Production of cracker biscuits using high-protein Australian Noodle Wheat (ANW)

Abstract Australian Noodle Wheat (ANW) is soft-grained wheat primarily grown to suit the production of Japanese udon noodles. ANW with grain protein content above 11.5% (11% m.b.) is classed as ANW2 and traded at a discounted price due to no specific end-use. This study hypothesizes that off-graded ANW2 is suitable to produce cracker biscuits. Evaluation of ANW with 9.7–15.0% protein content shows that those above 11.5% make crackers with higher stack height and lower checking rates. ANW extensibility (r = 0.5, p