Patents
US 12070039 B2: Frozen dough product and method for making the same
- Granted
- 2024-08-27
- Filed
- 2021-10-20 application 17506445
- Type
- Utility · 20 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A proofed frozen dough includes a dough mixture of flour, water, and optionally additives; gas bubbles dispersed throughout the dough matrix; a spent yeast component; and a preserved yeast component. According to some aspects, the preserved yeast component includes encapsulated yeast, fat-coated yeast, non-hydrated active dry yeast, non-hydrated instant yeast, non-hydrated semi-dry yeast, non-hydrated frozen yeast, or a combination thereof. A frozen dough product can be prepared by mixing dough ingredients to produce a dough composition, where the dough ingredients include water, flour, a first yeast, and a second yeast; proofing the dough, where during proofing the first yeast is spent and the second yeast is preserved; and freezing the dough after proofing.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg240827.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SFC Global Supply Chain, Inc. 11 patents | US company or organization | Marshall, MN | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rongxuan Cai | Marshall, MN | 3 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Stacey Fowler Meittunen | Edina, MN | 2 | Person page FUZZY medium confidence | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| A21D | Treatment of flour or dough for baking, e.g. by addition of materials; baking; bakery products | A21D15/02 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-20 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | CAI, RONGXUAN signed 2015-11-25 MEITTUNEN, STACEY FOWLER signed 2015-12-02 | SFC GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN, INC. MARSHALL, MN | 57854/460 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
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