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Ready-to-bake shelf-stable cake dough and process for its manufacture

US6039994A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 19, 1998
Grant dateMar 21, 2000
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Expiry dateMar 19, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA23B40/60
  • WIPO fieldFood chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A ready-to-bake, shelf-stable cake dough consisting essentially of flour, fat, sugar, eggs and water and usual dough additives and comprising a leavening system, the dough having a water activity of below 0.85 and being packed in an essentially gas-impermeable pouch in an atmosphere of an inert gas containing less than 4%, preferably less than 2% residual oxygen. A process for the manufacture of such a dough is also disclosed.

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