Abstract: A method for making a hollow bagel product, including the steps of providing dough, sheeting the dough to a desired thickness, stamping ring-shaped pieces from the dough to form a stream of dough pieces, proofing the ring-shaped dough pieces and baking the proofed ring-shaped dough pieces in a conveyorized tunnel even at a temperature and for a time sufficient to cause the dough to blister between an outside diameter and an inside diameter of each ring-shaped section so as to form a hollow bagel.

Abstract: This invention provides a reduced-fat flat bread. More specifically, the present invention relates to a reduced-fat flat bread, wherein a reduction of trans-fat containing hard fat chips is accomplished by partial replacement with starch-based particulate fat mimetics. In one embodiment, a reduced-fat flat bread is prepared from a dough comprising, in baker's percentages, about 100% flour, about 0.5% to about 15% sugar, about 5% to about 10% cornmeal, about 0.5% to about 4% salt, about 50% to about 65% water, about 2% to about 10% soybean oil, about 0% to about 2% hard fat chips, an effective amount of a starch-based particulate fat mimetic to reduce the hard fat content of the reduced-fat flat bread by at least about 25%, about 0.5% to about 4% compressed yeast, an effective amount of a texturizing agent to provide tenderness to the crumb grain and crispiness to the surface of the reduced-fat flat bread, about 0.1% to about 0.8% of a flavoring agent, and about 0.2% to about 0.

Abstract: Disclosed are compositions comprising variants of alpha-amylase that have alpha-amylase activity and which exhibit altered properties relative to a parent AmyS-like alpha-amylase from which they are derived. The compositions comprise an additional enzyme such as a phytase. Also disclosed are methods of using the compositions, and kits related thereto.

Abstract: Mixes, doughs and processes for commercial production of leavened high soy protein-containing bakery products which have from 2 to 7 grams of soy protein per serving. Leavened high soy protein-containing bread which has 6.5 grams of soy protein per serving. The mixes comprise separate wheat and gluten based and soy based premixes. The processes involve preparation of a gluten development mixture having long gluten strands and a hydrated soy mixture and the subsequent combination and resting of these mixtures in the preparation of doughs and breads and other bakery products.

Abstract: A soy based, ready-to-eat, low-fat, high protein snack food and a process for its manufacture prepared by blending in a ribbon blender full-fat soy flour (5-20%), bengal gram flour (24-40%), rice flour (18-20%), chili powder (0.5-0.7%), and baking powder (0.25-0.35%) to obtain a dry mix, which, in turn, is mixed with water (25-30%) in a Hobart mixer to form a dough which is extruded into a desired shape and thickness and baked for 15-60 minutes at a temperature range of 165-190° C. to finally obtain a product having a protein content of (24-25%) and a fat content of (10-11.5%).

Abstract: A solid breadmaking improver whose dry matter consists essentially of one or two water-soluble food ingredients and at least one enzyme. The solid improver contains ascorbic acid and results, after dispersion of 10 g of improver in 100 g of distilled water, in liquid having a pH of 3.8 to 7.0, said liquid improver being obtained by dispersion of the solid improver in an aqueous phase.

Abstract: High concentrations of glucoraphanin, and its isothiocyanate derivative, sulforaphane, can be obtained from whole plants, plant parts or extracts obtained from a new and distinct, highly inbred, and highly self-compatible Brassica oleracea L. (Italica group) broccoli variety designated ‘Hopkins’. The new broccoli variety ‘Hopkins’ produces consistent yields of seed with a consistent high glucoraphanin concentration of greater than 60 ?mole of glucoraphanin per gram of seed (with an average range of 68-85 ?mole of glucoraphanin per gram of seed) when analyzed by Hydrophilic Interaction Liquid Chromatography (HILIC) and greater than 80 ?mol of glucoraphanin per gram of seed (with an average range of 85-105 ?mole of glucoraphanin per gram of seed) when analyzed by C18 Reverse-Phase HPLC.

Abstract: Method of improving the rheological properties of a flour dough and the quality of bread, alimentary paste products, noodles and cakes wherein glycerol oxidase or a combination of glycerol oxidase and a lipase is added to the dough and dough improving compositions comprising these enzymes. The strength of (B/C ratio) and the gluten index of the dough was improved and in the resulting products the improvements were higher specific volume, increased crumb pore homogeneity and reduced average crumb pore diameter.

