US 12,070,039 B2
Frozen dough product and method for making the same
Rongxuan Cai, Marshall, MN (US); and Stacey Fowler Meittunen, Edina, MN (US)
Assigned to SFC Global Supply Chain, Inc., Marshall, MN (US)
Filed by SFC GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN, INC., Marshall, MN (US)
Filed on Oct. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/506,445.
Application 17/506,445 is a continuation of application No. 15/352,183, filed on Nov. 15, 2016, granted, now 11,178,881.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/257,516, filed on Nov. 19, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0039406 A1, Feb. 10, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A21D 15/02 (2006.01); A21D 8/02 (2006.01); A21D 8/04 (2006.01); A21D 10/02 (2006.01); A21D 13/00 (2017.01); A21D 13/22 (2017.01)
CPC A21D 15/02 (2013.01) [A21D 8/025 (2013.01); A21D 8/047 (2013.01); A21D 10/025 (2013.01); A21D 13/00 (2013.01); A21D 13/22 (2017.01)] 20 Claims
 
1. A proofed frozen dough comprising:
(a) a dough mixture of flour, water, and optionally additives, the dough mixture defining a dough matrix;
(b) gas bubbles dispersed throughout the dough matrix;
(c) a spent yeast component; and
(d) a preserved yeast component, wherein the preserved yeast component comprises 80-90% yeast.