TUC Cracker industrial modern recipe

Cracker  TUC recipe is a representative of “savory crackers” group. A distinctive feature of these crackers is their pronounced taste, well-raised and crumbly structure.

The Tuc recipe is very popular with many manufacturers. The main their goal is to make product with delicate and fragile structure. Unfortunately, in practice this is not easy to achieve.

Most often, this cracker is produced in a rectangular shape. As a rule, this product is packed in a small package.

Cracker “TUC recipe”

• wheat flour 1st. gr (85,5 % total solids *, see comments below) – 100,0 kg;
• invert syrup (70 %) – 1,04 kg;
• malt extract (80 %) – 2,08;
• vegetable fat (99,7%, shortening type) – 13.54;
• ammonium carbonate (baking powder) – 2,6;
• baking soda (baking powder) – 0,44;
• oxalic acid (acidifier *) – 0,05;
• food salt – 1,23;
• proteolytic enzyme * – 0,18;
• monosodium glutamate (MSG) 0,42 (flavor and aroma enhancer);
• water for kneading – approximately 25 liters. This value should be selected individually for each recipe, depending on the type and moisture content of raw materials and type of equipment. It’s important to achieve the best shape of the dough piece, shape and structure of the final product.

Recommendations for the “Tuc” cracker recipe:

• oxalic acid in this recipe is an acidifier of the medium to maintain the desired pH. This is necessary for the effective operation of the enzyme preparation. In practice, it can be replaced with citric acid, but the optimal dosage must be sought in practice;
  to achieve a well-developed and raised cracker structure, you need to find in practice the optimal proportion of ammonium / soda baking powder;
  the dosage of the enzyme preparation in production depends on its activity, the method of its introduction into the batch, the conditions of the technological process. Based on practical observations, it is better to introduce the enzyme after filling the flour and before kneading in order to avoid its premature inactivation.

Recipe notes:
* total solids value, more information is here.