Abstract: An improved antistaling agent for baked goods such as bread can be prepared by steeping a bacteral protease in an aqueous alcohol, i.e. ethanol, solution containing flour for a period of time sufficient to prepare the antistaling agent. The alcohol is then separated without removing the alcohol soluble products obtained during the treatment such as by evaporation under vacuum. The wet product can be dried to obtain a powdered antistaling agent.

Abstract: A premix containing starch and a specified vital gluten, i.e. PL gluten, is described as being useful for preparing confectioneries.

Abstract: A dough improver composition for improving the quality of bread, cake and the like baked products, contains a vital gluten, and emulsifier and complex of the vital gluten and an emulsifier. The proportion of emulsifier in the complex to the dough improver composition is 1 to 20%, and the complex is obtained by mixing a vital gluten with a hydrated emulsifier in such a proportion that the water content in the mixture is in the range of from 10 to 35%, and allowing the mixture to stand.

Abstract: Fresh cheese is milled, the milled cheese is cooled to a temperature of from below 0.degree. C. to -50.degree. C., starch is added to and mixed with the cooled cheese, and then the cooled mixture is disintegrated into finely divided pieces. The finely divided pieces may be incorporated into a dry batter mix.

Abstract: A method for making pizzas having a substantially permanent crispness wherein a particular bread crumb material is used to modify the pizza dough so as to accomplish that result, the said crumb material comprising Japanese-style bread crumbs milled to provide a quantity of particle sizes at least small enough to pass through the screen of a U.S. Standard #20 sieve, and the pizza dough being modified by having the said crumb particles included in the dough mass forming the pizza crust.

Abstract: A food product suitable for human consumption, having acceptable flavor and nutritional value, is recovered from cereal grain residues remaining after alcohol fermentation. The food product of the invention is produced by controlling the pH at a range of 4.0-5.0 of the various enzymic conversions of starch to alcohol using only certain organic and inorganic acids which avoid imparting unacceptable mineral acid tastes to the finished product. The preferred acid is citric acid. The pH of the slurry residues before drying to a finished product must be neutralized to about 5.0-8.0. Again, satisfactory taste of the finished product is achieved by carefully selecting the neutralizing agent, typically hydroxides or oxides of Na, K or Ca. Resulting products are characterized as containing only salts from acids used to adjust pH which are taste acceptable. The product forms a 1:10 aqueous suspension having a pH of about 5.0-8.0.

Abstract: A powder suitable for the manufacture of a filling mass for bakery products comprising 15 to 25 parts of potato granules, 3 to 5 parts of fat, 3 to 6.5 parts of thickening agents and optionally 45 to 58 parts of sugar.

Abstract: Food emulsifiers for use in food products having a foamed structure such as chemically leavened and yeast raised bakery products, whipped desserts, icecream, mousse, filling custards, toppings and icings are prepared by treating a conventional emulsifier or emulsifier mixture in the melted state with an inactive gas, preferably CO.sub.2, under pressure, after which the thus-treated emulsifier or emulsifier mixture is passed directly to spray crystallization and evaporation of the gas. Emulsifiers thus treated impart an increased volume to the food products prepared therewith in comparison with corresponding food products prepared with the same emulsifier without gas treatment. The treatment imparts improved shelf life to bread baked from a yeast-raised dough into which a CO.sub.2 -treated emulsifier has been incorporated.

Abstract: A composition for use in making a low calorie and high fiber content bread product as a replacement of a portion of the conventional dough ingredients comprising a mixture of pre-gelatinized pea bran, pre-gelatinized oat bran and, optionally, soy flour, and the bread products thereof.

Abstract: A method for preparing bakery products, particularly cakes, is herein disclosed which involves combining an edible water-in-oil emulsion to serve as a shortening and at least one further component selected from flour, eggs, leavening agents, sugar and mixtures of these materials. The shortening comprises 15-70% of a fat phase containing a fat displaying a defined solids profile and the balance up to 100% consisting of an aqueous phase containing 5-60% by weight, based on the total emulsion, of a water-dissolved humectant which is at least one polyol.

