The invention provides methods for the production of dough and bread products made at least in part of spent brewer's grain. The spent grain is removed from a brewing or distilling process, dried, frozen, and then further processed into a spent grain dough product. More specifically, the invention relates to the systems and methods for making frozen pizza dough balls composed at least in part of grain products that have been used in the process of brewing beer or distilling sprits such as whiskey.

The present invention relates to a method for preparing dough for frozen pizza, dough for frozen pizza prepared by the preparation method, and frozen pizza comprising the same.

Frozen un-proofed dough pieces are produced by cutting a dough sheet into strips and producing a score through an upper skin of each strip with at least one blunt deformation tool prior to freezing. The un-proofed dough pieces are formed by mass production, with an un-proofed dough sheet being cut to form dough strips which are then cut into the un-proofed dough pieces, with the score for each un-proofed dough piece being formed by pressing the upper skin of the dough down into the body of the dough, thereby deforming and pre-stressing the dough to create weak zones, either before, during or after the individual un-proofed dough pieces are actually created, but before freezing. Upon heating, openings are established in the upper skin along score lines.

The present invention relates to a process for producing a food based on leavened dough, leavened puff pastry dough or puff pastry dough, comprising the following steps: (i) preparing a leavened dough, leavened puff pastry dough or puff pastry dough comprising flour and water, (ii) kneading the dough, (iii) fashioning the dough to obtain the raw food, characterized in that it comprises the following steps: (iv) shaping at least one surface of the raw food in a curved or corrugated shape, preferably in the shape of a single arch, or in the form of multiple, tandemly arranged arches, (v) freezing and/or deep-freezing the raw food in said arch or multiple arch shape. The present invention relates also to frozen or deep-frozen food products based on leavened dough, leavened puff pastry dough or puff pastry dough, produced according to this process, said foods preferably being chosen, among others, from Viennese pastries, croissants, chocolate rolls, breads.

A refrigerated or frozen place-and-bake cake product is described that includes an uncooked dough that has handling characteristics that allow for convenient placement on a baking sheet for baking, yet also results in a cake-like texture upon baking. The uncooked dough includes a particular combination of wheat flour and corn flour, pregelatinized starch and/or a fruit or vegetable puree or mash, a gum component that includes xanthan gum and at least one other gum, sucrose, egg solids, dairy solids, and a leavening system.

A bakery product is produced by mixing ingredients to produce a dough composition, the ingredients including water, flour, and thermostable yeast; making up a raw bakery product having a first volume from the dough composition; leavening, freezing, and baking the frozen raw bakery product to produce a finished bakery product. Leavening includes resting and not proofing or fermentation. After leavening and immediately prior to baking the raw bakery product has a second volume that is less than 150% of the first volume. The finished bakery product has a third volume that is at least 200% of the first volume. A packaged ready-to-bake frozen dough product includes a frozen dough product having a dough matrix; thermally stable yeast; and a plurality of air cells, at least 90% of the air cells being smaller than 4 mm, and a packaging including instructions to bake the dough without proofing or fermenting the dough.

The present invention relates to a method for preparing dough, in particular to a method for preparing frozen dough. In one aspect the present invention relates to a method for preparing a dough, which method comprises: a) preparing the dough including the step of adding a Penicillium glucose oxidase and a Talaromyces xylanase to at least one dough ingredient; and b) cooling the dough to a temperature in the range of 40 to 5 degrees Celsius.

In another aspect the invention relates to a composition comprising a Penicillium glucose oxidase and a Talaromyces xylanase.

In a further aspect the invention relates to a dough comprising a Penicillium glucose oxidase and a Talaromyces xylanase, in a further aspect the dough is a frozen dough. The present invention also relates to a baked product a method for preparing a baked product.

Further the invention relates to the use of a Penicillium glucose oxidase and a Talaromyces xylanase for improving properties of a dough which has been stored frozen or a baked product prepared from a dough which has been stored frozen.

The present invention relates to methods for processing foodstuff wherein, after exposure of said processed foodstuff to microwaves, a crispy, crunchy or crusty foodstuff is obtained. The present invention further relates to granulates which can be used in the present methods and crispy, crunchy or crusty foodstuff obtainable by the present methods. Specifically, the present invention relates to methods for processing foodstuff comprising the steps of a) providing a foodstuff; b) coating the foodstuff with a dry powder or granulate being comprised of 5 wt % to 50 wt % dextrin; c) exposing the granulate coated foodstuff to water, or water vapour during 0.1 to 10 seconds; and d) backing, flying or boiling the water, or water vapour, exposed foodstuff.

The present invention relates to the use of extrusion technology in a process for the low-moisture continuous gelatinisation and the enzymatic hydrolysis of flour to provide a dextrinised product having a dextrose equivalent (DE) of at least 15 and to a process for drying a dextrinised product.

Described are methods and compositions relating to dough compositions leavened by chemical leavening systems that include acidic chemical leavening agent and encapsulated basic chemical leavening agent, wherein the dough composition can be refrigerated in a low pressure package that contains a carbon dioxide atmosphere.