An oil- or fat-processed starch, exhibiting a solubility of equal to or higher than 9.5% by mass and equal to or lower than 45% by mass, and an emulsifying capacity of equal to or higher than 50% and equal to or lower than 100%.

Dough compositions that can be baked to provide baked articles (e.g., cinnamon rolls) having an extended shelf life of about 7 days or greater (e.g., about 14 days, about 21 days, or about 28 days or greater). The dough composition may be a developed dough compositions or an under-developed dough compositions. The dough compositions may include one or more shelf life enhancing agents.

The invention relates to a production method for dough for breads, a production method for breads, a method for preventing a moist feeling of breads from decreasing, and a starch composition to be added to dough in a middle stage of mixing in producing dough for breads. According to the invention, dough for breads is produced by a method comprising: a step of preparing a starch composition containing 50% by mass to 97% by mass of pregelatinized starch and 3% by mass to 50% by mass of an edible oil and fat; a step of adding the starch composition to the dough in a middle stage of mixing; and a step of further kneading the dough in the middle stage of mixing to which the starch composition is added. According to preferred embodiments of the invention, breads which can maintain its moist feeling can be provided.

A method of making a starch based food product selected from baked goods, breads, cakes, cereals, pasta, and pastries, and having 1 to 3.25 calories per gram, on a dry weight basis. The method comprises the step of mixing a type IV resistant starch with ingredients of the food product (optionally with flavor enhancers which do not raise the calories above 3.25 calories per gram), in a sufficient amount wherein a total dietary fiber content of the prepared food product, arising from the type IV resistant starch, comprises 14-60% of the prepared food product, by weight, after subsequent preparing of the prepared food product at the temperature of at least 100° C. The food product is prepared for consumption at the temperature of at least 100° C.

A cookie that provides a prebiotic effect and/or a probiotic effect to a consumer is described. The cookie fails to contain refined sugars, synthetic vitamins, genetically modified organisms (GMOs), artificial sweeteners, and artificial preservatives. The cookie comprises at least two baked food compositions formed into a biscuit. Each of the at least two baked food compositions contains a polyphenol, a resistant starch, and a prebiotic soluble fiber. A crème filing is sandwiched between the at least two baked food compositions. The crème filing comprises a resistant starch, a nut butter, a vegetable fat, and spores of a probiotic bacterium. Consumption of the cookie increases Lactobacillus bulgaricus and butyrate in the consumer.

Disclosed is a method for producing a bakery food, the method including preparing a bakery dough containing: an edible fat or oil composition including an edible fat or oil having a solid fat content at 20° C. of equal to or less than 5%; and a component (A) satisfying condition (1) a starch content is equal to or more than 75% by mass, condition (2) a low molecular weight starch obtained from a starch having an amylose content of equal to or more than 5% by mass is included, a content of the low molecular weight starch being equal to or more than 3% by mass and equal to or less than 45% by mass, and the low molecular-weight starch has a peak molecular weight of equal to or more than 3×10.sup.3 and equal to or less than 5×10.sup.4, condition (3) degree of swelling in cold water at 25° C. is equal to or higher than 5 and equal to or lower than 20, and condition (4) a content of particles passing through a sieve having an opening of 0.5 mm and remaining on a sieve having an opening of 0.038 mm is equal to or more than 30% by mass and equal to or less than 100% by mass, in which in the preparing a bakery dough, the content of the component (A) in the bakery dough is equal to or more than 0.5% by mass and equal to or less than 30% by mass with respect to the total content of a powder raw material, and the content of the component (A) with respect to the content of the edible fat or oil composition in the bakery dough is equal to or more than 0.03 and equal to or less than 8.0 as a mass ratio.

A modified cake formula and baking process to have a shelf-stable food product, especially micro-safe cake with water activity (Aw) less than about 0.71, less than about 0.7 or ideally less than about 0.65. The process involves grinding the baked cake fine crumbs, and blending the resulting crumbs with a binding agent to make a cake truffle, wherein the cake truffle has a water into activity less than around 0.7, and optionally covering the cake truffle with a confectionary coating, or with milk chocolate.

A conditioner of doughs for baked and other bakery products, which fully or partially replaces the fat in such products is provided. Furthermore, a process of producing such a conditioner is provided. The conditioner makes it possible to strengthen the doughs, making them more tolerant to all the stresses to which they are subjected during their passage through the machines, during transport, transfers, until their arrival at the baking process or final application. By improving the behavior of the dough, gas retention is favored, making it possible to obtain products of greater volume, with a finer and more even crumb, while increasing shelf life and preventing starch retrogradation. Its appearance is similar to that of a fat (semi-solid) with the color and aroma of a lipid.

The invention relates to a granular de-dusting material comprising 30-60 wt. % cold-swelling potato starch, 5-40 wt. % vegetable oil, 5-35 wt. % flour, all weight percentages based on dry weight of the granular de-dusting material. The invention further relates to a method for preparing a de-dusted enzyme product, comprising contacting a granular enzyme preparation, containing dust particles, with a granular dedusting material according to the invention, whereby the dust particles adhere to the granular de-dusting material, whereby the de-dusted enzyme product is obtained. The invention further relates to a de-dusted enzyme product.

A possibility to enhance the action of transglutaminase by helping the formation of peptide bonds with the glutamine present in the wheat flour, directed to a bakery pre-mix composition including pea protein and transglutaminase and a carrier, and a flour formulation including wheat flour, transglutaminase and pea protein. It was found that with the flour formulation a dough could be prepared with an improved process tolerance. The baked products prepared by baking the dough were found to have an improved crumb structure.