US 12,382,964 B2
Leavening agent
Daniel James Brown, Bewdley (GB)
Assigned to Kudos Blends Ltd., Worcestershire (GB)
Appl. No. 16/312,175
Filed by Kudos Blends Ltd., Cleobury Mortimer (GB)
PCT Filed Jun. 22, 2017, PCT No. PCT/GB2017/051831
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 20, 2018,
PCT Pub. No. WO2017/221018, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 28, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 1610976 (GB), filed on Jun. 23, 2016; application No. 1613385 (GB), filed on Aug. 3, 2016; application No. 1620894 (GB), filed on Dec. 8, 2016; and application No. 1706373 (GB), filed on Apr. 21, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2019/0223455 A1, Jul. 25, 2019
Int. Cl. A21D 10/00 (2006.01); A21D 2/02 (2006.01); A21D 2/14 (2006.01)
CPC A21D 2/02 (2013.01) [A21D 2/145 (2013.01); A21D 10/005 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
 
1. A leavening agent comprising:
(i) an alkali metal bicarbonate in an amount effective for leavening;
(ii) an acidulant selected from phosphorous oxyacids and their mono-, di-and tri-basic salts, including SALP, SAPP, phosphoric acid, mono-and di-sodium and potassium phosphates, and mono-and di-calcium phosphate, and MSC, glucono-delta-lactone, fumaric acid, maleic acid, malic acid, succinic acid, adipie acid, tartaric acid, monosodium tartrate, citraconic acid, aconitic acid, itaconic acid, mono potassium citrate and tartrate, hydrolysed lactones and polylactic acid and sodium aluminum sulphate and mixtures thereof, said acidulant being present in an amount of 0 to 90% of a stoichiometric amount thereof required to react with the bicarbonate; and
(iii) at least 0.1 mole per mole of bicarbonate of a precipitant;
wherein the total amount of (ii) and (iii) are equal to from 110 to 250% of a stoichiometric amount that would be required to react fully with (i) in a boiling aqueous solution.