Abstract: There has been a need to develop a method for preparing a bread dough using potassium bromate, an excellent bread improver, which provides baked breads free from residual bromate without affecting the flavor and taste of the breads. It has also been desired to develop a method for making breads using such a bread dough. The present invention provides a method for preparing a bread dough, which comprises incorporating potassium bromate as an aqueous solution, in combination with ferrous sulfate and ascorbic acid in the step of forming a sponge dough such that the solubility of the incorporated potassium bromate is increased in the bread dough to facilitate chemical decomposition of bromate, so that the resulting baked breads are free from residual bromate or have a reduced content of residual bromate. Also provided is a method for making breads, which comprises baking the bread dough.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of aromatizing compositions suitable for the biogeneration of mixtures of compounds that are able to develop or enhance a typical baked type aroma upon heating of bakery products such as bread an the like. These process includes the bioconversion of at least two amino compounds and at least one reducing sugar in the presence of a yeast. The invention also provides an aromatizing composition, a dough containing the same and methods for imparting an improved baked type aroma to dough products that are to be baked.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel treatment composition for use in treating food products and food intermediates. The treatment composition may be used in single, home use settings as well as commercial applications for larger scale treatment of food products in the course of manufacture. The treatment composition of the present invention uses a primary amine, such as the amino acid lysine or combinations of amino acids and modified derivatives thereof in order to limit the formation of acrylamide in food products and food intermediates without sacrificing taste or other organoleptic properties of the food product.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an emulsifier composition useful for making improved quality cakes, said emulsifier composition comprising 15.4 to 15.8 parts of Distilled glycerol monostearate (DGMS), 15.4 to 15.8 parts of Poly glycerol monostrearate (PGMS), 1.0 to 1.4 parts of Sodium stearoyl-2-lactylate (SSL), 15.4 to 15.8 parts of Polysorbate-60 (PS-60), 15.4 to 15.8 parts of Sorbitan monostearate, 0.12 to 0.16 parts of Sodium dodeceyl sulphate (SDS), 5.0 to 7.0 parts of glycerol and 0.5 to 1.5 parts of lactic acid on 100 parts of water and also a process for preparing the same.

Abstract: Described is an improved emulsifier system containing polyglycerol ester, monoglyceride and lecithin suitable for use in making dehydrated starch ingredients. Also disclosed are a process for making the dehydrated ingredients using the improved emulsifier systems, doughs made using the dehydrated ingredients and the process for making those doughs, and food products containing the dehydrated ingredients.

Abstract: Food components including a triacylglycerol component and a bulking agent are provided. The triacylglycerol component typically has a melting point of about 100 to 120° F. and constitutes about 20 to 35 wt. % of the food components. The food component can be formed by heating a composition which includes the triacylglycerol component and bulking agent under conditions sufficient to form an outer layer having certain desired physical characteristics. Food products incorporating the food components are also provided.

Abstract: An improved method for maintaining a designed functional shape in fabricated, expanded snack products by utilizing discrete, solid lipid particles. These lipids must be solid at room temperature with a melting point above 100° F. such that they remain discrete and solid when mixed with the dough and are subsequently sheeted or extruded. During the toasting, frying, or baking step, the solid lipid particles melt and soften and disrupt the starch matrix, thus allowing steam to escape and preventing undesirable defects such as excessive blistering, pillowing, and other shape defects that prevent the intended functionality. The addition of solid lipid particles, however, prevents steam accumulation only in the localized area where a solid lipid particle exists. Thus, by changing the level of solid lipid particles in the dough, the degree of shape deformities can be controlled.

Abstract: A process of forming a refrigerated dough is described. The process comprises admixing cereal flour and water with a protein that can reduce or prevent the enzymatic degradation of arabinoxylan present in the cereal flour.

Abstract: A method of preparing a flour dough, said method comprising adding to the dough components an enzyme that under dough conditions is capable of hydrolysing a glycolipid and a phospholipid, wherein said enzyme is incapable, or substantially incapable, of hydrolysing a triglyceride and/or a 1-monoglyceride, or a composition comprising said enzyme, and mixing the dough components to obtain the dough.

Abstract: A dough and bread improving composition comprising an enzyme having galactose oxidase activity and an oxidizable substrate for this enzyme and/or an enzyme which is capable of converting a compound, e.g. a galactose-containing compound into a substrate for the enzyme having galactose oxidase activity.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing bread, said process being suitable for obtaining a bread having a shelf-life of at least seven days, the process comprising providing a dough based upon a flour and adding a specific enzyme mixture. The present invention further relates to a bread having a shelf-life of at least seven days and to an enzyme mixture for use in obtaining such a bread.

