Bakery Innovation Center. Center of Competence for Flour Service.

Bakery Innovation Center. Center of Competence for Flour Service.

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Welcome to the Bakery Innovation Center. The Center of Competence for Flour Service. The experts of the Bakery Innovation Center (BIC) provide advanced services for grain and flour processing. The aim is to increase added value in the flour milling industry by developing innovative solutions and services that offer a competitive advantage. The BIC experts support you in optimizing flours and developing new product concepts. Specific education and training courses complete the range of services. Success in the market means being a step ahead of the competition. This notion characterizes the BIC s unique offerings. Market-focused solutions are developed with the experts in Uzwil and Bühler representatives worldwide. You therefore benefit directly from Bühler s long history of experience in the areas of grain handling and milling technologies for optimal flour quality. Services: Customized correction and optimization of flours and flour mixes to increase your profitability Development of applications and innovative product concepts grain/flour analysis in accordance with international standards Individual consulting services worldwide Training courses and professional development The BIC is equipped with a modern auditorium and a professional baking laboratory, ideally combining theory and practice. Other important impulses come from the Bühler analytics laboratory as well as from internal research in the divisions of Grain Processing and Food Processing. Grain Handling Process Technologie Analytics Laboratory Bakery Innovation Center Higher added value in the milling, baking, pasta, snack and breakfast cereal industries. The Bakery Innovation Center stands for high-quality consulting, specialist training courses and innovative product developments for the global grain processing food industry. BÜhler Bakery innovation center 3

Research and development for high-quality flours. Modern infrastructure. The unique combination of the Bakery Innovation Center (BIC) and the global Bühler grain technology centers expertise allow you to differentiate in the market with your products and services. Future technologies and processes In its global technology centers, Bühler researches future grain processing technologies and provides the basis for customer-specific process solutions on site. The experience and knowledge of Bühler experts are combined in the area of grain processing and the optimization of flour qualities, based on the latest scientific findings. By combining these areas, the BIC gains knowledge that allows you to systematically optimize your production process. Analysis the basis of understanding Sound scientific knowledge regarding the composition and quality of a flour is the starting point of the whole optimization process. Such information provides the basis for new recipe formulations and for improving flour quality. Experts from the BIC and the Bühler grain analysis laboratory work together closely to ensure optimal results. The BIC provides the full spectrum in grain and flour analysis, including dough rheology in accordance with internationally standardized methods. 4 BÜhler Bakery innovation center

Theory and practice go hand in hand at the Bakery Innovation Center from analysis to the final baking tests. Baking test quality control Practical applications in bread are the key for verifying the quality of optimized flours. The BIC evaluates the quality of the finished products by means of standardized baking tests. To achieve practical results, Bühler relies on established baking technologies and experienced bakery experts. Optimal infrastructure for developing customer-specific products: Cutting-edge laboratory equipment for analyzing raw materials and baked goods Professional baking technology Auditorium with state-of-the-art equipment Detailed test analyses in the center s own laboratory allow the finished products to be assessed quantitatively and qualitatively. Systematic evaluations and comprehensive reports with good reproducibility form an integral part of the quality control. Baking test: The BIC and the local application centers in China and Africa enable Bühler to customize the solutions for local products, such as toast bread, baguettes, steam buns, waffles and cookies. BÜhler Bakery innovation center 5

Bühler Flour Service. Increase your added value. Bühler is known in the grain industry as an innovative and reliable partner for comprehensive process solutions. The Flour Service, with the Bakery Innovation Center as a Center of Competence, extends this expertise and places the focus on developing customer-specific solutions for local as well as international markets. Fluctuating raw material qualities and volatile grain prices, tougher legal requirements like in food safety and the importance of innovations are challenges we face in the markets. Markets are becoming very dynamic due to global and local competition. The BIC develops solutions that improve the added value of flours without compromising on quality, allowing you to reduce or optimize costs while improving products. The Flour Service consistently combines Bühler s expertise in flour and grain processing technology with tailored optimization of flours in different markets and applications. Wheat (Example) High quality wheat Average quality wheat Flour costs per ton (USD) 377.00 342.00 Flour improver cost per ton (USD) 9.85 Total flour cost per ton (USD) 377.00 351.85 Flour cost difference per ton (USD) 25.15 Flour cost per ton (%) 100.00 93.30 The focus is on solutions for flour standardization and improvement using different ingredients with the aim of optimizing the baking properties and flour yields, as well as taste, texture and appearance of the baked goods, pasta and other finished products. The following example shows that it can be more profitable to add a flour improver to less expensive flour. The cost savings on the grain are higher than the additional costs for adding a flour improver, including the process costs for mixing. In this example, costs of USD 25.15 per ton of flour can be saved. Benefits: Development of customized solutions Optimization of flours in countries where grain qualities fluctuate significantly Quality assessment of raw materials and ingredients Development of recipes formulations for the use of flour correctors Development of innovative product concepts The Bühler Flour Service provides added value for the milling, baking, pasta, snack and breakfast cereal industry. 6 BÜhler Bakery innovation center

