Matthews Cotswold Bread Improver

Name: Matthews Cotswold Bread Improver
Brand: Matthews Cotswold®
SKU: 57500887
Price: 6.49 GBP
Availability: InStock

£6.49

(£1.30 / 100g) Zero VAT Rated

Size

500g Decanted Bag

1kg Decanted Bag

3kg Decanted Bag

6kg (2 x 3kg Decanted Bags)

9kg (3 x 3kg Decanted Bags)

12kg (4 x 3kg Decanted Bags)

16kg Sack

Availability: Low Stock | Same Day Dispatch up to 2pm (Mon-Fri)* | Express Delivery Available

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Matthews Cotswold Bread Improver has been a staple ingredient in bakeries and home kitchens alike for many years and offers benefits for every baker. If you lack variety in your equipment or are worried about the consistency and quality of your flour supply, it can help.

Since the art of baking began, there has been something that bakers cannot control.

Once the bread has left the oven, there is no controlling the rapid ageing process of the wheat starch resulting in the toughening of the loaf. The threat of going stale means that freshly baked bread has had short life-spans for time eternal.

Whilst not essential, If you choose to use bread improver, these issues can become a thing of the past. Not only can you take back control of the baking process, but you can better master some tough challenges, even across your less experienced staff.

Please be aware that this product will arrive to you with a shelf life of between 4 weeks and 2 months.

What is a Bread Improver and why should you use it?

Improvers are mixtures of substances that each contribute specific functions in dough mixing, proofing, and baking of various bread and roll products.

It helps fight against inconsistency in batching and will help to prevent line stoppages caused by sticky or otherwise unusable dough. One poor batch can be the difference in making your quota, and perhaps even your profits for the day.

Bread improver makes the baking process more manageable.

The most functional components of improvers are emulsifiers, enzymes, and flour treatment agents. Each ingredient provides technological benefits to the dough by interacting with the flour components. Some of these interactions complement those of others, so an improver needs to be carefully balanced to provide the correct characteristics in the finished baked product.

Enzymes are denatured during baking and are treated as processing aids, therefore they need not be labelled. Emulsifiers and flour treatment agents are E-number additives and must be labelled. Where a ‘Clean Label’ product is needed, enzymes can be used to replace E-numbers.

How much Bread Improver do I need?

We recommend the following quantities of Bread Improver per grams of flour.

400g flour - 6.5g Bread Improver

500g flour - 7.5g Bread Improver

600g flour - 8.5g Bread Improver

700g flour - 9.5g Bread Improver

Ingredients: Wheat Flour (with Calcium, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Calcium Sulphate, Emulsifier, Flour Treatment Agent, Enzymes.

Since the art of baking began, there has been something that bakers cannot control.

Please be aware that this product will arrive to you with a shelf life of between 4 weeks and 2 months.

What is a Bread Improver and why should you use it?

Improvers are mixtures of substances that each contribute specific functions in dough mixing, proofing, and baking of various bread and roll products.

Bread improver makes the baking process more manageable.

How much Bread Improver do I need?

We recommend the following quantities of Bread Improver per grams of flour.

400g flour - 6.5g Bread Improver

500g flour - 7.5g Bread Improver

600g flour - 8.5g Bread Improver

700g flour - 9.5g Bread Improver

Ingredients: Wheat Flour (with Calcium, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Calcium Sulphate, Emulsifier, Flour Treatment Agent, Enzymes.

We're pleased to be able to offer our decanting services, allowing you to purchase a smaller quantity of flour before committing to a larger 16kg or 25kg sack.

Please note: All smaller quantities that are purchased (less than 16kg or 25kg) are decanted by our trained staff into food-grade, recyclable flour bags in our 5* hygiene-rated premises. All decanted bags will come fully labelled with product name, expiry/BBE date and production/batch number.

Larger sacks are made from fully recyclable unbleached paper. Our decanted food-grade flour bags are 100% recyclable and biodegradable.

Packed on premises that handles nuts (including peanuts), seeds, cereals, soya & products containing gluten.

If purchasing Gluten-Free flours, the product contains no gluten, but it is not packed in a gluten-free environment. However, we make every effort to ensure no cross-contamination occurs. Please be aware that if you order Gluten-Free flour at the same time as other flours, they may be packed together in the same box.

