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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 20, 1997
Nestec S.A., Vevey, CH;
Abstract
Bread products are prepared by treating a starch material in water with a carbohydrase so that the carbohydrase liquefies the starch material and so that starch of the starch material is gelatinized, combining the product of the treatment with water, a starch material, a vegetable oil and lecithin so that an emulsion is obtained, heating the emulsion to gelatinize starch material and to stabilize the emulsion, drying the emulsion to obtain a powder and combining the powder with wheat flour, sugar, raising agent and water ingredients to obtain a dough, and thereafter, the dough may be stored at a temperature of from -40.degree. C. to +10.degree. C., or the dough may be baked and the baked product also may be stored at a temperature of from -40.degree. C. to +10.degree. C.