Category - How Food is Made

How Food is Made

Bread making process – An overview & Guide to tools for the bread maker

There are a lot of steps involved in making bread. Some are optional, some are not (you’ll have to put it in an oven at some point!). Bread making may seem daunting, but once you understand why you have to take...

April 18, 2018

14 min read

How Food is Made

Candied cherries – Science of preserving cherries

It’s bright red but slightly translucent, has a peculiar flavour, is full of sugar, keeps for a long time and used in typical British cakes. When using them in a cake, you should be cutting them in small pieces...

April 6, 2018

9 min read

How an ice cream bar is made

Ice cream bars seems to become more and more fancy. They used to be a creamy center, on a stick, with a simple chocolate or fruity layer around them. However, nowadays there are ice cream bars with up to three layers...

March 19, 2018

8 min read

Hydrox vs. Oreo cookies

When entering the cookie isle in most large American supermarkets you will probably run into this large blue section, full of similar packages. Full of Oreo cookies. It’s one of the biggest cookie brands in the US...

October 18, 2017

5 min read

sandwich with kroket and mustard, typically Dutch food

How oven snacks are made (that taste like deep fried ones)

Apparently there’s a need for manufacturers to produce more oven baked snacks, as we noticed in when comparing those with deep fried ones. But we also found out that making something in the oven, that is normally...

August 30, 2017

9 min read

processed cheese slices for cheese burgers

How Food is Made

The story (and science) of processed cheese

Are you a fan of cheese burgers? If so, what type of cheese do you put on top? Do you buy those individually wrap thin ‘cheddar’ slices? I’m not a fan of cheese burgers myself, but we do always have a...

May 14, 2017

7 min read

sous vide

Making Vanillin – Three production routes & Their chemistry

Vanilla is one of the most common and popular flavours in food. Are there ice cream shops that do not sell a vanilla ice cream? There are several ways to make food taste like vanilla. You can either use pure vanilla, or...

April 12, 2017

4 min read

How Food is Made

Batch vs Continuous – Scaling up a food production process

When scaling up your production process you’ve got to cover a lot different topics: how to transform your kitchen recipe into one suitable for a small factory/food business, what to consider when scaling up the...

March 20, 2017

7 min read

How Food is Made

Shelf life determination – Scaling up food production

How long do your home made muffins remain fresh? When does the home made sausage start to spoil? Or how long can you store that cheese? When you make products at home you tend to use common sense and experience for...

March 2, 2017

9 min read

How Food is Made

How to scale up a food production process?

Chemical engineers love scaling up, but cooks might not have such a scale up itch in them though. Coming up with recipes and great products might be more their cup of tea. However, if you’d like to sell and market...

January 26, 2017

8 min read

Category - How Food is Made

Bread making process – An overview & Guide to tools for the bread maker

Candied cherries – Science of preserving cherries

How an ice cream bar is made

Hydrox vs. Oreo cookies

How oven snacks are made (that taste like deep fried ones)

The story (and science) of processed cheese

Making Vanillin – Three production routes & Their chemistry

Batch vs Continuous – Scaling up a food production process

Shelf life determination – Scaling up food production

How to scale up a food production process?

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Science of roasting marshmallows – Over a campfire or barbecue

Scaling up food production – The challenges that lie ahead

How an ice cream bar is made

Making Vanillin – Three production routes & Their chemistry

Why does popcorn pop? – Exploring the science of popcorn

Stop your fried egg from sticking on a cast-iron skillet

Beer fermentation process

Molecular Gastronomy – Spherification

LoafNest: How a new way to bake bread was developed

The beer brewing process – Beer science at home

How ice cream is made in a factory

Candied cherries – Science of preserving cherries

Science of crispy foods – Crispy chicken skin

An introduction to sous vide cooking

Science of the Cheese making process

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