Healthy packed croissant

Health & Well-Being has become more important than ever, especially since this COVID-19 crisis. People look out for healthy food to maintain a good immune system as a way to proactively protect their health and their family members. Consumers are also looking more and more for packed products that remain fresh for longer and hasn’t been touched by other consumers.  But producing packed sweet goods comes with several technical challenges. Like for example, the visual aspect of the products, the taste, the microbiological shelf life, the texture and of course the freshness are all technical challenges that producers will encounter. For these challenges, Puratos offers its expertise and knowledge. 

When we decided to make a healthier version of a packed croissant, we wanted to not only improve the nutritional aspect but also give the opportunity to consumers to feel good about what they are eating and offer a fully vegan croissant without compromising on taste or texture, this was definitely not an easy task. 

We first worked on the improvement of the nutritional profile. We started by replacing part of the flour by wholemeal wheat flour, in order to bring more fibers and minerals. Then we added some of our Softgrain Golden 6 CL, which is a combination of 5 grains infused in a wheat sourdough and honey. 

Although adding grains in the dough can be a bit tricky in lamination, the fact that the grains are soaked in a sourdough not only makes them softer but the combination with a wheat sourdough really boosts the lactic flavors, therefore they brought a lot of taste, a nice texture, and also allowed us to reduce the amount of sugar in the dough. 

We also included our enzyme technologies like Soft’r range containing our whole new generation of freshness solutions that provide a combination of softness and moistness to this croissant.