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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2000

Filed:

May. 15, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:

William A Atwell, Andover, MN (US);

Stephanie C Hankerson, St. Paul, MN (US);

Michael R Perry, Plymouth, MN (US);

Victor T Huang, Moundsview, MN (US);

Diane R Rosenwald, Plymouth, MN (US);

Katy Ghiasi, Minneapolis, MN (US);

Andrew H Johnson, Wildwood, MO (US);

Assignee:

The Pillsbury Company, Minneapolis, MN (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A21D / ; A65D / ; A65D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426 27 ; 426-8 ; 426 60 ; 426 62 ; 426118 ; 426128 ; 426 19 ; 426316 ; 426551 ; 426653 ; 426656 ; 426395 ; 426418 ; 426498 ; 220 891 ; 22020311 ; 22020329 ; 2203671 ; 220373 ;
Abstract

A refrigerated dough system is provided which includes a dough in a container flushed with a gas. The dough contains a leavening agent capable of generating gas in the dough after the dough is sealed in the container. The container is provided with a pressure release mechanism to release excess pressure generated within the container as the dough leavens and during storage. The dough system is capable of sustaining a leavened dough structure during storage so that upon baking the dough, the resulting baked product resembles a freshly prepared and baked dough.


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