Abstract: A continuous dough developing process including the steps of:feeding combined and undeveloped dough to a continuous developing apparatus;feeding oxygen gas to the combined and undeveloped dough as it is fed to the developing apparatus; andmixing within the developing apparatus the oxygen and the dough with a rotor which imparts a shearing action between mixing means and the dough, thereby distributing the oxygen evenly throughout the dough.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 19, 1990
Date of Patent:
February 18, 1992
Assignee:
Her Majesty the Queen in right of New Zealand of Dsir Christchurch Wheat Research Institute