Tom Cat Bakery has introduced its latest innovation: a line of artisanal Japanese Milk Bread products for retail and foodservice customers.
Developed in collaboration with Japan’s Yamazaki Baking, these breads merge authentic Japanese baking traditions with Tom Cat’s American artisan standards.
Before Japanese milk bread became popular, Tom Cat Bakery embarked on developing the best milk bread in the U.S. Working with the experts at Yamazaki Baking of Japan, Tom Cat acquired special equipment to follow the yudane method, in which flour and water are pre-cooked and added to the dough, creating the signature springy and fluffy texture expected in an authentic Shokupan.
In keeping with Tom Cat’s tradition of using only the all-natural ingredients, their Japanese milk bread gets its rich flavor from large amounts of heavy cream and honey.
In addition to the Shokupan sandwich loaf, Tom Cat has also created a seeded pull-apart roll and a burger bun to offer professional and home chefs new ways to use this milk bread.
The Japanese Milk Bread products are available to foodservice customers through Dot Foods and to grocery retailers in new Tom Cat-branded retail packaging.
About Tom Cat Bakery
Tom Cat Bakery, a New York City artisan bakery, has been served on city tables for more than 35 years. Since 1987, the company has been handcrafting fine Italian, European style and French breads in various shapes, including dinner rolls, buns, baguettes, batards, boules, pullman loaves and gourmet sandwich rolls. The breads are baked to order and delivered daily to the New York Metropolitan area. To meet the demand of chefs and retailers across the country, it also sells fully baked frozen artisan breads.
