A & S Bread Confectionery Premixes cc

16/10/2025

Today is WORLD BREAD DAY.

World Bread Day is celebrated on Oct 16 to commemorate the anniversary of the creation of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

17/09/2025

TYPES OF FLOUR

Cake Flour

Cake Flour is made up of the soft endosperm, and then bleached to further break down the proteins – it does not offer high nutritional value but its ability to bind to fats makes for a smooth batter.

Whole wheat flour
Whole wheat flour uses the whole wheat grain – the endosperm, the germ and the bran. It offers a fuller flavour and more nutrients than the stripped flour. It makes for a much denser end product, like whole-wheat bread or bran muffins. Note: The shelf life of whole wheat flour is shorter than Cake flour.

Self-raising flour
Self-raising four is very simply a cake four with added baking powder. A recipe containing this will result in not having to add an additional raising agent. You can replace it in any recipe with flour and a raising agent. In fact, we recommend that, if you are not using the self-raising flour shortly, rather purchase flour and baking powder separately to increase the shelf life. Self-raising has a shorter shelf-life as the baking powder reacts with the moisture in the air and loses its fizz. Note: in recipes using yeast such as bread, it is not advised to swap flour for self-raising flour.

Stoneground flour
Stone-ground refer to the milling process and result in a coarser grain. Different kinds of flour can be stone-ground but mostly it is whole-wheat. Stoneground has a stronger flavour, especially to people used to not “tasting’ their flour. We recommend half/ half in most recipes. Expect your dough not to rise as much.

Rye
Rye is a different grain, closely related to wheat. Some bakers suggest replacing 2% of the flour called for in your recipe with rye to increase colour, texture and shelf-life. Like wheat flour, it has different types known as white rye, dark rye and pumpernickel. Rye contains less gluten than wheat flour and contains more fibre.

Rice flour
Ground from rice, this is naturally gluten-free. It is a great thickener and does not add any interfering flavour (for example, as coconut flour would) If you wish to substitute wheat flour with rice flour, ¾ of a cup to 1 cup of wheat flour is recommended. It is a good substitute for gluten-free baking.

Low carb / Banting-friendly – Flours used by those following a low carb lifestyle

Sunflower seed flour
This is simply made from ground sunflower seeds. Many low carb baking recipes will call for almond flour which can be 100% substituted for sunflower seed flour, which is a cheaper option.

Almond Flour
You can grind your own flour from almonds, or you can purchase Almond flour (already ground flour) in-store. It is common in recipes but it is quite costly. It adds a lovely flavour to baked goods.

Coconut Flour
Coconut flour is an inexpensive option. Its texture and colour are closely matched to wheat flour but watch out, it does add a coconut flavour, which sometimes can work to your advantage and sometimes not at all! It can also make your recipes a little drier, so you may want to consider adding more liquids, or lipids.

17/09/2025

A & S are branching out into the Confectionery side.

We have an amazing Sponge Cake Mix that is now available.

This mix comes in bags of 12.5kg.

Contact us for more information and the price.

30/04/2025

Dear Customers - Please note that we will be open on Thursday, 01 May 2025 and closed on Friday, 02 May 2025. Deliveries will take place tomorrow. Thank you.

08/04/2025

15/11/2024

TO ALL OUR VALUED CUSTOMERS & SUPPLIERS

PLEASE NOTE THAT A & S BREAD CONFECTIONERY PREMIXES WILL BE CLOSED FROM MONDAY, 23 DECEMBER 2024 AND WILL RE-OPEN ON MONDAY, 13 JANUARY 2025.

THE LAST DELIVERY DATE WILL BE FRIDAY, 20 DECEMBER 2024.

WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT DURING 2024 AND WISH YOU, YOUR FAMILIES AND STAFF WELL OVER THE HOLIDAY SEASON AND A PROSPEROUS 2025.

YOURS TRULY,

DENNIS & ANNETTE FLEMING & STAFF

17/05/2024

We did some test baking this morning. Lovely colour, smell and taste. This is our 6%.

25/04/2024

Please do not hesitate to contact us and request that our Price List be sent to you.

Email: [email protected]

26/01/2024

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