Abstract: A scoopable dough can be used to prepare cut biscuits, drop biscuits, dumplings, flat bread, crackers, pizza dough, doughnuts, fritters, hushpuppies, muffins, pastry crusts, coffee cake, quick bread, scones, cobbler-type crust, and the like. A scoopable dough has desirable viscoelastic properties and is shelf stable without being stored in a container that is deoxygenated and/or hermetically sealed at freezing and refrigeration temperatures. A scoopable dough includes flour, a protein supplement, a shortening, a humectant, a leavening system having at, least portion of the leavening system encapsulated, and water. The flour and water can be in a flour-to-water ratio of between about 2:1 and about 1:1. A scoopable dough can also include a texture-modifying agent, an emulsifier, a hydrocolloid, a dough-developing agent, a nutritional supplement, a flavoring, a shelf-life stabilizer, an organic acid, and/or a binder of metal ions.

Abstract: An improved method for controlling blister formation in fabricated, expanded snack products by utilizing discrete, solid lipid particles. These lipids must be solid at room temperature with a melting point above 100° F. such that they remain discrete and solid when mixed with the dough and are subsequently sheeted or extruded. During the toasting, frying, or baking step, the solid, lipid particles melt and soften and disrupt the starch matrix, thus allowing steam to escape and preventing blisters. The blisters are only prevented, however, in the localized area where a solid, lipid particle exists. Thus, by changing the level of solid, lipid particles in the dough, the size of resulting blisters can be controlled.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of non-maltogenic exoamylases of retarding the detrimental retrogradation of starch. Furthermore, the invention relates to a novel non-maltogenic exoamylase from Bacillus Clausii.

Abstract: Addition of an oxidase and a protein disulfide isomerase (PDI) to a dough has a syn-ergistic effect on the loaf volume of a baked product made from the dough.

Abstract: Method of improving the rheological properties of a flour dough and the quality of bread, alimentary paste products, noodles and cakes wherein glycerol oxidase or a combination of glycerol oxidase and a lipase is added to the dough and dough improving compositions comprising these enzymes. The strength of (B/C ratio) and the gluten index of the dough was improved and in the resulting products the improvements were higher specific volume, increased crumb pore homogeneity and reduced average crumb pore diameter.

Abstract: The present invention includes a food ingredient comprising soy grits and gluten. The food ingredient is effective to make a food product having a structure substantially the same as a corresponding soy-free product made with wheat flour.

Abstract: The present invention is an encapsulated yeast composite comprising a core comprising yeast and a coating containing an emulsifiable lipid. The yeast includes Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The invention also relates to other encapsulated bioactive substance composites. The nature of the coating provides controlled release of the bioactive substance from the encapsulate. The encapsulated composites are useful in the production of food compositions, food products, and animal feed products.

Abstract: Chemical leavener systems are provided for use in flour-containing foodstuffs that contain an enzyme for hydrolyzing an acidulant precursor. The chemical leavener system comprises an acidulant precursor and an alkaline carbonate, wherein the majority of carbon dioxide gas provided by the chemical leavener system when used in a hydrolyzing enzyme-containing foodstuff is created by reaction of an alkaline carbonate with an acid that is the hydrolysis product of the acidulant precursor. Methods of use of the acidulant precursor and the chemical leavener system, and products made by these methods are also provided.

Abstract: A method of using peanut products in conjunction with a pancake mix, in a unique way (via peanut flour, peanut butter, peanut chunks, peanut oil and peanut essence) to create a nutritious, aromatic, new food product. This is accomplished by mixing all of these ingredients with water, milk, buttermilk and/or club soda to provide a batter, and cooking, which produces the final product of tender, fluffy, and peanut crunchy inside, crispy on the outside, pancakes. The product freezes well and can be eaten cold or subsequently reheated for consumption.

Abstract: Structured particulate systems of active solid organic components in a matrix in a weight ratio of 99:1 to 1:99 and a mean weight diameter of 25 to 500 microns wherein the active organic component is selected from the group consisting of oleanoic acid, ursolic acid, folic acid, policosanol, phytosterols, or derivatives or salts thereof are novel and can be used to improve the oral properties and/or the homogeneity of the organic, solid, active component in a food product.