Abstract: Crystalline .alpha.-maltose extremely improves the stability, taste quality and shelf life of noodles and alimentary pastes, as well as decreases the addition of water in their preparation. Since crystalline .alpha.-maltose exerts an activity of binding flour, a satisfiable dough can be obtained with a reduced addition of water. In corporation of crystalline .alpha.-maltose into flour yields a premixed flour for preparing noodles and alimentary pastes, and the addition of water thereto attains an excellent dough products.

Abstract: A particulate creamer-thickener comprises 5-45%, preferably 10-25% by weight of fat (preferably having a melting point of 30.degree.-45.degree. C., 0.05-5%, preferably 0.1-3% by weight of a proteinaceous emulsifier (e.g. sodium caseinate) or a fatty acid emulsifier, 25-75% by weight of starch thickener and from 0-8% by weight of water. Also a process of its manufacture has been described.

Abstract: The rate of reaction of alkali metal acid pyrophosphate leavening acids can be reduced significantly while still providing a leavening system which will proof by co-milling the alkali metal pyrophosphate with an oxide or hydroxide of an alkaline earth metal such as calcium or magnesium followed by heat treating to co-milled product. The combination of the co-milling and the heat treatment significantly reduces the rate of reaction of the alkali metal acid pyrophosphate leavening acid at room temperature.The reaction rate can also be lowered by blending calcium hydroxide with a premilled SAPP which was heat treated in the absence of additional moisture subsequent to milling and prior to calcium hydroxide addition and subsequently heat treating the composition.The leavening acid compositions of the invention find particular use inrefrigerated canned doughs.

Abstract: Shelf-stable, soft dough products having water activities of about 0.75 or less are produced by preparing a leavened dough; adding to the leavened dough at least one antifirming agent including an oligosaccharide, a monoglyceride ester and maltodextrin and/or corn syrup solids; forming the dough; and cooking the formed dough.

Abstract: A composition for use in yeast-fermented foods to modify the food and improve its softness during storage is disclosed. The composition comprises (by weight) 1 part of protein, 0.5 to 4 parts of edible fat and oil, 3.5 to 13 parts of water, 0.5 to 2 parts of at least one material selected from the group consisting of mashed potato powder, sweet potato powder and starch; and 0.3 to 4.5% of a phosphate and/or citrate based on the total weight of said protein, edible fat and oil, water and at least one material selected from the group consisting of mashed potato powder, sweet potato powder and starch.

Abstract: A glazing agent for bakery products comprises a homogenized emulsion of 10-50 wt. % of an edible oil (e.g. soybean oil), 5-15 wt. % (of the aqueous phase) of a protein (e.g. sodium caseinate), 2-10 wt. % of a thin-boiling starch (e.g. a dextrin) and water. Optionally an emulsifier like lecithin can xanthan gum is being used. The emulsion may be spray-dried.

Abstract: A non-aqueous, lipid-based, stable, flavored coating having a smooth, non-grainy texture, spreadable at room temperature but capable of form retention when applied to a substrate at a temperature up to about 110.degree. F.; comprising about 10-70% of a hydrogenated vegetable oil having a Wiley Melting Point less than about 90.degree. F.; about 30-90% of a particulate friable, non-hygroscopic bulking agent; about 0 to a flavoring amount of a flavorant; and about 0.1 to about 8% of a lipid stabilizer having a Capillary Melting Point in the range of about 125.degree.-150.degree. F., said vegetable oil and stabilizer defining on cooling a lipid matrix for the bulking agent, said bulking agent being substantially impalpable in the lipid matrix.

Abstract: Fried snack food products are produced by grinding cereal grain kernels such that all of the ground grain passes through a U.S. Number 20 screen, uniformly hydrating the ground grain into a grain/water slurry, cooking the grain/water slurry under conditions used to uniformly gelatinize the starch in said slurry such that a gel is formed thereby, cooling and reducing in size the gel such that dry ingredients may be added to the gel, forming the gel so that it may be cut into individual snack food pieces, and thereafter drying the pieces for long term storage or frying the pieces for immediate consumption. The process produces the snack food product which has more uniform texture, is less expensive to produce and does not have the characteristic limed flavor of conventional "Mexican-style" corn chips.

