IMPORTANCE OF COLOUR IN BAKING & BREWING

 Colours are a very important part of day to day life as it enriches our everyday life. Colours attract attention, symbolize emotions and generate expectations. Even in cooking colours have their own space. From this point of view, a sight of an excellent meal also includes shades of colour that influence our mood and our expectations. It not only lifts our mood and attracts our attention, but also contributes to the anticipation of the taste and texture of our food. The same also helps with the buying behaviour of the consumers. This is why it is said that colours play a unique role in the food and beverage industry. And among all the colours, the naturally produced colour - brown - is one of the most important colours in the food industry. Brown colour is quite common when it comes to baking bread or roasting onions, but also when grilling steaks. People are getting more and more health conscious and are really concerned about what they are consuming. So rather than using artificial colours in recipes, the market is searching for the natural flavours. 

Mahalaxmimaltextract provides the best quality natural malt extract that is the best for your health. Malt is a grain product that is used in beverages and foods as a basis for fermentation to add flavour, taste and nutrients. Malt is prepared from various types of cereal grain, usually barley malt, by allowing partial germination to modify the grain’s natural food substances. Malt extract has many advantages compared to the processes commonly used in various food productions. Because of its high colour stability, malt extract can be used for bakery, used as  biscuit and confectionery grade malt extract, pharma grade malt extract and beverage applications such as beer as well as for breakfast cereals. Malt extract is an ideal ingredient, especially combined with cereals and baked goods such as wafers, muffins, bread or burger buns, which not only have a positive effect on the colouring at higher dosages but also on taste which suits the customer’s preferences. We all know about the importance of malt extract in the food and beverage industry but we might not know about its usage in pet food as a substitute for the unpopular brown iron oxide, as it does not have an abrasive or corrosive effect on the equipment. Malt extract, whether used as liquid or dry, has a long shelf life if stored properly.

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STANDARDIZED MALT PRODUCTS at mahalaxmimaltextract.com

 Mahalaxmi Malt Extract was incorporated in the year 1998 and is engaged in manufacturing optimum quality Barley Products such as Barley Malt Grain, Barley Malt Flour, Malt Extract, Malt Extract Powder, Malted Milk Food, Malt Based food, Biscuit and confectionery malt extract, Flakes grade malt extract and many more. All the products produced by us are manufactured with keeping in mind the FSSAI standards of malt food products.

FSSAI standards for malt food products

Food Safety and Standards (Food Standards and Food Additives) Regulations, 2011 has separated Malted Milk Foods from Malt Based Food Products and has separate standards for each group.

Malted Milk Food means the product obtained by mixing whole milk, partly skimmed milk or milk powder with the wort separately from a mash of ground barley malt, any other malted cereal grain and wheat flour or any other cereal flour or malt extract with or without addition of flavouring agents and spices, emulsifying agents, eggs, protein isolates, edible common salt, sodium or potassium bicarbonate, minerals and vitamins and without added sugar in such a manner as to secure complete hydrolysis of starchy material and prepared in a powder or granule or flake form by roller drying, spray drying, vacuum drying or by any other process. It may contain cocoa powder. It shall be free from dirt and other extraneous matter. It shall not contain any added starch (except starch natural to cocoa powder) and added non-milk fat. It shall not contain any preservative or added colour. Malted milk food containing cocoa powder may contain added sugar.

Malt Based Foods or Malt Food means the product obtained by mixing malt (wort or flour or malt extract) of any kind obtained by controlled germination of seeds (cereals and/or grain legumes), involving mainly steeping germination and kiln drying processes with other cereal and legume flour with or without whole milk or milk powder, flavouring agents, spices, emulsifying agents, eggs, egg powder, protein isolates, protein hydrolysates, edible common salt, liquid glucose, sodium or potassium bicarbonate minerals, amino acids and vitamins. It may contain added sugar and/or cocoa powder and processed in such a manner to secure partial or complete hydrolysis of starchy material in the form of powder or granules or flakes by drying or by dry mixing of the ingredients. The grains, legumes and their products used in preparation of malt shall be sound, uninfested and free from insect fragments, rat excreta, fungal infected grains or any other type of insect or fungal damage.

