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Fruit Bar

Ingredients Bakers % Total %
Stage 1
Soy oil 20 9.59
Granulated sugar 40 19.17
Salt 0.79 0.38
Lecithin 1 0.50
GMS 90 0.5 0.24
Raisin paste 10 4.79
Stage 2
Honey 10 4.79
Glycerin 5 2.40
Vanilla 0.4 0.19
Water (to dissolve sorbate) 1 0.50
Potassium sorbate 0.14 0.07
Stage 3
Wheat Bran 2 0.96
Rolled oats, baby flakes 10 4.79
Cookie flour 90 43.14
Nonfat dry milk 2 0.96
Sodium bicarbonate 0.8 0.38
Water 15 7.19
Total batch weight 208.63 100.04
Mix:
  • Mix stage 1 ingredients for one minute, scrape and mix for two minutes, scrape, and mix for one minute
  • Add stage 2 ingredients and mix for one minute, scrape, and mix for two minutes
  • Add stage 3 ingredients and mix for one minute, scrape and mix for two minutes, scrape and mix for two and-a-half minutes

Desired temperature of the dough after mixing is 84°-88°F

Makeup:
  • Dependent on specific makeup equipment. This formula was created using a Rheon co-extruder.
Dough 8.5
Filling 7
Converyor speed 4
Auger speed 3A
Filling Nozzle 10mm
Sie Nozzle 26 or 22mm (when filling has lot of flow)
Conveyor and Cutting:
  • Conveyor should have starch on bottom and top. Brush starch off before cutting Cut into 3.5-inch bars, flatten to 1.5 inches
Target bar weight: 37g:
  • Target proportions are 35% filling, 65% jacket (take bar weight before baking, cut open and remove
    and weigh the filling. The weight of the filling / weight of the bar x 100 = % filling.
Bake:
  • Eight minutes (door open on back of oven Zone 2)
Oven:
  Zone 1 Zone 2 Zone 3
Top 440 530 550
Bottom 350 340 440
Yield: approximately 368 bars

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This formula is designed to be tested in a commercial bakery's research and development lab, and then scaled up for mass production depending on a bakery's equipment and specific formulation needs. For more technical information on this formula please contact us.

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