Patent ID: 9549561
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: A21D,A23L

Claim:
1. Method for preparing a soft, rollable wheat flour tortilla having a fat content of less than 5 wt. % comprising providing wheat flour tortilla dough in a portion sufficient to prepare the tortilla; applying a fatty substance to all or at least part of the surface of the dough portion, wherein the fatty substance is a powder, granulate or crystal, wherein the amount of fatty substance applied to said surface of the dough portion is in the range of 0.0001 g/g dough to 0.01 g/g dough, wherein the dough is made using flour having a protein content of about 9.5 to about 11.5 wt %, and wherein the dough has a fat content of less than 5 wt. % based on flour weight; thereafter forming the dough portion into a tortilla shape using a hot press, and subsequently baking the dough portion.