Abstract: The present invention includes a food ingredient comprising soy grits and gluten. The food ingredient is effective to make a food product having a structure substantially the same as a corresponding soy-free product made with wheat flour.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for preparing a dough, comprising incorporating into the dough a composition comprising an effective amount of a lipase which improves one or more properties of the dough or a baked product obtained from the dough. The present invention also relates to methods for preparing a baked product. The present invention also relates to compositions comprising an effective amount of such a lipase for improving one or more properties of a dough and/or a baked product obtained from the dough. The present invention further relates to doughs or baked products and to pre-mixes for a dough.

Abstract: A method of improving the rheological properties of a flour dough and the quality of the finished product made from such a dough, comprising adding an effective amount of an oxidoreductase capable of oxidizing maltose, in particular a hexose oxidase, e.g. isolated from an algal species such as Iridophycus flaccidum, Chondrus crispus or Euthora cristata and a dough improving composition comprising the oxidoreductase.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of puroindolines as additives in biscuit manufacture. More specifically, the present invention relates to the use of puroindolines added to biscuit flour in order to increase the firmness of a biscuit.

Abstract: The present invention is related to a bread improver in the form of a powder, characterized in that it is made of agglomerated particles having a mean particle size of at least 250 &mgr;m. The present invention is also related to the preparation method of said bread improver.

Abstract: A protein free glaze forming composition is provided which is storage stable at room temperature. The glaze forming composition includes water, a modified food starch, one or more antibacterial preservatives, a vegetable gum, an alginate and an edible food grade acid. The resulting composition is storage stable at room temperature. It is protein and milk free. It is also sugar free. In use, the surface glaze is sprayed on the bakery product either before or after baking to provide a high gloss shine. The surface glaze composition according to the invention is particularly useful on pies to provide a glaze that is crack resistant and on baked products with flaky crusts.

Abstract: The present invention is related to a method of making a bread improver in the form of a powder, characterized in that it is made of agglomerated particles having a mean particle size less than 200 &mgr;m.

Abstract: A noodle loosening promoter comprising a water-soluble polysaccharide and a protein enzymolysis product as active ingredients, and a method of producing a noodle loosening promoter in which, during extraction of a water-soluble polysaccharide, the water-soluble polysaccharide extract is treated with a protease for enzymolysis of the proteins contained in the extract, in order to mix the protein enzymolysis product with the water-soluble polysaccharide.

Abstract: A method for improving the chalky-off taste and/or the homogeneity of a solid, active component in a food product by incorporating in the food product an effective amount, preferably 1 to 70 wt % on food product, of a structured particulate system comprising one or more active components in a matrix in a weight ratio of 1:99 to 99:1 and wherein the mean weight diameter of the particles of the structured particulate system ranges from 25 to 500 microns.

Abstract: The sugar-free cream icing use to cover a baked good employs a sugar-free composition of 50-100% erythritol, 0-50% bulking agent, 0-1% emulsifier, and 0-1% high intensity sweetener. The icing employs 50-70% of the sugar-free composition, 10-50% shortening and 5-20% water.

Abstract: The present invention is an encapsulated yeast composite comprising a core comprising yeast and a soluble coating comprising polyethylene glycol having a molecular weight less than 3050. The yeast includes Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The encapsulated composites are useful in the production of food compositions and food products.

Abstract: Improved cereal-based food products suitable for cooking in a low temperature (i.e., generally about 120 to 212° F.) and high moisture (i.e., steam) environment are provided. The improved cereal-based food products, when cooked in a low temperature and high moisture environment, provide aroma and surface appearance characteristics similar to that of oven-baked goods. An aroma-enhancement component is obtained by micro encapsulating flavorants and/or aroma components in a hard fat. The aroma-enhancement component is incorporated into the dough or cereal-based substrate. The flavorants and/or aroma components are released during the low temperature cooking process. The surface appearance is obtain by coating the dough or cereal-based substrate with a crust-enhancement component containing potato flakes, hydrophobic starch, crust flavorants, colorants, and anti-caking agents.

Abstract: The invention provides sponges (foams) produced from hydrocolloids by the expansion of gels of these. The foams have properties which can be varied, such as water absorption, biodegradibility, pore size and structure. Edible products can be produced which may contain an edible plasticizer, a sugar or sugar substitute and possibly also a flavoring agent or taste enhancer. The novel sponges are produced by preparing a gel of a hydrocolloid, and either sealing it in a closed vessel with a liquid of similar composition, pressurizing the vessel and abruptly releasing the pressure, followed by freeze drying, or by incorporating in such a gel a suitable microorganism, such as a yeast and inducing fermentation in the presence of a suitable nutrient medium, so that the carbon dioxide formed results in the expansion and foam formation, which is processed to the final product. The sponges-foams of the invention are such, that the initial network of the gel is maintained.

