Wafer biscuits are a beloved delicacy in many people's hearts — layers of thin, crisp wafers wrapped around creamy butter or rich chocolate filling. With one bite, they offer a crispy, fragrant taste that's sweet but not cloying, leaving a lingering and satisfying flavor. Like ordinary biscuits, they are a timeless snack on store shelves, holding an important place whether as a tea-time treat or a daily pick-me-up. But did you know? Despite both being irresistible snacks, the "birth process" of wafer biscuits and ordinary biscuits is quite different, and the machines that produce them each have their own specialized roles, with many distinctions.
Different Finished Product Appearances
Wafer biscuit production line: The finished products are multi-layered thin wafers with fillings, like "thousand-layer cakes", stacked layer by layer with cream (or other fillings) between each wafer.
Regular biscuit production line: Most produce whole-piece biscuits, such as round soda crackers, square crisp biscuits, and thick cookies, without layered fillings.
Different Core Machines
Wafer biscuit production line: Equipped with special "cream coating machines" and "layering machines", which are key equipment for applying fillings to thin wafers and stacking them layer by layer, responsible for filling and layering.
Regular biscuit production line: Mainly relies on "forming machines" that can press out various shapes (such as animal shapes, patterns), without the need for filling or layering machines.
Different Baking Requirements
Wafer biscuit production line: Ovens operate at high temperatures for a short time. Since wafer sheets are very thin, they need to be baked thoroughly quickly without burning.
Regular biscuit production line: Ovens operate at relatively lower temperatures for a longer time. Because the biscuits are thicker, they need to be baked slowly to avoid burning the outside while leaving the inside undercooked.
Different Focuses on Flexibility
Wafer biscuit production line: By changing molds and filling recipes, it can produce 夹心 wafers of different flavors (such as strawberry filling, chocolate filling), but the changes mainly revolve around "layered filling".
Regular biscuit production line: By changing molds, it can produce biscuits of various shapes (such as heart shapes, star shapes), but it is single-piece without fillings, focusing on shape changes.