We, at Mahalaxmimaltextract,  produce the goods with complete hygiene and care. We believe in teamwork and our main aim is customer satisfaction. We are known as one of the renowned Barley Malt Manufacturers In India. These are widely in demand amongst our clients from Breweries, Distilleries, Confectionery, Bakery, Flakes, Ice-creams, Non Alcoholic Beverages, Pharmaceuticals And Malted Food Industries.

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MALT EXTRACT A HEALTHY AND TRUSTY PRODUCT

 Malt Extract is an extract which gets extracted from malt. When the malt grain goes through the process of crushing, mashing, filtering and evaporation, it creates the malt which is used in many recipes especially in brewing. Malt Extract is at the heart of ingredients is used in different forms such as Flakes  Grade Malt Extract, Bakery Grade Malt Extract etc.It acts as a digestible sweetener along with the benefits of Malt which is also rich in sweetness, flavour  and various Vitamins and Minerals.

 

Bakery Grade Malt Extract 

As malt extract is considered as a heart of ingredients, it has a special place in brewing and bakery products. Just adding a sweetener is not enough but if  you are getting it with a whole bunch of antioxidants, essential amino acids, vitamins and minerals- then it's a totally different story.

The main uses of malt in the bakery are to:

Add nutritive value, as it is rich in vitamins and essential amino acids

Lengthen shelf life through its ability to attract moisture

Help fermentation by strengthening the gluten and feeding the yeast

Make products more appealing through browning of the crust

Add unique flavour to products when used in sufficient quantity

 

Malted Milk Food Grade Malt Extract

Malted Milk Food includes various Health Drinks that are made using powdered gruel or DME. This gruel is processed basically with the mixture of malted barley, wheat flour, and whole milk. The evaporation method is used to form a powder food which is used in making healthy drinks. 

 Non-alcoholic Malt Beverages

When people look for an alternative of Alcoholic beverages (because they are not good for health) then the first thing that comes to their mind are the non  alcoholic malt beverages which are a healthier alternative. Non-alcoholic malt beverages are the non-alcoholic drinks that have the nutritional content of  that of barley and are good enough to satisfy your thirst for alcoholic beverages. Because of the benefits of non alcoholic malt beverages, they are also used by athletes and are also given to children as an energy drink. 

Mahalaxmimaltextract  is the most celebrated provider of Bakery Grade Malt Extract, Malted Milk Food Grade Malt Extract, Non Alcoholic Beverages Grade Malt  Extract. Also the drinks here are manufactured using good quality raw materials that meet all national and international standards. All of our products are produced in accordance with the purity guidelines. We don’t even use any genetically modified raw materials and manufacture products with proper hygiene. 

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LME VS. DME - WHICH ONE TO USE?

 There is always a debate on - dry vs. liquid yeast, single vs. two-stage fermentation, extract vs. all-grain brewing - which one is better, which one should be preferred. There are supporters on both of the sides. But the answer to this lies majorly in the hands of the user-- their equipment, their skill level, their time availability, and a number of other factors is what causes major difference. The same goes for dried malt extract vs liquid malt extract. Both have their own place in baking, brewing etc. 

But if we talk about the basic difference between the two then it is the amount of water in each. Also a pound of liquid extract and a pound of dry extract differ in sugar content as well. Therefore, liquid and dry extract are not interchangeable in a recipe. Both dry and liquid malt extract have their own pros and cons.

Dried Malt Extract

When the final product is a dried powder then it means the malt extract suppliers had made it undergo a complete evaporation process by way of spray drying which removes all the water making it a dry or powder product.

Dried Malt Extract (DME) – Pros

Dried malt extract offers more fermentable extract by weight which means you require less of it to achieve the desired goal.

The shelf life of DME is longer even with fewer storage.