Abstract: Ribose administered to humans performing weight-training exercise provides more rapid increase in muscle mass and decrease in body fat than weight-training exercise without ribose.

Abstract: A flour useful for the production of baked goods containing transglutaminase and wheat flour yields dough with properties for automated processing and baked goods with larger volume. The wheat flour represents 1 to 50 wt.-% of the flour with the remainder being one or more non-wheat flours. A method for the production of baked goods containing both wheat and non-wheat flours utilizing a transglutaminase enzyme.

Abstract: The invention relates to a batter mix comprising genetically modified potato starch (GMPS), a process for the production of said batter mix, the use of said batter mix for the production of food products comprising said batter mix, preferably batter coated food products, which may be pre-fried, frozen and then preferably cooked in a microwave oven, whereby the use of the genetically modified potato starch in the batter mix compositions results in unexpected superior crispness of the food product.

Abstract: A scoopable dough can be used to prepare cut biscuits, drop biscuits, dumplings, flat bread, crackers, pizza dough, doughnuts, fritters, hushpuppies, muffins, pastry crusts, coffee cake, quick bread, scones, cobbler-type crust, and the like. A scoopable dough has desirable viscoelastic properties and is shelf stable without being stored in a container that is deoxygenated and/or hermetically sealed at freezing and refrigeration temperatures. A scoopable dough includes flour, a protein supplement, a shortening, a humectant, a leavening system having at least portion of the leavening system encapsulated, and water. The flour and water can be in a flour-to-water ratio of between about 2:1 and about 1:1. A scoopable dough can also include a texture-modifying agent, an emulsifier, a hydrocolloid, a dough-developing agent, a nutritional supplement, a flavoring, a shelf-life stabilizer, an organic acid, and/or a binder of metal ions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to pizzas and pizza-type products preparation and delivery method. The present invention deals with a method for providing to consumer a freshly baked pizza-type food product using individually frozen ingredients, combining them and baking them in less than 5 minutes; the individually frozen ingredients and the pizza-type food product being respectively stored and baked in a mobile, compact and energetically autonomous baking-selling unit.

Abstract: A process for producing baked snacks such as crackers and pretzels. By using this process, baked snacks can be easily produced without any restriction in the composition (moisture content, oil content, etc.) or the production procedure for avoiding blistering, as in the conventional processes.

Abstract: Methods are disclosed for using a waste product which remains when various types of algae (such as Crypthecodinium cohnii) or non-yeast fungi (such as Mortierella alpina) are used to manufacture essential fatty acids. This waste product is a biomass which includes the cell carcasses that remain after one or more essential fatty acids (such as docosahexaenoic acid, DHA) have been extracted from lysed (ruptured) cells. In one preferred embodiment which forms a biscuit-type treat for dogs or cats, algal biomass is mixed with a combination of brewer's yeast, a grain product such as whole wheat, and burnt residues that collect on the interior walls of drying vessels used for spray-drying of yeast extracts. These ingredients are mixed with water to form a dough-like substance, which is made into a desired shape for a dog, cat, or other pet treat. The dough is then cooked to form a pleasant-smelling biscuit-type treat which dogs and cats find highly appealing.

Abstract: Preparations are disclosed containing the 3R-3′R stereoisomer of zeaxanthin as a sole detectable isomer, packaged for oral ingestion by humans as a therapeutic drug or nutritional supplement. Zeaxanthin is a yellow carotenoid pigment found in the macula (in the center of the human retina), which helps protect retinal cells against phototoxic damage. The pure R-R stereoisomer can be prepared by fermenting cells, such as Flavobacterium multivorum (ATCC 55238), which do not create any detectable quantity of the undesired and potentially toxic S-S or S-R isomers, and which do not synthesize any other carotenoids. The R-R isomer can be concentrated, in large quantities and at low cost, into a viscous oily fluid containing about 5 to 20% zeaxanthin, by means of a simple solvent extraction process. This oily fluid can be mixed with a carrier such as vegetable oil and enclosed within a digestible capsule, comparable to a conventional capsule containing Vitamin E.