Tasty biscuits with less / no sugar and less fat.
Is that possible?

Tasty biscuits with less / no sugar and less fat. Is that possible?

Usually, biscuits contain a lot of sugar and fat to make them nice and tasty. For a healthier variant, the sugar can be partly or entirely replaced by maltitol, and at the same time, the fat content can be decreased. Normally, this would result in a tough biscuit, but not with Sisterna sucrose esters!

Sisterna SP70 makes a low or no sugar biscuit less tough and gives it an excellent brittleness and good volume. The biscuit tastes clean and sweet. The biscuit with SP70 is not extra fragile, as it remains somewhat flexible. The eating properties are almost comparable to a full-sugar biscuit.

Adding sucrose esters results in smaller crystals, and softer, smoother eating properties.

How do sucrose esters work?

Crystallisation

Sucrose esters have an effect on the crystallisation of sucrose, but also polyols. Adding sucrose esters results in smaller crystals and softer, smoother eating properties. Polyols tend to form larger crystals than sucrose, so with sucrose esters, the crystal size is similar to the full-sugar option.

Sweetness

Sucrose esters result in smaller crystals (sucrose as well as maltitol), and smaller crystals dissolve quicker in the saliva when eaten. This gives a sweeter impression. Sucrose esters themselves are very neutral in taste.

Starch

Sucrose esters interact with starch, and they delay gelatinisation and retrogradation. This means that the dough can rise and spread a little longer during baking (till a higher temperature), which results in a larger volume and contributes to a more airy and brittle texture.

Proteins

Sucrose esters interact with protein and improve the flexibility and gas holding capacity of the gluten network. This means that the dough can rise to a higher volume during baking, which also contributes to a more airy and brittle texture.

Recipe shortbread biscuit

Ingredients % w/w	Low sugar	No added sugar
Pastry flour	47	47
Shortening/fat	16	16
Sucrose	10.5	0
Maltitol	10	20.5
Inulin	3	3
Skim milk powder	0.6	0.6
Salt	0.5	0.5
Sisterna SP70	0.2	0.2
Water	To 100%	To 100%

Method of preparation
· Disperse sucrose esters in a small part of the water · (Disperse sucrose in the rest of the water) · Cream fat, inulin and emulsifier in a Hobart, 1 min. speed 1 · Add flour and mix, 1 min. speed 1 · Add maltitol, salt and milk powder and mix, 2 min. speed 1 · Add the sucrose solution or the water (no added sugar recipe) and mix, 3 min. speed 1 · Dough rest for 20 min. at room temperature · Sheet the dough and cut round pieces (6 mm thick, 6 cm diameter) · Bake 10 - 12 min. at 200˚C (top) and 180˚C (bottom) · Cool and pack at room temperature

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Tasty biscuits with less / no sugar and less fat. Is that possible?