Abstract: A dry cake mix comprising 10-50% cake flour by weight, dry basis, 0-45% sugar, 2-12% shortening, 0-20% egg white solids, 1-12% leavening agent, 0-4% emulsifier, 1-20% bulking agent and from 0-10% gum. The cake mix is combined with from 0.6 to 2.5 parts by weight water for each 1 part cake mix and baked to produce a low-calorie cake containing less than 2 calories per gram and 40% or more water on an as-consumed basis. This low-calorie cake is of high quality and excellent texture and is 40% or more calorie-reduced over conventional cakes.

Abstract: Quick-cooking pasta is made by (1) forming a dough comprising flour, water, a carbonate selected from the group consisting of edible alkali metal and ammonium carbonates, an acidic leavening salt and an interrupter, the dough having a bread dough-like consistency, (2) extruding the dough through an extrusion cooking device under conditions of pressure and temperature sufficient to permit reaction of the carbonate with the acidic leavening salt to produce carbon dioxide and sufficient to at least partially gelatinize the starch in the flour while forming the dough, and (3) drying the extruded formed pasta. A product is provided which will rehydrate within two minutes after addition of water at boiling temperature to provide a high quality cooked pasta.

Abstract: The present invention relates to new and novel commercially acceptable baked dough products having a reduced sodium ion content and in which no sodium chloride or salt, as it is commonly known, has been added thereto, and yet the baked dough product will have the desired salt taste but will be free of any bitter taste characteristic of most prior salt substitutes. This result is achieved by incorporating in the dough materials prior to the baking thereof as a salt substitute a combination of potassium chloride in an amount which will impart the required salt flavor to the baked dough product and product containing undenatured lactalbumin in an amount sufficient to impart a muting or neutralizing action to the potassium chloride to remove or abate the intense and disagreeable bitter flavor normally imparted by potassium chloride when present in baked dough products.

Abstract: Disclosed are dry mixes for the preparation of baked goods having yeasty flavor that do not require dough kneading or lengthy fermentation steps. Such mixes comprise flour, chemical leavening agents, active dry yeast, and a selected gum mixture comprising propylene glycol alginate, and a member selected from the group consisting of karaya gum, guar gum, xanthan gum, carboxymethyl cellulose, carrageenan gum, and mixtures thereof. Baked goods prepared from doughs made from the dry mixes herein require no kneading step. After a shortened fermentation step, the doughs can be baked in a conventional manner. The resultant baked goods are characterized by high specific volume and a bread-like consistency and texture.

Abstract: Lysophosphatidic acid and the physiologically compatible salts thereof possess particularly advantageous properties as emulsifiers for use in foodstuffs and in particular exhibit unexpectedly good results when used in a process for making dough, for use in the production of farinaceous products, in which a wheat flour is mixed with 0.01 to 2.0% by weight (based on the weight of wheat flour) of lysophosphatidic acid or a physiologically compatible salt thereof.The emulsifiers of the invention comprise a mixture of phospholipids, the mixture comprising lysophosphatidic acid or a physiologically compatible salt thereof in an amount of at least 30 mol %. The emulsifiers may be prepared by treating a mixture of phospholipids with phospholipase D and phospholipase A.

Abstract: A process for making crisp corn flakes wherein the corn is cooked at a slightly alkaline pH, processed at a high moisture, or a combination of these steps.

Abstract: Quick-cooking pasta is made by (1) forming a dough comprising flour, water, a carbonate selected from the group consisting of edible alkali metal and ammonium carbonates, and an acidic leavening salt, the dough having a bread dough-like consistency, (2) extruding the dough through an extrusion cooking device under conditions of pressure and temperature sufficient to permit reaction of the carbonate with the acidic leavening salt to produce carbon dioxide and sufficient to at least partially gelatinize the starch in the flour while forming the dough, and (3) drying the extruded formed pasta. A product is provided which will rehydrate within two minutes after addition of water at boiling temperature to provide a high quality cooked pasta.

Abstract: An improved process (and the resultant product) for the preparation of canned, retorted pastas is disclosed which yields firm, high quality pasta products not unduly effected by retorting conditions. The improved pasta products are superior to conventional pasta products and are admirably suited for use as ingredients in soups, whether in dry forms or in canned products. In the invention, a dough including respective quantities of a wheat-derived material, water, 11S soy protein or materials containing 11S soy protein such as soy flour, soy protein concentrate or isolate, and a surfactant taken from the group consisting of sodium or calcium salts of the acyl lactylates of C.sub.14 -C.sub.22 fatty acids is prepared, and pasta of desired configuration (such as spaghetti) is formed therefrom. Such pasta is thereafter canned and subjected to the usual retorting conditions of elevated temperatures and pressures in order to cook the pasta.

Abstract: Dough mixing for the production of farinaceous foodstuffs, in which the energy added in mixing is sufficient to determine the cell structure. There are four essential conditions: the energy added in mixing is not less than 10 (and preferably not less than 15) watt hours per kilogram of the total ingredients; the mixer is cooled by passing a fluid through a jacket surrounding the mixing chamber, and at least some of the water ingredient required to make the dough is added part-way through the mixing process, and at least part of the mixing is carried out under vacuum conditions.