Abstract: There is disclosed a sandwich cream filling composition comprising a fat matrix consisting essentially of a plastic fat of defined SFI profile and melt point and a hard butter also of defined SFI profile and melt point. The composition is characterized as having good stand-up throughout a wide temperature range from about 50.degree. F. to about 90.degree. F. and an imperceptible solids content at temperatures above about 98.5.degree. F.

Abstract: A bland, intermediate water activity matrix suitable for use in preparing a thermostable, edible creme, is produced by dispersing Ca.sup.++ ions, caseinate ions, corn syrup, lactose and maltodextrin in water; and heating the dispersion to a temperature sufficient to gel the Ca.sup.++ ions and caseinate ions. The bland, intermediate water activity matrix can be converted to a low water activity thermostable creme by admixing it with modified starch, a fat and an emulsifier, and a flavoring material. The thermostable, edible creme can be incorporated into shelf-stable, ready-to-eat bakery products.

Abstract: A substantially free-flowing powder comprising a surface-active agent such as a food emulsifier applied on a particulate carrier such as a starch is prepared by mixing the suface-active substance with the carrier and subjecting the resulting mixture to extrusion.

Abstract: The rate of reaction of alkali metal acid pyrophosphate leavening acids can be stabilized significantly while still providing a leavening system which will proof by blending the alkali metal pyrophosphate with an oxide or hydroxide of magnesium.The leavening acid compositions of the invention find particular use in refrigerated canned doughs.

Abstract: This invention is a method for reducing chip bleed in flavor-chip containing baked goods, particularly in cookies. "Chip bleed" is a migration of material from the chip into the dough or crumb of the baked good.The method comprises adding to the dough from about 0.5% to about 5% of an emulsifier which is predominantly crystalline at room temperature to form a stable dough emulsion. The emulsifier is selected from: (a) fatty acid mono-diglycerides having from about 35% to about 99% monoglycerides and from about 1% to about 50% diglycerides, wherein at least about 65% of the fatty acids are selected from C.sub.16 -C.sub.18 saturated fatty acids and C.sub.18 trans-unsaturated fatty acids; (b) polyol esters having an average of from about 4 to about 14 hydroxyl groups, wherein from about 10% to about 66% of the hydroxyl groups are esterified, and wherein at least about 65% of the fatty acids are selected from C.sub.16 -C.sub.18 saturated fatty acids and C.sub.

Abstract: In multi-textured cookies having a soft and moist center containing a humectant and a firm outer layer, the firm texture of the outer layer can be improved by adding to the outer layer a mixture of casein and an edible water-soluble phosphate.

Abstract: A high fiber bread or an extruded edible product that is made from a dough that includes wheat flour, pea flour and advantageously includes two or more of isolated pea protein, ground triticale hulls and ground pea hulls, or alternately includes wheat or various other cereal grain flours, ground triticale hulls and ground pea hulls with or without ground pea cotyledons.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method of preventing the retrogradation of foodstuffs containing starchy material, wherein waxy barley starch is used as part of the starchy material. Optionally, a polysaccharide is added to the starchy material.

Abstract: A blend of a hydrophillic lecithin having an HLB value of at least about 8 and at least one of a monoglyceride, lactic acid esterified monoglyceride, succinic acid esterified monoglyceride, maleic acid esterified monoglyceride or edible salts of stearyl lactylic acid is disclosed. The blend synergistically improves both staling inhibition of a baked food product and also dough conditioning when added to a formulation for a baked food product prior to baking.

