2.2. Products
Four different French commercial dry biscuits were studied: a
‘cat’s tongue’ biscuit (A Biscuit), a ‘petit beurre’ biscuit (B Biscuit),
a chocolate and cereals breakfast biscuit (C Biscuit) and a shortbread
biscuit (D Biscuit). A range of three to six variants of each
type of biscuit were produced by a French biscuit manufacturer,
based on reduced sugar, fat or both. Finally, eighteen variants were
developed (Table 1). Differences between these variants were due
to changes in fat and/or sugar proportions compared to the original
recipe. (F-) and (F- -) were two variants with increasing level of fat
reduction. (S-) and (S- -) were two variants with increasing level of
sugar reduction. (FS) was a variant both reduced on fat and sugar
content. For industrial reasons, the level of emulsifiers, bulking
agents or fibres sometimes increased (Table 2).