Hazra Industries is a leading Manufacturer of Biscuit Making Machinery in Kolkata

If you are interested in more about the production process or you are a manufacturer, and you want to improve your knowledge, learn something new, educate yourself about certain equipment and learn about innovations in the market, stay with us through this article where we will take you through the entire production process. and describe the significant equipment without which production would not be possible.

Biscuits … Such a broad topic that is dear to everyone, we believe that no person would resist a delicious biscuit that will sweeten it. As Cookie Monster would say, “my favorite hobby is eating cookies.” We would agree with him on that, for sure. However, eating cookies is such an easy activity but baking is another story … It is a whole time-consuming process that requires specific technology, experts, equipment, ingredients, patience, and dedicated work.

You want to set up a bakery or start producing your biscuits/cookies/sweets but you just don’t know where to start? That is why we are here! We will lead you through the whole process.

Process and machinery used by leading Biscuit Manufacturers

1. Dough making by mixing the necessary ingredients

The dough is prepared by mixing all the necessary ingredients required in the particular biscuit. Depending upon the type of biscuit or cookie that is manufactured, this mixing is done through either single or multiple stages. The quality of biscuit depends on the dough consistency and mixing temperature.

Machinery used:

• Dough mixer- the machine mixes the ingredients to form the ideal dough. It can be horizontal, spiral, vertical or of any planetary shape; depending on the orientation and rotation pattern.
  

2. Fermentation Process

Whether it is a cookie, biscuit or any other bakery product, the fermentation process is a vital step. It happens in the presence of Yeast so that it is mixed with the dough. Once mixed, it is kept for 20-25 hours to ferment.

Machinery used:

The dough mixer can mix the dough and yeast. After fermentation, reputed biscuit manufacturers keep this dough on the hoper connected to the conveyor.

3. Process of Giving the ideal shape

• To make sheets out of the soft dough, it is first made flat.
• These sheets are then compressed under rollers.
• The compressed sheets are then conditioned so that it gets hard enough for putting toppings on it. This can be toppings of cream or various other materials.
• The dough sheet is then put on the rotary cutter for getting the ideal shapes.

Machinery used:

• Rotary Cutter– It consists of a pair of rollers with various shaped cups attached around it. The machine converts dough sheets into products.
• Laminators– Performs the rolling operation of flattening the dough.
• Gauge roll stand– It compresses the flattened dough to make it hard.

4. Process of baking the raw cookies and biscuits

The biscuits and cookies are transferred to the oven for baking it according to the desired temperature and duration.

Machinery used:

• Oven- It can be coal fired, gas fired or electrically heated.

5. Cooling and Testing process

The hot cookies and biscuits are cooled on conveyors before they are tested or packaged. Once cooled, samples are tested to assure its quality.

Machinery used:

• Testing Laboratory- Other than manual testing, various other tests are conducted in the laboratory.

6. Packaging and Supply

Once cooled, the conveyor is connected to the packing and weighing machine.

Machinery used:

• Packing and weighing machine– For automatic weighing and packing.

Now that you know about the manufacturing process in detail, don’t you think that you need to cater to your cravings immediately? Time to visit a reputed biscuit manufacturer for yummy bakery products!