Abstract: A quality improver for frozen doughs wherein(1) emulsifiers comprising at least one of glycerin fatty acid esters, polyglycerin fatty acid esters, diacetyl tartaric acid esters of monoglyceride, succinic acid esters of monoglyceride, sucrose fatty acid esters, soybean phospholipids, calcium stearoyl lactylate and sodium stearoyl lactylate are mixed with(2) wheat gluten, and the resulted mixture are combined with(3) polymeric substances comprises at least one of alginic acid, sodium alginate, propylene glycol alginate and xanthan gum, and(4) at least one selected from cystine, sodium hyposulfite, protease and lactic acid and lactate are combined therewith.

Abstract: A process for making frozen bagels is disclosed. The use of a combination of oxidizers and boiling without baking prior to freezing a contribute to a frozen bagel having excellent shelf life and, when baked, have the same characteristics of fresh bagels.

Abstract: A method for reducing excessive browning in a baked good containing reducing sugars is described. The method comprises adding to the dough of the baked good about 0.15% to about 0.65% baking soda and about 0.10% to about 0.65% fatty acid monoglyceride esters of polycarboxylic acids and their derivatives. This combination of ingredients minimizes browning while avoiding off-flavor often associated with the addition of leavening agents to control browning. The invention is particularly useful with dual-textured cookies wherein a chewy region is made from a dough containing reducing sugars or crystallization-resistant sugars, and wherein a crisp region is made from a dough containing sucrose or readily crystallizable sugars. Browning is minimized in the reducing sugar-containing inner dough so that if the inner dough shows on the cookie surface it does not create an unattractive appearance.

Abstract: A bakery product having a glaze on the surface thereof, said glaze comprising a dextrin component having an average D.E. of from 5 to 20. The glaze is deposited from a water dispersion or slurry onto the surface of said bakery product. The glaze composition may further comprise edible acid, a relatively low level of preservative and may optionally include a sugar.

Abstract: There is disclosed non-sweet, savory, flavored baking chips (e.g., cheese baking chip), a process for making the same, and use of the chips in a variety of food items, such as cookies, cakes, and other baked products.

Abstract: Storage stable oxidant-amylase pre-mix or additive formulations, when added to wheat floor, dough or bakery mixes, produce improved bakery products having fine grain and good cell structure and volume.

Abstract: A coating composition for imparting a crisp, golden-brown surface to foodstuffs cooked in a microwave comprising a bread crumb/oil blend in amounts up to 66% by weight of the composition, maltodextrin, soy protein concentrate and pre-gelatinized starch. The bread crumbs and oil are first baked at 260.degree. F. for 15 minutes, followed by the addition of the maltodextrin, soy protein concentrate, and pre-gelatinized starch. The combination is then mixed until a uniform blend is achieved.

Abstract: Soft cookies, biscuits, snacks and the like, are produced from a specially formulated and prepared dough. The soft edible products retain their fresh baked, moist, tender texture for extended periods of time. A firm gel, capable of being ground, is formed from: (a) a viscous liquid, e.g., a corn syrup, (b) a gum, e.g., an alginate gum, (c) an optional humectant and dispersing agent for the gum, e.g., glycerine, (d) a calcium ion source for gelling the gum, and (e) an optional humectant and dispersing agent for the calcium ion source, e.g., propylene glycol, using high shear mixing. The ground gel is incorporated into the cookie or other dough prior to baking.

Abstract: Chemically and yeast leavened bakery products which have improved shelf lives are provided by the inclusion of an effective amount of a starch or flour selected from a plant of a wxsu.sub.2 genotype in the bakery product dough. Breads which contain the starch or flour, preferably obtained from maize, are provided with a softer, moister crumb after baking as well as a fresher texture and appearance after a storage period.

Abstract: Margarine and shortenings contain a discrete fatty phase in which additional cooking ingredients such as antioxidants, ascorbic acid and emulsifiers are confined to improve the stability and the cooking propensities of the product.

Abstract: Flavoring compositions for topical, prebake application to baked dough products are produced by mixing a comminuted baked dough product, a low density oil absorbing starch hydrolysate, and flour to produce a dry ingredient mixture; mixing the dry ingredient mixture with a first melted fat having a Wiley melting point below about 120.degree. F.; mixing water with the dry ingredient mixture and first melted fat; mixing a second melted fat having a Wiley melting point above about 124.degree. F. with the dry ingredient mixture, first melted fat and water; and mixing at least one flavoring agent with the ingredients in one or more or the other steps. The method of the invention produces discrete particles of flavoring composition which can be topically applied to the surface of an unbaked dough such as a cracker preform, and baked to obtain a baked dough product having excellent flavor and texture variety.

