Abstract: Disclosed herein is a stabilized anhydrous monocalcium phosphate (MCPA) leavening composition comprising or consisting essentially of MCPA and a non-aluminum stabilizer. Whereas current commercial MCPA leavening compositions are stabilized by the addition of aluminum pyrophosphates, in certain aspects, the stabilized MCPA of this disclosure meets the European standard for allowable aluminum content in food products.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods are disclosed having application for use in data processing systems which include a plurality of data processing devices ("agents") coupled to a communication network and at least one system software resource. The system software resource may comprise a floppy disk drive, hard disk drive, magnetic tape, optical storage device or other data storage device. All programs, data and the like accessible to the system software resource are indexed and "clustered", such that the data/programs are grouped as they relate to one another to assure full functionality of the software being loaded. In the event that the desired program/data to be accessed by an agent is not stored in the system software resource, the method of the present invention includes the steps of suspending any further data processing operations by the agent. The system software resource, by scanning through the index of all available data/programs accessible to the system software resource.