Dried Malt Extract (DME) – Cons

DME sometimes becomes quite hard to use such as If there’s any steam coming off your kettle, it may make the DME sticky even when it is in the bag. 

Liquid Malt Extract

On the other hand we have LME in which the water content is usually around 20%, with the other remaining 80% composed of sugar and unfermentable solids.

Liquid Malt Extract – Pros

Liquid malt extract has a convenience factor i.e., It is easy to store, pack and transport

LME comparatively offers a slightly wider range of flavors such as Munich Malt Extract, caramel malt extract etc.

Liquid Malt Extract– Cons

LME can also sometimes be considered quite hard to use as it tends to stick to the inside of the container. One has to Soak the canister in hot water first to help it pour out more easily.

Many brewers report that LME makes darker beers. If brewing a light-colored extract ale or lager, consider using light DME.

Now as you can see both have their own pros and cons and have a significant place in different types of recipes. They can also be used interchangeably and you can even use both in a single recipe.

To try DME and LME, you can always contact the best provider of Liquid MAlt Extract and  Malt extract powder in india - Mahalaxmimaltextract

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BAKE WITH MAHALAXMIMALTEXTRACT at mahalaxmimaltextract.com

 Malt biscuit day is back! Have you tried the biscuit malt recipes I shared earlier. If yes, how was your experience? And if not, let’s try a new recipe today. I really enjoy reading about new recipes, trying them and sharing them with my friends. 

So let’s first clear your confusion about what biscuit malt exactly is. Biscuit malt is a lightly toasted Belgian pale malt which is used to provide a warm bread or biscuit character, or toasted flavor and aroma to all the recipes it is used in. The biscuits made with biscuit malt or with Biscuit and confectionery grade malt extract results in a light and crumbly texture which are perfect to serve as a mid-afternoon treat with coffee or tea.

So let’s start with collecting the ingredients For the Malted Milk Biscuits

200 g/ ⅞ cup Butter 

3 tablespoon Malted Milk Powder

300 g/ 2 ⅓ cup Plain (all purpose) flour

50 g/ ⅓ cup Rice flour

200 g/ 1 cup Golden caster sugar

½ teaspoon Mahalaxmi’s Vanilla extract

¼ teaspoon Salt

Optional - For the Malted Milk Buttercream

150 g/ ⅔ cup Butter - room temperature

200 g/ 1 ⅔ cup Icing sugar

2 tablespoon full fat milk

3 tablespoon Malted Milk Powder

Done with the collection of ingredients. Time to bake!

Instructions to Make the Malted Milk Biscuits

Cream or beat  the butter, sugar and malt powder together with electric beaters

Add the egg and vanilla extract. Beat again

Then sieve the flour & salt into the bow and stir to combine (Take care not to overmix else the dough will end up tough)

Now briefly knead the dough on a worktop and then flatten it  into a disc. Wrap the same in clingfilm and let it cool for at least 1 hour.

After it cools down, roll to 5mm thickness and cut the shapes out then scoop up the offcuts and reroll to cut a few more biscuits.

Place 2 cm apart on baking sheets lined with baking parchment and chill for 30-45 minutes. After that, Preheat the oven to 150C/ 300F/ GM2 and cook for 20-22 minutes until just beginning to colour. As soon as it starts changing colour turn the baking sheets midway through the cooking time as necessary to ensure an even bake.

Then remove from the oven and let it cool down for around 2 minutes.

Now keep it well in an airtight tin at room temperature for up to 1 week.

For the Malted Milk Buttercream put the butter into a medium sized bowl and beat the same with electric beaters

Add half of the icing sugar & Mahalaxmi’s  malt extract and beat until light and fluffy. Then pour in the milk and vanilla extract and beat briefly.

Voila! Your biscuits and buttercream are ready to eat.

Well this recipe is definitely worth trying. As for the ingredients - Contact Mahalaxmimaltextract for Biscuit Malt, Malt Extract, Biscuit and confectionery grade malt extract

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