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Courses and training. Improved understanding of your customer s needs. The training courses offered at the Bakery Innovation Center are the ideal basis for developing customeroriented products and trainings for your employees. At the BIC, course participants benefit from a perfectly coordinated infrastructure combining the latest bakery technology systems with a state-of-the-art auditorium and a complete in-house analytical test laboratory. Thanks to this cutting edge equipment, the theory taught in the courses can be ideally combined with practical exercises. In the analytical laboratory, the key figures for flour and dough rheology are determined. A sensory analysis of the finished products is the prove for later consumer acceptance. The state-of-the-art auditorium, in which the courses take place, has 32 seats and offers a front view into the baking laboratory, allowing a real-time learning experience. The BIC training courses vary from standardized training modules to customer-specific training courses tailored to your requirements. The aim throughout is to strengthen understanding of bakery technology and thus develop new and profitable solutions or product concepts. The BIC s unique facilities can also be rented for individual occasions, such as product presentations and customer events. BIC courses The BIC courses are ideal for managers as well as for employees from production or sales. For example, the one-week course Milling Expert Course for Quality of Baked Goods provides in-depth knowledge on bakery technologies and flour qualities. 8 BÜhler Bakery innovation center

Those who know what their customers challenges are have better chances to successfully position products in the market. The aim of this course is to give employees in the grain processing food industry insights into the work environment and the requirements of bakeries. Topics include raw materials that are used in the baking industry, various procedures of dough preparations as well as special baking processes. Other courses are ideal for head millers, production managers or shift managers who want to learn more about the value chain of baked goods production. Knowledge is shared and deepened from grain processing through to the finished product. Benefits: Intensive transfer of knowledge by experts Baking laboratory with integrated auditorium and analytical test systems Training options along the entire value chain from grain processing to the finished bakery product General courses and individual training options for special topics BIC training courses in combination with other trainings provided by Bühler These special BIC courses are complemented by the general courses offered by Bühler on various different topics from analysis, milling technology and machine handling through to quality management in grain processing. BÜhler Bakery innovation center 9

Global markets local requirements. Success through the Bühler knowledge network. Grain is the most important basic staple food worldwide. Over thousands of years, various types of wheat, rye and other grains have been cultivated that are particularly suited to specific regions and that ensure good yields, even in difficult climatic conditions. Like all natural products, grain is subject to quality fluctuations that can impact processing and flour qualities. These qualitative differences can also be observed during the milling process from grain kernel to flour and thus, can have a direct impact on baking properties. Bühler knows the special characteristics of the types of grain that are grown worldwide. Bühler is familiar with the local conditions and climate-related effects on the quality of the various grain types. The experts of the Bakery Innovation Center advise you when it comes to the optimization or standardization of regional flour qualities. Bühler is represented in more than 140 countries worldwide and has a good understanding of the requirements of your needs. Bühler experts are familiar with local preferences, which are taken into account in special flour mixes. This, for example, results in special flour variations for pizza dough in Italy, for bread specialties in Western Asia or even nutritionally optimized grain mixes for emerging markets. In addition, the taste and appearance of baked goods can also be improved with regard to their nutritional value an aspect which is becoming more and more important in light of the world s growing population and the scarcity of raw materials. Worldwide local presence. NorTH america CA Markham US Holland Mahwah Minneapolis Raleigh Stockton MX Metepec EUROPE AT Salzburg BE Mechelen BY Minsk CH Uzwil Uzwil St. Gallen CZ Prague DE Beilngries Bergneustadt Braunschweig Döbeln Freiberg a.n. Saarbrücken Viernheim ES Madrid FR Paris GB London Peterborough HU Budapest IT Mailand LB Beirut NL Oldenzaal PL Warsaw PT Alcabideche RO Bucuresti RS Belgrad RU Moscow SE Malmö TR Istanbul UA Kiew ASIA Bühler Sites Bühler Bakery Innovation Center Bühler Flour Service SOUTH america AR Buenos Aires BR Blumenau Joinville Rondonópolis CL Santiago de Chile CO Bogotá VE Caracas AFRICA DZ Hydra/Alger EG Cairo KE Nairobi MA Casablanca TG Lomé ZA Johannesburg ZM Lusaka AU Melbourne BD Dhaka CN Beijing Changji Changzhou Fuyang Guangzhou Hebei Hefei Shenzhen Ürümqi Wuxi Wuxi Xi an Yangzhou Zhengzhou IN Bangalore Mumbai New-Delhi IR Astara Teheran JP Yokohama KR Seoul KZ Almaty PH Manila PK Lahore RU Irkutsk SA Riyadh SG Singapore TH Bangkok VN Ho-Chi-Minh-City 10 BÜhler Bakery innovation center

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Bühler AG Bakery Innovation Center CH-9240 Uzwil, Switzerland T +41 (0)71 955 42 03 F +41 (0)71 955 42 05 www.buhlergroup.com/bic