust the pH of the bread crumb mixture by adding small amounts of baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) to create a more favorable environment for the reaction.


  • Control Frying Temperature and Time: The Maillard reaction accelerates at higher temperatures, typically between 140°C and 165°C (284°F to 329°F). Ensure that the oil temperature is within this range when frying, and adjust the frying time to allow sufficient development of the reaction without burning the crumbs.


  • Use High-Temperature Resistant Oils: Choose oils with high smoke points, such as peanut oil or canola oil. These oils can sustain higher temperatures without breaking down, allowing for optimal Maillard reaction conditions.


  • Adjust Moisture Content: Lower moisture content favors the Maillard reaction. Ensure the bread crumbs are adequately dried before frying. You can achieve this by baking the crumbs at a low temperature before frying.


  • Enhance Surface Area: Increasing the surface area of the bread crumbs by making them finer or creating more irregular shapes can enhance the Maillard reaction. More surface area means more exposure to heat and oil during frying, leading to more browning.


  • Add Precursors: Incorporating ingredients rich in Maillard reaction precursors, such as milk powder (which contains lactose and proteins), can boost the reaction during frying.

Pre-treating with Sugars and Proteins: Pre-treating the bread crumbs with a mixture of reducing sugars and protein solutions can create an initial layer of reactants that enhance the Maillard reaction during frying.


By applying these techniques, you can increase the extent of the Maillard reaction, leading to enhanced browning and flavor development in fried extruded bread crumbs.


Puffed bread crumbs (also called bread crumbs) increase the Maillard reaction during puffing and frying, which can be achieved in the following ways:


Increase the content of sugar and amino acids: The Maillard reaction is a series of complex chemical reactions between sugar and amino acids at high temperatures to produce color and flavor. Therefore, the appropriate amount of sugar (such as glucose or sucrose) and amino acids (such as lysine) can be added during the production of bread crumbs to promote the reaction.


Adjust the pH value: The Maillard reaction is more likely to occur under neutral or slightly alkaline conditions. The pH value of bread crumbs can be adjusted by adding a small amount of alkaline substances (such as sodium carbonate) to promote the reaction.


Control the frying temperature and time: The Maillard reaction is more intense at higher temperatures (usually between 140°C and 165°C). Therefore, when frying, make sure the oil temperature is high enough and control the appropriate frying time to ensure that the Maillard reaction can fully occur on the surface of the bread crumbs.


Use high-temperature oil: Choose high-temperature resistant oil (such as peanut oil, rapeseed oil, etc.) to ensure that the oil temperature is not easy to decompose at high temperatures, which is conducive to the occurrence of the Maillard reaction.


Adjust the humidity of the bread crumbs: Before puffing, the humidity of the bread crumbs can be appropriately adjusted. Slightly dry bread crumbs are more likely to produce the Maillard reaction when fried because the reaction rate is faster in an environment with low moisture content.


Add reducing sugars: Reducing sugars (such as glucose, fructose, etc.) are more active in the Maillard reaction than non-reducing sugars (such as sucrose). Therefore, some reducing sugars can be added to the bread crumbs to enhance the reaction.


Through the above methods, the Maillard reaction of puffed bread crumbs during frying can be effectively increased, thereby improving its color and flavor.


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