Types of Bakery Products

Types of Bakery Products

Classification: Bakery products (Table 5.1) can be classified into four categories according to the way in which the prod-ucts are leavened.

Method of Leavening

I Yeast raised 

Examples of Bakery Products: Breads and sweet doughs 

Leavening Agent: Leavened by carbon-di-oxide

II Chemically leavened 

Examples of Bakery Products: Layer cakes, Doughnuts and Biscuits

Leavening Agent: Leavened by carbon-di-oxide from baking powders and chemical agents

III Air-leavened Angel 

Examples of Bakery Products: cakes and Sponge cakes 

Leavening Agent: Incorporating air into egg, sugar and flour mixture without baking powder

IV Partially leavened 

Examples of Bakery Products: Pie crusts and certain crackers 

Leavening Agent: No leavening agents are used

Types:

1. Bread 

2. Cakes 

3. Bun 

4. Pastries

5. Biscuits 

6. Cookies 

7. Doughnuts 

8. Crackers