Abstract Hard distilled monoglyceride either alone or in combination with other modifiers in a ground-up condition is mixed with wheat starch or other dry particles and the mixture reduced to an impalpable powder in a fluid energy impact type of mill to an average fineness of less than 10 microns. In this process the starch or other dry particles become coated or smeared with a film of the monoglyceride. The preferred material is 50 percent distilled monoglyceride and 50 percent wheat starch or wheat flour. Fifty percent of monoglyceride used in this way is superior to 100 percent finely ground monoglyceride produced in the same fashion. About 1 percent of the preferred product is used in a standard bread formula to each 100 lbs. of flour.
The product defined in claim 1 in which the coated particles contain from 5 to 10 percent calcium sulfate to retard agglomeration and balling of the coated particles in storage.
Claim 2
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The product defined in claim 1 in which the monoglyceride is glycerol mono-stearate.
Claim 3
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The method of producing a dry powder for use in the baking of yeast-raised bakery products to retard staling which comprises milling together in a fluid energy type mill base particles selected from the group consisting of vegetable flour and cereal flour and vegetable starch and cereal starch and solid particles of distilled monoglyceride to a finished average particle size of below 10 microns with at least 50 percent of the particles ranging in size from 5 microns downward wherein the solid particles of monoglyceride become smeared into a thin film over the base particles, the monoglyceride being not less than 10 percent or more than 90 percent by weight of the combined weight of the base particles and monoglyceride.
Claim 4
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The method defined in claim 4 in which the weight of the monoglyceride and the weight of the base particles is approximately equal.
Claim 5
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The method defined in claim 5 in which between 5 to 10 percent calcium sulphate in the ratio of the combined base material and monoglyceride is milled in the fluid energy mill along with the base particles and monoglyceride particles.
Claim 6
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The method defined in claim 6 in which the distilled monoglyceride is a commercial product in which the particles are tiny beads and comprise about 90 percent monoglyceride with the balance being principally diglyceride.
Claim 7
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The method defined in claim 7 in which flour used as base particles is a low protein flour.