Penford Food Ingredients Co. announced the launch of PenTechGF, an ingredients system for gluten-free baking and coatings.PenTechGF allows manufacturers, processors and foodservice companies to develop lines that have all the wellness attributes of gluten-free combined with the visual, mouthfeel and flavor of wheat-based items marketed to the general public.On the bakery side, PenTechGF is a complete system for creating delicious breads, rolls, muffins, pizza crust, pie crust, cookies, cakes and more, combined with Penford’s R&D capacity to customize gluten-free formulations for every customer.The use of the proper starch can give dough the much-needed elasticity, the right amount of chewiness and a consistent crumb grain. The system allows for:
- Volume to give bread height
- Textures that aren’t too gummy or dry
- Crumb grain for muffins that is open and slightly course, just like wheat-based muffins
- A resilient body for pastries to prevent crumbling
- Cakes that are light and fluffy
- A neutral flavor to pizza dough or pie crusts that won’t interfere with other ingredients