Abstract: Flour improvers, chlorinated flour replacers comprising the flour improver, methods of preparing the flour improvers and chlorinated flour replacers, and uses thereof (e.g. for improving the textural properties of wheat flour-based high ratio cakes) are provided. The flour improver as disclosed herein comprises between 10% and 97.5% (w/w) of non-wheat flour, wherein the non-wheat flour is one or more non-wheat flours selected from the group consisting of rice flour, oat flour, quinoa flour and buckwheat flour; between 2% and 20% (w/w) of a gel-forming protein in addition to protein present in the non-wheat flour; and between 0.5% and 3% (w/w) of calcium 2+ ions.

Abstract: The present invention provides in methods for preparing a cake batter or a cake product prepared from the batter, comprising adding in any order one or more raw starch degrading alpha-amylases and one or more phospholipases to cake batter ingredients, and preparing the cake batter. Also, cake batters or cake products comprising one or more raw starch degrading alpha-amylases and one or more phospholipases are provided herein.

Abstract: The present invention provides in methods for preparing a cake batter or a cake product prepared from the batter, comprising adding in any order one or more raw starch degrading alpha-amylases and one or more phospholipases to cake batter ingredients, and preparing the cake batter. Also, cake batters or cake products comprising one or more raw starch degrading alpha-amylases and one or more phospholipases are provided herein.

Abstract: The quality of a cake quality may deteriorate if the amount of eggs in the recipe is reduced. This deterioration can be counteracted by adding a phospholipase to the cake batter, as seen by an increased cake volume and improved cake properties after storage, e.g. increased cohesiveness, increased springiness, and increased elasticity. The cake quality (as measured by these parameters) can be further improved, even up to the level of the original cake, by adding a non-egg protein together with the phospholipase. Accordingly, a cake is prepared by a method, comprising: a) preparing a cake batter by mixing cake batter ingredients, said ingredients comprising non-phospholipase treated egg lecithin and phospholipase, and b) baking the cake batter to make the cake.

Abstract: A method for increasing in a baked product, after baking, the level of water-soluble arabinoxylan with an average degree of polymerization ranging from 5 to 50, comprising preparing a dough for a baked product with flour having a total arabinoxylan content of at least 2.0%, and adding to the dough an enzyme preparation comprising at least one thermophilic endoxylanase in an amount at least two-fold higher than the amount conferring 90% of the maximal bread volume increase obtained by addition of such enzyme preparation to the recipe of the baked product. Using this method, baked products can be obtained that have a level of arabinoxylan of at least 1.7% The present invention further relates to baked products obtainable by this method, and to an improver and a dough which may be used for the preparation of such products.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for preparing a cake using phospholipase variants and cake and cake mix compositions comprising same.

Abstract: The quality of a cake quality may deteriorate if the amount of eggs in the recipe is reduced. This deterioration can be counteracted by adding a phospholipase to the cake batter, as seen by an increased cake volume and improved cake properties after storage, e.g. increased cohesiveness, increased springiness, and increased elasticity. The cake quality (as measured by these parameters) can be further improved, even up to the level of the original cake, by adding a non-egg protein together with the phospholipase. Accordingly, a cake is prepared by a method, comprising: a) preparing a cake batter by mixing cake batter ingredients, said ingredients comprising non-phospholipase treated egg lecithin and phospholipase, and b) baking the cake batter to make the cake.

Abstract: The present invention is related to a method for the improvement of shape and width of cuts of bread during the baking process of bakery products which comprises the step of adding a sufficiently effective amount of Carbohydrate oxidase or Pyranose oxidase in said bakery products.

Abstract: The present invention is related to a method for the improvement of dough or batter stability, dough texture, volume and shape, width of cut and/or microbial conservation of bakery products which comprises the step of adding a sufficiently effective amount of rhamnolipid(s) to said bakery products. The present invention further relates to an improver for the improvement of dough or batter stability, dough texture, volume and shape, width of cut and/or microbial conservation of bakery products, characterized in that it comprises a sufficiently effective amount of rhamnolipids. The rhamnolipids can further be used to improve the properties of butter cream, decoration cream and/or of non-dairy cream filling for Danish pastries, croissants and other fresh or frozen fine confectionery products.