Commercial Chewy Mochi Dough Formulation: Glutinous Rice & Tapioca Starch Hybrid

Commercial recipe for freeze-thaw stable mochi dough using ARCO Sweet Tapioca Starch and glutinous rice flour. High-bounce QQ texture.

Commercial Chewy Mochi Dough Formulation: Glutinous Rice & Tapioca Starch Hybrid
Food Processing & Confectionery

Eliminates the cold-hardening flaw of pure glutinous rice mochi. Incorporating ARCO Sweet Tapioca Flour prevents starch retrogradation, maintaining cloud-like chewiness inside frozen mochi ice cream or refrigerated pastries.

Prep Time 20 mins
Cook / Bake 15 mins
Yield / Batch 120 Commercial Daifuku / Mochi Balls (45g)
Baking Temp 212°F / 100°C

Commercial Formula Ingredients

Scaled Batch
  • ARCO Sweet Tapioca Flour (Polvilho Doce)3.5 kg
  • Sweet Glutinous Rice Flour (Mochiko)3.5 kg
  • Granulated Cane Sugar2.2 kg
  • Purified Filtered Water6.0 kg
  • Refined Coconut Oil300 g

Production & Culinary Method

Slurry Dissolution

Whisk tapioca starch, rice flour, sugar, and water in a steam kettle until smooth.

Steam Cooking & Kneading

Cook on high steam for 14 minutes with continuous scraper agitation until dough turns translucent and highly elastic.

Cooling & Encrusting

Feed warm mochi dough through automated encrusting machine with ice cream, sweet bean paste, or custard filling.

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