The present application relates to a sweetener including an oligosaccharide having increased acid resistance, a food composition including the same, and a method of increasing acid resistance of an oligosaccharide of an oligosaccharide-containing sweetener including applying allulose to the oligosaccharide.

A method for inducing satiety in a human subject is disclosed, the method providing a satiety-inducing effect by the administration of, or provision of, a food product comprising less than about 15 grams of total protein, and between about 1.0 to about 3.5 grams of total leucine. The leucine is provided by the total protein and a leucine peptide composition comprising bound leucine.

Apparatus, systems, and methods for forming baked goods having a filling recess for receiving a filling by a baking assembly including a base tray receiving at least one batter cup each cup defining a batter cavity therein. A cavity cup tray is nested with the base tray and receives at least one cavity cup for positioning within the corresponding batter cavity to form the filling recesses.

Nutritious granular materials of fine particle sizes agglomerated within versatile micropellets are useful for inserting significant amounts of nutritious properties into snack foods. Expandable micropellet-containing formulations provide for introduction of fine particle ingredients such as proteins, minerals and other components or desirable nutrients into food processing lines not typically amenable to the fine particle sizes. Micropellet-containing formulations may consist entirely of micropellets, or may contain an expandable starch such as, for example, corn meal, sheeted doughs, and expanded collet products onto which the micropellets may be basted.

A proofed frozen dough includes a dough mixture of flour, water, and optionally additives; gas bubbles dispersed throughout the dough matrix; a spent yeast component; and a preserved yeast component. According to some aspects, the preserved yeast component includes encapsulated yeast, fat-coated yeast, non-hydrated active dry yeast, non-hydrated instant yeast, non-hydrated semi-dry yeast, non-hydrated frozen yeast, or a combination thereof. A frozen dough product can be prepared by mixing dough ingredients to produce a dough composition, where the dough ingredients include water, flour, a first yeast, and a second yeast; proofing the dough, where during proofing the first yeast is spent and the second yeast is preserved; and freezing the dough after proofing.

A proofed frozen dough includes a dough mixture of flour, water, and optionally additives; gas bubbles dispersed throughout the dough matrix; a spent yeast component; and a preserved yeast component. According to some aspects, the preserved yeast component includes encapsulated yeast, fat-coated yeast, non-hydrated active dry yeast, non-hydrated instant yeast, non-hydrated semi-dry yeast, non-hydrated frozen yeast, or a combination thereof. A frozen dough product can be prepared by mixing dough ingredients to produce a dough composition, where the dough ingredients include water, flour, a first yeast, and a second yeast; proofing the dough, where during proofing the first yeast is spent and the second yeast is preserved; and freezing the dough after proofing.

A leavening composition satisfies all of (1) to (6). (1) The starch content is 3 mass % or more in terms of wet mass. (2) The dry-based water content is less than 150 mass %. (3) The dietary fiber content is 3.0 mass % or more in terms of wet mass. (4) The plant polysaccharide content is 0.1 mass % or more in terms of wet mass. (5) When a water slurry made of ground product of the composition is analyzed with a rapid visco analyzer under a prescribed condition, the ratio [value ?]/[value ?] is 100 or less. (6) A water suspension liquid of the ground product is subjected to a treatment with ?-amylase and glucoamylase, subsequently a component that is ethanol-insoluble but dimethylsulfoxide-soluble is obtained, and gel filtration chromatography is carried out under a prescribed condition, giving a molecular weight distribution curve, the logarithmic values ranging from 3.0 inclusive to 6.0 exclusive.

A filled snack product includes a first sheet having a first surface. A plurality of filling lines are disposed upon the first surface of the first sheet. Each of the plurality of filling lines are spaced to define a void between each of the adjacent filling lines. A second sheet is disposed over the first sheet and secured to at least a portion of the first sheet to sandwich the plurality of spaced filling lines between the first and second sheets. A plurality of docking holes are disposed upon the first and second sheets. The plurality of docking holes and the plurality of spaced filling lines allow for the pinning of the first and second sheets at the voids disposed between the spaced filling lines and further for the release to steam and/or gas from the filled snack product during heating to minimize puffing of the filled snack product.

A process of producing printed decorations includes providing a gumpaste mixture, creating a plurality of blanks from the mixture, arranging the plurality of blanks onto a platen of a printer, printing a pattern on the plurality of blanks, after the printing, removing the plurality of blanks from the platen, and forming each blank of the plurality of blanks into a shape of a decoration.

A swollen composition contains a starch derived from pulse and/or cereal and satisfies the following conditions (1) to (5). (1) Starch content is not less than 3 mass % in terms of moistened mass. (2) Moisture content based on dry weight is less than 150 mass %. (3) Dietary fiber content is not less than 3.0 mass % in terms of moistened mass. (4) When at least one frozen section A of the composition obtained under specific conditions is observed, a ratio of a weighted average area with respect to a weighted average perimeter length in void regions of an area of not less than 10,000 ?m.sup.2 with respect to a composition cross-section image area, is not less than 100. (5) A ratio of value ? to value ? is not less than 0.3.