We dispatch orders 5 days a week (Monday - Friday, *excluding bank holidays).

Our same day dispatch cut off time is 2pm. Any order placed after 2pm will be dispatched the following working day. Any orders placed after 2pm on Friday will be dispatched the following working day (normally Monday, *excluding bank holidays).

Courier	Transit Time	Price
Royal Mail	1-2 Business Days	£4.99 (Available on orders 1.5kg or less)
DPD	1 Business Day / Next Working Day (Fully Tracked service with Time Slot).	from £5.99
Parcelforce	1 Business Day / Next Working Day (Fully Tracked service with Time Slot).	from £8.99 (Saturday service available from £9.99)

Please note that Saturday and Sunday are not classed as 'business/working' days, unless a specific Saturday or Sunday delivery service is selected at checkout.

Orders containing fresh products - Please note that if your order is placed after 2pm on a Thursday, we are unable to dispatch your item on the following working day (Friday) as transit times will be extended over a weekend and therefore the quality of our fresh products can become compromised. Orders containing fresh items will be dispatched the following Monday* (unless a DPD Saturday delivery option has been selected at checkout).

If you live in an exceptions area e.g. Scottish Highlands, Isles, Northern Ireland etc, you may have slightly higher shipping rates displayed, and some delivery options may not be available to you.

We also deliver internationally to: Austria, Channel Islands, France, Germany, Italy, Ireland, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden & more. Click here for full delivery information.

Here at Ratton Pantry, sustainability and being environmentally conscious is core to our business and work ethic. We employ a number of working standards to ensure that we reuse materials and packaging where possible along with keeping wastage within the business to a minimum.

Our orders are packaged with recycled paper packaging tape, which is made from recycled material and is itself fully recyclable after use. We use environmentally friendly packing 'chips', which are made from renewable sources. These chips are biodegradable, fully compostable and also GM free. The majority of the boxes that we use are sustainable FSC approved and made from recycled materials.

You can learn more about Sustainability at Ratton Pantry here.

- Ratton Pantry is an independent, family business and you can learn more about us here.

- Huge range of baking and pantry goods, including 100+ different flours, available in both small convenient packs and also large bulk quantities.

- Open to both private customers and businesses/trade customers such as bakeries, restaurants and pizzerias.

- Friendly team on hand to answer any questions you may have regarding our products or services, via phone, email or live chat.

- All orders carefully packaged in sustainable recyclable and compostable materials.

- Fast, same day dispatch on orders placed before 2pm (Monday-Friday). Reliable, affordable, express delivery starting from £4.99.

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About Matthews Cotswold

MILLING BRITAIN’S FINEST FLOUR FOR OVER 100 YEARS

With a milling legacy spanning eight generations, Matthews Cotswold Flour is one of the UK’s oldest family-run flour mills. Trading grain and milling flour in the heart of the Cotswolds since the 1800s. We believe passionately that our local farming partnerships, traditional milling methods and premium grain selection make for better baking.

We are proud to offer premium quality Organic and Stoneground Wholegrain flour, using grain from local farmers and time-honoured milling techniques.

Generations of farming families

The Matthews Cotswold Flour story began when the original FWP (Frederick) Matthews built a mill on the river Evenlode in 1912. You’ll find us working here to this day, overlooking the picturesque Cotswold village of Shipton-Under-Wychwood. It’s not a bad office view!

The Matthews family have spent over 100 years developing, improving and innovating to consistently produce the very best flour and baking products. Today, the company is led by father and son team Paul and Bertie Matthews – FWP Matthews’ great, great grandsons. This sustained passion and expertise passed down through generations, continues to inform every step of our process – from our local ethos to our traditional methods.

Allergy Advice:

Contains Wheat Gluten

Size & Care

The approximate size of our 16kg bags of flour is 54cm(H) x 40cm(W) x 12cm(D) are will fit in most kitchen cupboards.

To keep this flour at its very best never let the flour become damp. Store in a cool, dry place, allowing for good air circulation.

Legal Disclaimer

Product Packed On A Premises that handles Nuts, Seed, Soya & Sesame

Please note: bags smaller than 25kg are decanted at our premises into food grade bags.

Sacks are made from fully recyclable unbleached paper.

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