Discover how to use trehalose in food and cooking.
Our practical guides cover everything from choosing the right trehalose-to-sugar ratio to using TREHA® in baking, bread, pastry, ice cream, savoury foods and food formulation.
Whether you are a home cook, chef, baker or food developer, these guides explain what trehalose does, how much to use and where its functional properties can be most useful.
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New to trehalose? Begin with the two questions that matter most: how it differs from ordinary sugar and how much to use.
Trehalose vs Sugar: What's the Difference?
Understand how trehalose differs from ordinary sucrose in sweetness, browning, freezing behaviour and other important culinary properties.
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How Much Trehalose Should I Use?
A practical guide to choosing trehalose ratios, replacing part of the sugar in recipes and balancing sweetness with functional performance.
Read the guide →Baking, Bread & Pastry
Practical guidance for using trehalose in baked products, bread, yeast-based recipes, pastry, confectionery and meringue.
How to Use Trehalose in Baking
Practical guidance for using trehalose in cakes, biscuits, muffins and other baked products.
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How to Use Trehalose in Bread
Explore ratios, yeast, sourdough, texture, moisture retention and bread freshness.
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Can Yeast Ferment Trehalose?
Understand how trehalose interacts with baker's yeast and why it behaves differently from fermentable sugars such as sucrose.
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Trehalose in Pastry, Confectionery & Meringue
Using trehalose to control sweetness while influencing texture, moisture, browning and product stability.
Read the guide →Ice Cream, Gelato & Sorbet
Trehalose is particularly useful in frozen desserts because it combines mild sweetness with valuable effects on freezing behaviour and ice-crystal development.
Savoury Foods
Trehalose is not only a bakery or dessert ingredient. Its mild sweetness and functional properties can also be useful in savoury formulations.
How to Use Trehalose in Savoury Foods
Explore how the mild sweetness and functional properties of trehalose can be used in sauces, marinades, meat, seafood and other savoury applications.
Read the guide →Freshness & Food Quality
Explore the functional properties that make trehalose useful where texture, moisture, freezing performance and product quality matter.
How Trehalose Helps Food Stay Fresh for Longer
Learn how trehalose can influence moisture, texture, freezing behaviour and other factors involved in maintaining food quality over time.
Read the guide →Trehalose for Food & Culinary Applications
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