The natural sourdough A huge favourite with creative craft bakers, sourdough may often appear complicated when making home-made bread. And yet, the principle of sourdough is a simple one and making sourdough-based bread is a fascinating exercise. A brief history of sourdough Sourdough has been used around the...
“The croissant in words” : A new book dedicated to the sensory universe of the croissant and flaky leavened dough products The technical specificity of the croissant makes it an extremely rich product, organoleptically speaking. For this reason, Lesaffre, in collaboration with Hubert Chiron of the...
As an eco-responsible company, Lesaffre’s day-to-day operations aim to preserve our planet and its natural resources. The group has long been engaged and invested in this domain, under our environmental management policy. For example, 15% of our industrial expenditures each year are now dedicated to...
Our Group is developing a common approach to occupational health and safety, with the end goal of meeting our zero-accident target. This proactive, participatory approach, in line with the actions already undertaken at each of our subsidiaries, concerns and involves each and every one of...
Honoring our status as a worldwide reference in the field of yeast production and processing, Lesaffre has always placed performance and quality at the top of its priorities. From client requests to releases of finished products, our group aims to be exemplary, through the application...
Softness is the result of several properties (suppleness, tenderness, elasticity, etc.), which in various combinations give rise to different types of softness: the supple, elastic crumb of a baguette, the tender, melt-in-the-mouth crumb of a sandwich loaf, etc...
The yeast-making sector, a state-of-the-art industry, controls every process in the production of breadmaking yeast right up to drying, which enables yeast not only to be exported worldwide but also to be kept for household use. A key ingredient in breadmaking, yeast has not always...
A huge favorite with creative craft bakers, sourdough may often appear complicated for the consumer when making home-made bread. And yet, the principle of sourdough is a simple one and making sourdough-based bread is a fascinating exercise. What exactly is sourdough? A brief history of sourdough Sourdough has...