Unibic -Australian major bakery manufacturer- A Profile

Unibic is one of the major biscuit and cookies manufacturer in Australia .


It was established in year 1950 and has got manufacturing base in USA ,India and Australia . Unibic products are exported to countries like United Kingdom, South East Asia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States.


Major Products :Speciality Cookies ,Shortbread ,Pies,Biscuits and Cakes


Major Brands :ANZAC ,Ericas Kitchen with large flavours and variants


ANZAC is one of the Unibics major brands popular in different countries . Brief history tells you how ANZAC was created


During world war 1 in year 1914 troops New Zealand ( NZ ) and Australian ( A) Army corps ( AC)were stationed at Galliopli tape in turkey . Women folks used send these special cookies to the army men as symbols that they are thought off back home . Thus came the ANZAC cookies .


HQ


Contact:Unibic Australia Pty Ltd PO Box 3231 Broadmeadows Victoria 3047 Australia
Telephone: +61 3 9355 9100
Fax: +61 3 9355 9199






UNIBIC INDIA


A subsidiary of UNIBIC Australia, UNIBIC India Pvt. Ltd., has its factory and infrastructure in Bangalore with state of the art machines from Italy. It is the first company to be setup with “wire cutting” technology that is the only method available to make a real cookie. In addition to providing world-class cookies, UNIBIC India Pvt. Ltd also has the necessary equipment and packaging machinery for exports, which being both captive and strategic partners, require world approved standards. To this end UNIBIC India Pvt. Ltd has just got its HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point) certification from BRC (British Retailers Consortium) certification.


Major Brands- ANZAC cookies ,Jamz,Bradman Choco chip cookies,CashewButter cookies ,


CEO&MD : Nikhil Sen : An old hand in biscuit industry Has long stint with Britannia Industries Ltd and was COO of Britannia Industries Ltd . prior to his new assignment in UNIBIC INDIA PVT LTD


HEAD OFFICE
51/1A Heggadadevanapura Village
Huskur Road, Alur Post
BANGALORE 562 123
INDIA
Ph: 080 23712007, 08, 09,10
Fax: 080 2371 2006

How to control dough temperature during bread/biscuit manufacturing process

Temperature plays a vital role in dough consistency which in turn impact the quality of bread or biscuit . Bakers have to maintain the dough temperature after mixing for better results after baking . Ambient temperature varies as per the season s a expert bakers has to arrange various method to maintain dough temperature . Average temperature maintained could be different in different locations .However temperature ranging from 28 –32 deg c provides better results at this part of the world .

Following factors effects dough temperature

• Mixing duration


• Water temperature


• Ingredients temperature

Jacketed Mixers

All Mixers Manufacturers have Mixers with jackets around the mixer body . Operators can feed this jackets with cold or hot water as per requirement . Cold water is circulated through chilling plants .Hot water generally circulated by boilers or hot water generators .

Ingredient Temperature

Dough temperatures get impacted by ingredients temperatures.Ingredients with low temperature can be fed into mixers to maintain dough temperatures . Areas where ambient temperature reached 45 – 40 deg c its important to store this ingredients in cold storages or air conditioned places.

Ice Addition

Some places Ice is added manually to maintain dough temperatures or for certain varieties like choco chips ice is added to maintain the dough temperatures so as chips does not starts melting during the process.

Other methods used in most advanced bakeries are

• CO2 Injection in mixing bowl


• Flour cooling


• Breaker bars and Agitator in mixers