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Knowde-enriched technical product data sheet
Identification & Functionality
- Flavor Family
- Ingredient Name
- Ingredient Origin
- Food Ingredients Functions
- Ingredients
- Roasted Malt
- Technologies
Features & Benefits
- Labeling Claims
- Food Ingredients Features
- Product Highlights
The Muntons malt flour range are made by milling the whole of the malted grain. The range is extensive from light to dark but can be varied to meet the individual customer requirements.
A range of diastatic malt flours are also available and offer higher enzyme activity which enables reduced inclusion levels, increased crust color, open crumb texture and softness.- Key Attributes
Malt flours are a clean label, cost effective source of color and flavor. Simply add to any baked recipe to transform the aroma, flavor and appearance of the product. Diastatic malt flours enhance the texture of yeasted goods, as well as offering improved surface browning.
These products are simply labeled as Barley malt flour or Wheat malt flour. except Vistamalt Choc Flour 1000 and Vistamalt Black Flour 1250 are classed as 100% wholegrain.- Benefits
Bread
Caramel & Toffee: Crystal malt ingredients can contribute caramel, butterscotch and toffee style flavors.
Flavor Notes
Roasted malt flours provide more intense smoky, roasted and bitter flavors. The suggested inclusion level of Roasted malt flours at 1.5% of flour weight.
Biscuits, Crackers and Cookies
Flavor addition
Biscuits with a prominent malt flavor can be achieved by using dried malt extract at an inclusion of 6%. Overall flavor enhancement will be seen at lower levels than this.
Flavor Notes
A number of flavor notes can be provided by adding malt extracts or malt flours to premiumize and differentiate. These include:
Savory: Crystal and roasted malt flours can be used to enhance savory flavors in crackers and savory snacks.
Cheese: Naturally occuring glutamates within malted ingredients can help promote cheese style flavors.
Beer: Hopped malted ingredients can replicate or promote beer flavors by adding bitterness. Works best when combined with malt flours too.
Chocolate: Dark crystal and roasted malts can be to used to add and enhance premium chocolate notes.
Color improvement
A range of colors can be achieved in the final product by using our malt flours which are up to 1450 EBC in color, or band dried products up to 75 EBC in color.
Clean Label
Muntons products are based on cereals and can offer a clean or cleaner label.
Breakfast Cereals
Flavor addition
Malt extracts naturally enhance and complement the flavor profile of cereal based products, specifically those with sweet, cereal, nut and chocolate flavors.
Flavor Notes
The majority of products that include a malted ingredient do not have a prominent malt flavor. Malted ingredients are used to make subtle flavor adjustments and to create a preferred or enhanced flavor profile.
Applications & Uses
- Markets
- Applications
- Food & Nutrition Applications
- Applications
Bakery Color & Flavor enhancement
Malt flours help enhance and premiumise crumb color of baked goods as well as adding a variety of flavor profiles; whether it is enhancing cocoa from roasted malts or Introducing toasted flavor from our crystal malts.
Technical Details & Test Data
- Process
Our malt flours are produced by milling the whole of the malted grain.Crystal malt is processed to maximize the conversion of starch to sugars within the grain before roasting. Generally, the darker the crystal malt flour, the less sweet and more roasted it becomes.