The diagram below delineates the linear process of making bread on a high-scale production.
Overall, the process comprises 6 different stages, all executed within an industrial bakery setting. While the initial stages entail cleaning raw material to facilitate the stage of making dough, it will then undergo further processing to eventually be shaped into a final product. In fact, the process itself heavily depends on relatively specialized equipment and manual labor to transform raw wheat into bread.
The process initiates with the raw wheat being rinsed with water so as to remove dirt and impurities. In the next stage, cleaned wheat is placed into a wheat grinding machine, where grains are crushed into small pieces, eventually forming a flour. This is followed by creating dough by mixing several ingredients, including flour, water, and yeast as well.
The created mixture then follows distinctive stages, the first of which involves processing bread or shaping it by placing it into molds. Once breads have been put into the baking rack, they are baked in the oven under high temperatures for a certain period of time. In the end, freshly baked products go through the packaging stage and are prepared for transport to retailers or consumers.