Abstract: Refrigeratable yeast-leavened dough products are prepared that can be stored for extended periods of time at refrigeration temperatures. The dough composition and yeast strain are chosen to limit the total leavening action of the yeast by controlling the mount of substrate in the dough fermentable by the yeast. Dough compositions made in accordance with the invention are capable of being leavened at elevated temperatures, yet stored in a sealed container at refrigeration temperatures for extended periods of time. In one embodiment, a maltose negative yeast is used and sucrose or the like is added to the dough to serve as a fermentable substrate for the dough; this dough is suitable for storage times of up to 30 days or so.

Abstract: The present invention provides refrigeratable yeast-leavened dough compositions and methods of making such doughs. The dough composition and the strain of yeast used therein are chosen to limit the total leavening action of the yeast by controlling the amount of substrate in the dough fermentable by the yeast. Dough compositions made in accordance with the invention are capable of being leavened at elevated temperatures, yet stored in a sealed container at refrigeration temperatures for extended periods of time. In one embodiment, a maltose negative yeast is used and sucrose or the like is added to the dough to serve as a fermentable substrate for the dough; this dough is suitable for storage times of up to 30 days or so.

Abstract: Refrigeratable yeast-leavened dough compositions and methods of making such doughs. The dough composition and the strain of yeast are chosen to limit the total leavening action of the yeast by controlling the amount of substrate in the dough fermentable by the yeast. The dough compositions are capable of being leavened at elevated temperatures, yet stored in a sealed container at refrigeration temperatures for extended periods of time. A maltose negative yeast is used and sucrose or the like is added to the dough to serve as a fermentable substrate for the dough; this dough is suitable for storage times of up to 30 days or so or the yeast used in the dough is substantially incapable of fermenting carbohydrates native to the dough and a predetermined quantity of a non-native carbohydrate fermentable by the yeast (e.g. galactose) is added to the dough to provide the desired amount of proofing.

Abstract: The present invention includes a method of making a refrigeratable dough composition that includes a step of heating the dough to at least a threshold inactivation temperature of yeast in the dough to substantially inactivate the yeast substantially without baking dough. The present invention also includes a yeast strain of the genus-species Saccharomyces cerevisiae characterized by a thermally labile pyruvate kinase enzyme activity that substantially prevents anaerobic growth by the yeast strain at or above about 36.degree. C.

Abstract: A dough product which contains a yeast cell of the genus-species SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE, that is catabolite non-repressed, and utilizes only galactose as a carbohydrate source in the presence of glucose. The yeast is interspersed into a dough matrix and proofed in a container. This method decreases the proof time of bread dough by about one-half the normal time than by using a conventional galactose substrate limited yeast. The yeast cells in the dough stop growing when the temperature is less than about 10.degree. C.

Abstract: A refrigeratable yeast-leavened dough composition and methods of making such dough. The dough composition and the strain of yeast used are chosen to limit the total leavening action of the yeast by controlling the amount of substrate in the dough fermentable by the yeast. The dough compositions are capable of being leavened at elevated temperatures, yet stored in a sealed container at refrigeration temperatures for extended periods of time. A maltose negative yeast is used and sucrose or the like is added to the dough to serve as a fermentable substrate for the dough; this dough is suitable for storage times of up to 30 days or so. At refrigeration temperatures, the yeast used in the dough is substantially incapable of fermenting carbohydrates native to the dough and a predetermined quantity of a non-native carbohydrate fermentable by the yeast (e. g. galactose) is added to the dough to provide the desired amount of proofing.

Abstract: The present invention provides refrigeratable yeast-leavened dough compositions and methods of making such doughs. The dough composition and the strain of yeast used therein are chosen to limit the total leavening action of the yeast by controlling the amount of substrate in the dough fermentable by the yeast. Dough compositions made in accordance with the invention are capable of being leavened at elevated temperatures, yet stored in a sealed container at refrigeration temperatures for extended periods of time. In one embodiment, a maltose negative yeast is used and sucrose or the like is added to the dough to serve as a fermentable substrate for the dough; this dough is suitable for storage times of up to 30 days or so.

Abstract: A process of forming a browning composition for application to a surface of a food prior to exposure to microwave radiation is disclosed. The process includes the step of forming a solution comprising water, a reducing sugar and a proteinaceous substance, the ratio of reducing sugar to proteinaceous substance being effective to produce browning when applied to a surface of the food and when exposed to microwave radiation. The process also includes the step of prereacting the solution to a point prior to substantial coloration, before applying the solution to the food. A food product formed according to the above-described process is also disclosed.

Abstract: A food product having a browning surface area or region for developing a desired browning effect during preparation of the food product for consumption by microwave irradiation. The food product includes a starch-based component and a browning system applied to the component to provide the browning surface area or region. The browning system includes Maillard browning reactants for developing the desired browning effect during microwave irradiation, and a carrier system which contains the Maillard browning reactants. The carrier system maintains the Maillard browning reactants in a substantially reactively immobilized state on the food product prior to microwave irradiation and while the food product is at temperature of up to about 40.degree. F. for up to several days.

Abstract: A method of forming a microwaveable food product having a region of a preselected color is disclosed. The method employs the use of a programmed computer means which provides output information useful in making a microwaveable food product of a preselected color. Information is inputted into the programmed computer means, the information is processed and output information is produced. Food prepared according to the output information has a region of a selected color.