IP Library Granted Patent US 8,187,648
Granted Patent B2
US 8,187,648 · App. 11/132,826 · Granted May 29, 2012

Packaged, developed dough production in low pressure package, and related methods

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Patent No.
US 8,187,648
App. No.
11/132,826
Granted
May 29, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

Described are developed, refrigerator-stable, dough compositions in low pressure packages and related methods, wherein the dough compositions contain chemical leavening agents that include an encapsulated basic agent.

Claims (56)

1. A refrigerated packaged dough product comprising a raw developed dough composition in a low pressure package, the dough composition comprising

fat in an amount that is no more than 5 percent of the total dough composition,

encapsulated basic chemical leavening agent, and

soluble acidic chemical leavening agent, and

glucose oxidase enzyme,

the dough having a pH in the range from 5 to 6.5, after 2 weeks of refrigerated storage; wherein the packaged dough product has essentially no headspace.

2. The product of claim 1 wherein after 6 weeks of storage at 40 degrees Fahrenheit, the developed dough composition has a raw specific volume in the range from 1.2 to 1.7 cubic centimeters per gram.

3. The product of claim 1 wherein after 6 weeks of refrigerated storage at 40 degrees Fahrenheit, the dough can be baked to a baked specific volume in the range from 3 to 4.5 grams per centimeter.

4. The product of claim 1 wherein the raw dough composition comprises soluble acidic chemical leavening agent selected from the group consisting of sodium acid pyrophosphate, glucono-delta-lactone, and mixtures thereof.

5. The product of claim 4 wherein after 6 weeks of storage at 40 degrees Fahrenheit, the dough pH in the range from 5 to 6.5.

6. The product of claim 1 wherein the raw dough composition comprises soluble acidic chemical leavening agent and insoluble acidic chemical leavening agent.

7. The product of claim 1 wherein the developed dough comprises

from 30 to 70 weight percent flour,

from 0.05 to 3 weight percent soluble acidic chemical leavening agent,

from 0.03 to 1.5 weight percent insoluble acidic chemical leavening agent, and

from 0.2 to 1.5 weight percent encapsulated basic chemical leavening agent, based on the total weight of the dough composition.

8. The refrigerator-stable, packaged dough product of claim 1 wherein the developed dough composition comprises

from 0.2 to 1.5 parts by weight encapsulated basic leavening agent and,

from 0.3 to 3 parts by weight soluble acidic chemical leavening agent selected from the group consisting of glucono-delta-lactone, sodium acid pyrophosphate, and mixtures thereof, in a low pressure package.

9. The product of claim 8 wherein after 6 weeks of storage at 40 degrees Fahrenheit, the pH in the range from 5 to 6.5.

10. A refrigerator-stable, packaged dough product comprising a developed dough composition comprising

fat in an amount that is no more than 5 percent by weight of the dough composition,

glucose oxidase enzyme,

encapsulated basic chemical leavening agent,

from 0.05 to 3 weight percent soluble acidic chemical leavening agent, and

from 0.03 to 1.5 weight percent insoluble acidic chemical leavening agent, wherein the packaged dough product has essentially no headspace.

11. The product of claim 10 wherein after 6 weeks of storage at 40 degrees Fahrenheit, the developed dough composition has a raw specific volume in the range from 1.2 to 1.7 cubic centimeters per gram.

12. The product of claim 10 wherein after 6 weeks of storage at 40 degrees Fahrenheit, the pH in the range from 5 to 6.5.

13. A method of preparing a packaged dough product, the method comprising

providing a developed dough composition comprising

encapsulated basic chemical leavening agent, and

soluble acidic chemical leavening agent,

glucose oxidase enzyme,

in a package having essentially no headspace, and

storing the packaged dough composition at refrigerated storage temperature for at least two weeks,

wherein the pH of the dough composition remains below 6.5 for at least 2 weeks of refrigerated storage.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein the developed dough, when placed in the package, has a raw specific volume in the range from 0.9 to 1.5 cubic centimeters per gram.

15. The method of claim 13 comprising:

providing the developed dough,

freezing the developed dough,

placing the frozen dough composition into a package,

reducing headspace of the package containing the frozen dough composition while the dough composition is frozen, and

storing the packaged dough composition at refrigerated storage temperature for at least two weeks.

16. The method of claim 13 wherein the dough is placed in the package at a raw specific volume in the range from 0.9 to 1.2 cubic centimeters per gram, and the dough leavens inside the package during refrigerated storage to a raw specific volume in the range from 1.2 to 1.7 cubic centimeters per gram.

17. The method of claim 16 wherein the package has an internal pressure of less than about 15 pounds per square inch (1 atmosphere) absolute.

18. A method of preparing a packaged dough product, the method comprising

providing a developed dough composition comprising

from 0.2 to 1.5 parts by weight encapsulated basic leavening agent and,

from 0.3 to 3.5 parts by weight glucono-delta-lactone acidic chemical leavening agent, and

glucose oxidase enzyme,

freezing the dough composition,

placing the frozen dough composition into a low pressure package,

reducing headspace of the package containing the frozen dough composition while the dough composition is frozen, and

storing the packaged dough composition at refrigerated storage temperature for at least two weeks.

19. The method of claim 18 wherein the pH of the dough, after 2 weeks of refrigerated storage, is in the range from 5 to 6.5.

20. The method of claim 19 wherein after 6 weeks of refrigerated storage at 40 degrees Fahrenheit, the dough can be baked to a baked specific volume in the range from 3 to 4.5 cubic centimeters per gram.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 23, 2013
From: GENERAL MILLS MARKETING, INC.
To: GENERAL MILLS, INC.
Reel/Frame 029682/0075 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 3, 2005
From: DOMINGUES, DAVID J
To: GENERAL MILLS MARKETING, INC.
Reel/Frame 016849/0427 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 3, 2005
From: DOMINGUES, DAVID J.
To: GENERAL MILLS MARKETING, INC.
Reel/Frame 016849/0486 →