Abstract: An emulsifier composition for use in starch-containing foods which is prepared by powdering by spray cooling at a temperature below 5.degree. C. a mixed melt comprising a saturated fatty acid monoglyceride, and a cis-type unsaturated a fatty acid monoglyceride and/or fatty acid ester of a polyol.

Abstract: The invention discloses a process for making a baked dough product in which stabilized nuts or seeds have been incorporated into the dough prior to shaping and baking of the dough into a final product. The use of stabilized sunflower seeds in cracker dough is specifically addressed. Stabilized nuts and seeds are those which have been partially defatted and then impregnated with a more stable oil.

Abstract: A new class of ready-to-eat cereals is disclosed. These products are baked bite sized pieces produced from a cookie dough, but having a bowl life of at least 3 minutes, and preferably containing fat in the amount between 3 and 17 percent, in which an effective bowl-life extending amount of an additive selected from the group free fatty acid, edible insoluble metallic salt of fatty acid, and mixtures thereof, is added.A preferred additive for providing bowl life in emminently satisfactory ranges is magnesium stearate.

Abstract: An additive for food, especially baked goods, the method of manufacture and the baked goods produced therewith are disclosed. The additive is comprised of about 8 to about 40% by weight fructose, about 45 to about 80% by weight starch hydrolysate with a DE of about 5 to about 36 and about 0.5 to about 20% by weight emulsifying agent.

Abstract: The present invention relates to batters and methods for preparation of batters comprising an acid-balanced, chemically-leavened baking mix and vegetable preparations. The vegetable preparations comprise a substantially unbuffered vegetable, a sweetener, a preservative, and an edible acid.

Abstract: A savory confection-like coating which has a chewy texture and a delicate flavor of a meat, vegetable, fowl or fish food group comprising a matrix-forming amount of a hard butter, a flavoring amount of a flavor of at least one of said food groups, and an inert particulate, bland carbohydrate and/or protein base material in said hard butter.

Abstract: The addition of a small amount of a lecithin-in-water suspension to the formulation of dough-based fried snack foods improves dough transfer, sheeting and cutting, and significantly reduces clumping during frying, without the rapid buildup of free fatty acids, and without significant darkening of frying oil normally associated with the frying of foods containing lecithin.

Abstract: A dough improver containing sodium thiosulphate and a method of manufacture of bread using the dough improver are disclosed. The sodium thiosulphate exerts a conditioning effect on dough gradually during yeast fermentation, in contrast to cysteine which reacts almost immediately with wheat protein. The gradual conditioning effect occurs in the presence of yeast and has been found to be advantageous in producing a final bread product having improved properties.

Abstract: A stearoyl lactylate salt composition and method of production thereof wherein the composition has improved handling and storage characteristics. The lactylate salt is thermally mixed with from about 2% to about 30% (by weight) of hydrogenated stearin which has from about 50% to 100% (by weight of fatty acid) C.sup.18 fatty acid and an iodine value of less than 7.

Abstract: The present invention involves incorporating lactase enzyme into baking formulations for producing yeast leavened products which formulations include sugar and a lactose-containing dairy product, such as whey, as a protein supplement. During the dough processing, the lactose is converted into baker's yeast-fermentable glucose and galactose and consequently, the amount of expensive sugar substrate usually added to such formulations to provide food for the yeast may be generally reduced.

Abstract: There is disclosed methods for reducing the weight loss of a hamburger-type meat patty by applying to said meat patty a juice retaining coating. The coating contains at least 30% by weight dry powdered egg whites.

Abstract: Foodstuffs, especially bread, can be preserved against the growth of microorganisms such as mould growth and rope formation by adding to the foodstuffs an acid propionate salt.