Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel breadmaking improver comprising a preferment which is acidic and an acidity regulator, and also to the use thereof in a process for preparing a baker's dough for baking which contains this improver.

Abstract: An apparatus for performing a polishing operation on a fiber of a fiber optic cable in a cable termination, including means to receive the termination with the fiber extending therefrom towards a polishing surface, an operating means to bring the extending fiber and the polishing surface together, means to move the polishing surface relative to the termination and the fiber with the fiber and polishing surface in contact, to perform polishing of the fiber, characterized in that the operating means includes a manually operable member which is pivotal about a pivot axis, and means to bring the extending fiber and polishing surface together in response to pivoting movement of the manually operable member in a direction transverse to the pivot axis.