Sifters & Sieves
Sifting flour before mixing it with other ingredients can make it easier to incorporate and result in lighter, more consistent product. Using well-sifted ingredients also is crucial to ensure you use consistent amounts from batch to batch, especially if you're measuring by volume instead of weight.
Baking Sieves & Sifters: What You Need to Know
Baking sieves and sifters separate clumps from fine powders, enabling operators to ensure their bakes are consistent and uniform. Clumps in flour, sugar, or any other powder can cause inaccurate measurements, uneven bakes, and wasted time. Sieve mesh comes in different sizes: A four-mesh screen has large holes for sifting coarse products while an 18-mesh screen has a much smaller weave and smaller holes for sifting finer ingredients.
Common Questions About Baking Sieves
What is a baking sieve?
Baking sieves are mesh panels that separate clumps from the fine powders used in baking, such as flour and sugar. Commercial sifters perform the same function but in a slightly different manner – rotary sifters have a crank mechanism that sorts out and breaks up clumps in the powders, rather than utilizing gravity only as does a sieve. We carry a variety of stainless steel sieves and sifters to help bakers create light and fluffy final products. Different mesh thicknesses enable different sized particles to pass through, so if you're sifting a coarse-grained powder, you'll need a lower number mesh screen, which will have larger holes. If you want a particularly fine powder, higher number mesh screens have smaller gaps between the wires, only letting the finest particles through.
What are sieves and sifters made of?
Most commercial sifters and baking sieves are made of stainless steel, which stands up well to the rigors of high-volume commercial applications. Stainless steel sieves resist corrosion, dents, and breakage and can be cleaned easily with soap and water. Consult the product specifications page for each unit to learn about its material construction.