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1. Biscuit And Cookies
BY
Pintu Choudhary
Master of Technology
( Food Science and Technology)
Indian Institute of Crop Processing Technology
Ministry of Food Processing Industries
Government of India
Thanjavur - 613005

2. Biscuit
• It is generally recognized that these products
are cereal based and baked to a moisture
content of less than 5%.
• Biscuits are delicate, crisp crust and peels
apart in tender layers

3. Status of bakery industry in India
• The annual production of bakery products was 50 lakh
tones in 2004-05 with estimated value of Rs. 69 billion
• The organized sector has a market share of 45 per cent
and the balance 55 per cent is with the unorganized sector
in the baked products.
• The large organized sector players who are prominent in
the high- and medium-price segments include Britannia,
Modern Industries Ltd.
Source: FSSAI report 2004-2005

4. Status of bakery industry in India
• Local manufacturers with numerous local brands cater to
populous segment and contribute considerably in the
bread segment.
• The major brands of biscuits are – Britannia, Parle,
Bakeman, Priya Gold etc.
• The per capita consumption of biscuits in our country is
about 1.52 kg as compared to more than 12 kg in
developed countries
Source: FSSAI report 2004-2005

5. Types Of Biscuit Dough
Biscuit
Hard
High water content,
Low fat and low sugar
Tough & Extensible
Crackers e.g. Krack
Jack, Monaco
soft
Less Water
High fat & high sugar

6. Classification of Biscuits
By degree of
enrichment and
processing
Hard dough
biscuits
Semi hard
dough biscuits
Soft dough
biscuits
By method of shaping
Embossed
cutting
Rotary
mounding
Rotary
cutting

7. Ingredient Of Biscuit
Major
Wheat flour
Sugar
Shortening
Water
Leavening agent
Minor
Milk powder
Liquid glucose
Emulsifier
Salt
Enzyme
Antioxidant
Colour
Invert sugar
Sodium meta bi-sulphide

8. General Steps In Biscuit Manufacturing
Step 1
• Preparation of ingredients
Step 2
• Mixing of ingredients
Step3
• Rotary molding
Step 4
• Baking & cooling
Step 5
• Packaging
Step 6
• Storage & distribution

9. Preparation Of Ingredient
• Maida sifting - it passes through 30 Mesh gyro screens to
remove foreign particle.
• Sugar grinding - after grinding the sugar, it is passed through
sieve size of about 0.7 mm.
• Flavour mix preparation
• Reprocessed biscuit
• SMP Sifting - The SMP is shifted through 20 meshes to
separate any foreign matters from the particle.
• Invert sugar syrup preparation

10. Mixing Section
Note
 Batch size -168 kg (dry
 basis)
 Reprocessed biscuit added
- 5 kg /batch.
 Final dough pH- 6.5
 Final dough temp 28-30 C

11. Dough in batches
Dough hopper
sheeter
Cutter
Metal detector
Dough conveyor
Rotary Molding

12. Forcing roll
Die roll
Rubber roll
Transfer knife
Penning table
Oven conveyor
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Scrap
Blower
Hopper

13. • Oven used for baking is divided into various zones
according
to temp employed.
• Number of zones required upon rpm used.
• There are 3 major sections:
(230-280˚C)(180-200 ˚C)
Puffing
section
Baking
section
Colouring
section
Baking Section

14. Cooling Of Biscuit
• Source of heat used in oven is
propane
• Propane is injected along with air
under high pressure .
• RTD (Relative temperature display)
temperature measuring device.
• After baking :
- M/C of biscuits 1.8%
- Temp of biscuits 90-100 ˚C.
• Cooling of biscuits to 45 ˚C.

15. Cookies
• Cookies may be defined as small cakes made from dough that
is sufficiently viscous to permit the dough pieces to be baked
on flat surface.
• Cookies are often referred to as small cakes.
• In our country these are commonly known as biscuits

16. Types Of CookiesCookies
According to mixing
Batter type
Drop /short cookies
Stiff batter cookies
Short bread cookies
Foam type
Meringue
Sponge cookies
According to basic
machine used for
production

17. Types of cookies
According to basic machine
used for production
Deposit cookies Wire cut cookies Bar type cookies
Cutting machine
cookies

18. Ingredient For Cookies
Wheat flour
sugar
Shortening
Egg
Baking powder
Peanut
Milk
Essence

19. Process Of Cookie Manufacturing
Sieving of Maida and baking powder
Creaming of fat and sugar
Beating of egg and vanilla
Mix Maida and half peanut
Folding of flour and mix

20. Process of cookies manufacturing
Addition of milk
Preparation of dough
Sheeting and molding
sprinkling
Baked at 350f for 20 minutes

21. References
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Merriam Webster. Retrieved 14 January 2010.
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Cakes". English Bread and Yeast Cookery.
• Illustrated by Wendy Jones (1 ed.). Allen Lane. sec. "Soft Biscuits".
ISBN 9780713910261.
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(http://www.foodtimeline.org/foodcookies.html). Food Timeline.
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