A process of producing a frozen sheeted dough, which can be prepared without using stress-free sheeting process and transferred directly from the freezer to oven without a proofing step. The process comprises mixing the dough ingredients comprising yeast and chemical leavening agents; resting the dough to form air cell structure; subjecting the dough to high stress sheeting compressions and freezing the dough. The frozen dough can be directly transferred to an oven without a proofing step. The resulting baked product has desirable texture and taste.

A novel oleogel is provided comprising an edible oil in an amount of at least 95 wt % combined with a binary wax blend in an amount of less than 5 wt % of the oleogel, wherein the oleogel exhibits less than 10% oiling off and a back-extrusion hardness of greater than 100 g-force. The edible oil may be a high oleic acid-containing oil, such as a vegetable oil having a total monounsaturated fatty acid content of at least about 25% by wt. The binary wax blend may comprise at least two waxes selected from rice bran wax, carnauba wax, candelilla wax, sunflower wax, jojoba oil wax, corn oil wax, sugarcane wax, ouricury wax, beeswax and retamo wax. The oleogel provides an edible fat substitute prepared from oil having a reduced saturated fatty acid and trans fatty acid content that may be incorporated in a variety of food products.

Frozen gyoza dumplings that can afford a gyoza dumpling having good wings (gyoza dumpling with wing) that easily spread on a cooking device when heating with the cooking device, etc., do not easily break during peeling off from the cooking device after cooking, and do not easily soften when the gyoza dumpling is placed with the fried surface facing upward are provided by attaching a composition thereto in a frozen state, the composition containing a modified starch having a viscosity of less than 5 mPa.Math.s as measured by method A defined in the present specification and a protein.

Frozen gyoza dumplings that can afford a gyoza dumpling having good wings (gyoza dumpling with wing) that easily spread on a cooking device when heating with the cooking device, etc., do not easily break during peeling off from the cooking device after cooking, and do not easily soften when the gyoza dumpling is placed with the fried surface facing upward are provided by attaching a composition thereto in a frozen state, the composition containing a modified starch having a viscosity of less than 5 mPa.Math.s as measured by method A defined in the present specification and a protein.

An automated food cooking system is capable of cooking a plurality of kinds of foods in accordance with an order from a customer and includes an order reception device that receives the order from the customer, a food base preparation device that prepares a food base according to the order, a seasoning adding device, a topping device, a heat-cooking device, a distribution device, a transportation device that transports the food base, and a control device that is connected to each of the devices. The transportation device can transport the food base to at least a position of the food base preparation device, a position where the seasoning adding device adds a seasoning ingredient, a position where the topping device tops with a cooking ingredient, an input position and an output position of the heat-cooking device, and an input position and an output position of the distribution device.

An automated food cooking system is capable of cooking a plurality of kinds of foods in accordance with an order from a customer and includes an order reception device that receives the order from the customer, a food base preparation device that prepares a food base according to the order, a seasoning adding device, a topping device, a heat-cooking device, a distribution device, a transportation device that transports the food base, and a control device that is connected to each of the devices. The transportation device can transport the food base to at least a position of the food base preparation device, a position where the seasoning adding device adds a seasoning ingredient, a position where the topping device tops with a cooking ingredient, an input position and an output position of the heat-cooking device, and an input position and an output position of the distribution device.

Tapioca tortillas are formed from creating tortilla bases from a first supply of tapioca and then topping the tortilla bases with a second supply of tapioca in the form of granules. With this arrangement, a lower or bottom surface of the tapioca tortilla is generally smooth, while an upper or top surface is undulated or textured. In a particularly preferred embodiment of the invention, the tortilla base is made from about: 55.72% tapioca; 35.94% water; 3.34% glycerin; 1.45% fine salt; 0.89% monoglycerides; 2.23% xanthan gum; 0.28% -amylase; 0.10% potassium sorbate; and 0.05% citric acid, while the tapioca granules range in size, such as from 1 mm to less than 250 m.

Tapioca tortillas are formed from creating tortilla bases from a first supply of tapioca and then topping the tortilla bases with a second supply of tapioca in the form of granules. With this arrangement, a lower or bottom surface of the tapioca tortilla is generally smooth, while an upper or top surface is undulated or textured. In a particularly preferred embodiment of the invention, the tortilla base is made from about: 55.72% tapioca; 35.94% water; 3.34% glycerin; 1.45% fine salt; 0.89% monoglycerides; 2.23% xanthan gum; 0.28% -amylase; 0.10% potassium sorbate; and 0.05% citric acid, while the tapioca granules range in size, such as from 1 mm to less than 250 m.

A cheese slurry suitable for topical application on a snack product prior to baking includes natural cheese powder solids, an emulsifier, oil, water, and pregelatinized starch in amounts effective to provide a crispy topping having an appearance of melted cheese uniformly adhered to the outer surface of the baked dough product, and up to 1 percent reducing sugars, polyols, or a combination thereof and substantially no enzyme-modified cheese, buttermilk, whey, maltodextrins, or yeast extract so that the cheese slurry composition is resistant to undesirable browning and burning upon baking.

A cheese slurry suitable for topical application on a snack product prior to baking includes natural cheese powder solids, an emulsifier, oil, water, and pregelatinized starch in amounts effective to provide a crispy topping having an appearance of melted cheese uniformly adhered to the outer surface of the baked dough product, and up to 1 percent reducing sugars, polyols, or a combination thereof and substantially no enzyme-modified cheese, buttermilk, whey, maltodextrins, or yeast extract so that the cheese slurry composition is resistant to undesirable browning and burning upon baking.