What is Bread Improver

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Broadly speaking anything added to a bread recipe that improves the bread could be called a "bread improver". The term is commonly used to describe a range of natural or chemical additives that speed up the process of dough development.

Bread improver is especially important in large scale bread production but is also often found in bread machine pre-mixes and other recipes made in the home kitchen. Bread improver may also be known by other names such as yeast improver, yeast food, dough enhancer, dough conditioner or bread enhancer.