ADM Milling Promotes Harvest Assessment Program

Since the milling and baking quality of wheat can vary considerably each year due to changes in growing and harvest conditions, the detailed assessment provided by ADM can be applied as an aid.

Sep 21 2011 --- ADM Milling’s annual harvest assessment tests each new crop using the same processes as our customers, so that the transition to new flour at harvest time can be easy and problem free. Since the milling and baking quality of wheat can vary considerably each year due to changes in growing and harvest conditions, the detailed assessment provided by ADM can be applied as an aid to reduce variability and inconsistency in wheat flour performance.

The Big Bake is the culmination of the harvest assessment. Carried out at ADM Milling’s technical centre in Avonmouth, Bristol, the expert bakers combine their skill and knowledge with that of ADM’s wheat scientists to identify what processing adjustments need to be made to accommodate the new crop. ADM’s wide product range includes flours for long fermentation time traditional and European-style products and for bread and other baked goods that are made using rapid, modern processes. The detailed analysis of the performance of the flour in these products provides rich information gained from a genuine manufacturing setting that can be used to develop solutions and advice for each customer.

Ian Robinson, Technical Director, ADM Milling UK, commented, “We combine the art of baking with the science of wheat cultivation and flour processing to identify differences in performance of each new crop. This enables us to develop solutions, both milling and gristing based, to minimise any difference in flour performance, so that our customers can produce consistently high quality goods year on year. We have been helping craft bakers, manufacturers, and retailers for many years with our harvest assessments and look forward to sharing the results of this year’s Big Bake.”

The Big Bake is one of a range of assessments carried out by ADM Milling at harvest time and throughout the year.