Steamed Breads: Ingredients, Processing and Quality

Steamed Breads: Ingredients, Processing, and Quality provides an overview of all aspects of steamed bread and steamed bun technology. A valuable resource for those interested in the practical, technical, scientific, and historical aspects of the subject. Topics that are covered include classification of the different types of steamed bread, flour quality requirements, ingredients, traditional and modern production methods, bread faults and solutions, storage, food safety, nutrition, and future trends.

Steamed bread and filled steamed buns or mantou are the staple food in the wheat growing areas of China. Around 50% of all flour consumed in China is used to produce steamed breads. They have recently spread to other Asian countries and are now eaten around the world. The current state of relevant research knowledge about steamed bread in Asia and throughout the world is described. The first comprehensive reference on the topic, Steamed Breads provides a complete overview of this important wheat-based Asian food of value to cereal scientists and researchers, wheat marketers and breeders, and Asian food and steamed bread manufacturers.

Provides the first comprehensive reference on steamed breads and steamed bunsFeatures input from authors who are leading experts in steamed bread technology and pioneers in steamed bread researchContains important information on the ingredients, processing, and quality of this staple food of China, which is gaining popularity around the worldIncludes classification of the different types of steamed bread, flour quality requirements, ingredients, traditional and modern production methods, bread faults and solutions, storage, food safety, nutrition, and future trends

Chapter 1. Introduction to Steamed Bread

Chapter 2. Classification of Steamed Breads and Buns

Chapter 3. Major Ingredients for Dough

Chapter 4. Optional Ingredients for Dough

Chapter 5. Steamed Buns and Steamed Rolls—Fillings and Their Preparation

Chapter 6. Dough Preparation and Processing

Chapter 7. Processing—Making Products

Chapter 8. Frozen Steamed Products and Frozen Doughs

Chapter 9. Laboratory Preparation and Evaluation of Steamed Bread

Chapter 10. Overcoming Steamed Bread Faults

Chapter 11. Steamed Bread Spoilage, Food Safety, and Staling

Chapter 12. Nutrition of Steamed Products

Chapter 13. Future Trends