Method of preparing a food intermediate under a controlled atmosphere

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APP PUB NO 20040022915A1
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10209706

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The invention provides a method of mixing dough that includes combining ingredients for the dough in a mixing system that is configured so that the atmosphere therein can be controlled, controlling the atmosphere wherein said controlled atmosphere has at least about 80% nitrogen, and mixing in the controlled atmosphere to form a resulting dough. Also included are methods having the steps of combining ingredients in a mixing system that is configured to be able to control the atmosphere, and having a gas feed supplied by a nitrogen tank, purging the atmosphere of air, controlling the atmosphere so that it includes at least about 90% nitrogen, and mixing the ingredients in the controlled atmosphere to form a resulting dough. The invention also provides improved methods of mixing dough that include combining ingredients for the dough in a mixing system that is configured so that its atmosphere can be controlled, controlling the atmosphere in the mixing system, and mixing the ingredients in the controlled atmosphere to form a resulting dough, wherein the dough or baked products thereof have improved characteristics.

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PILLSBURY COMPANY THENUMBER ONE GENERAL MILLS BLVD MO4-4S-16 PO BOX 1113 MINNEAPOLIS MN 55440

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Thorson, James S Scandia, MN 11 71

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