Frozen dough conditioners

摘要

A frozen dough conditioner for preventing freezing damage, such as reduced loaf volume of bread and deteriorated texture and taste, on the frozen dough caused in freezing and thawing processes. Preferably, the conditioner composition is in the form of a powdery or granule conditioner for admixture with a dough composition to be frozen. The composition preferably is prepared by spraying and drying an aqueous solution or dispersion having a pH of about 4 to about 9, wherein the aqueous solution or dispersion contains: (A) a sucrose fatty acid ester having an HLB of not less than about 5; (B) diacetyl tartaric acid monoglyceride; (C) a fatty acid monoglyceride; and (D) one or more sugars.