Abstract: A hand-held edible product in the form of an edible pizza cone having filling therein. The pizza cone filling may be any filling or topping used on conventional pizzas including but not limited to tomato, cheese, pepperoni, sausage, peppers, mushrooms, anchovies, olives and the like. The cone is edible and has dimensional characteristics enabling it to be conveniently handheld while the food product is being consumed with the cone having sufficient rigidity and structural characteristics enabling it to retain its structural integrity during the time period that the cone would normally be held while being consumed. An inverted cone-like structure is provided interiorly of the cone and internal ribs are formed on the inner surface of the cone to stabilize, grip and retain the pizza filling. Also, the upper end of the cone is provided with an outwardly extending flange or lip to further retain the pizza filling properly associated with the cone while being consumed.

Abstract: Baked products comprising from about 12% to about 60% of a non-absorbable, non-digestible liquid polyol polyester and from about 25% to about 85% microcrystalline cellulose or a mixture of microcrystalline cellulose and flour in a weight ratio cellulose:flour of at least 1:1 have good texture, good mouthfeel, are highly palatable and have a low caloric content.

Abstract: Cookie products, having distributed therein (1) discrete regions providing a stable, crisp texture; and (2) discrete regions providing a stable, chewy texture, have a desirable, storage-stable plurality of textures. This can be accomplished, for example, by manipulation of sugar crystallization in different parts of the product.

Abstract: Ready-to-eat baked goods which contain a substantial portion of non-gelatinized starch, and are shelf stable for up to one year, are disclosed. They are prepared from a flour containing base-batter mix, water, and at least 5% by weight of the product of an edible, liquid polyhydric alcohol. The water activity level of the baked good is equal to or less than 0.85, the ratio of total water to edible liquid, polyhydric alcohol is equal to or less than 4.8 and the ratio of flour to edible, liquid polyhydric alcohol is equal to or less than 5.6.

Abstract: Cookie products, having distributed therein (1) discrete regions providing a stable, crisp texture; and (2) discrete regions providing a stable, chewy texture, have a desirable, storage-stable plurality of textures. This can be accomplished, for example, by manipulation of sugar crystallization in different parts of the product.

Abstract: A dry cake mix comprising 10-50% cake flour by weight, dry basis, 0-45% sugar, 1-12% shortening, 0-20% egg white solids, 1-12% leavening agent, 0-4% emulsifier, 5-40% cellulose flour and from 0-10% gum. The cake mix is combined with from 0.6 to 2.5 parts by weight water for each 1 part cake mix and baked to produce a low-calorie cake containing less than 2 calories per gram and 40% or more water on an as-consumed basis. This low-calorie cake is of high quality and excellent texture and is 40% or more calorie-reduced over conventional cakes.

Abstract: There is provided a mix for the preparation of bread-and-cake type products. The preparation comprises a non-wheat-based starch, a gluten-substitute gum and an emulsified-fat and a powdered whipping agent. The products are produced in a substantial absence of wheat flour.

Abstract: A frozen bread dough which can be prepared from the freezer to a finished baked loaf within about one hour has been accomplished by using a novel process. Because the bread dough is yeast leavened, desirous yeast-leavened flavor and aroma is obtainable. The dough maintains its shelf-life stability through the addition of hydrophilic colloids, film-forming proteins and surfactants.

Abstract: This invention provides a reactive dough composition which undergoes chemical surface browning upon exposure to microwave energy. This reactive dough composition is preferably incorporated as a coating layer on frozen food products having a crust component, e.g., pies. The resulting food product can be heated or cooked in a microwave oven to give a cooked product which is comparable or superior in color and flavor to fresh products baked in a conventional oven. The reactive composition contains as the essential active ingredients a reducing sugar such as dextrose and an amino acid source such as a yeast extract.

Abstract: Soft cookies, biscuits, snacks and the like, are produced from a specially formulated and prepared dough and then baked to produce said soft edible products which retain their fresh-baked, moist, tender texture for extended periods of time. A firm gel, formed from a viscous liquid, e.g., a corn syrup, a gum, e.g., an alginate gum, a humectant and dispersing agent for the gum, e.g., glycerine, a calcium source for gelling the gum, and humectant and dispersing agent for the gum, e.g., propylene glycol, is incorporated into the cookie or other dough prior to baking.

Abstract: The products contain less than 10% by weight of digestible carbohydrate and are prepared in the conventional way from a dough or batter comprising egg in the form of whole egg or egg albumin, 2-30% by weight of flour substitute such as calcium caseinate, sodium caseinate, ammonium caseinate, acid caseinate, soy protein and the like, of which at least 50% by weight is supplied by calcium caseinate, 15% by weight of wheat flour which is present in an amount less than the amount of flour substitute, 3-40% by weight of minced nuts, 5-50% by weight of sugar alcohol selected from lactitol, sorbitol, and xylitol, and 0% by weight of sugar. The use of lactitol as the sugar alcohol provides crispy products which maintain their crispness for several months when protected from moisture.