Patent ID: 7704539

Claim:
A method for making an open top bread by a sponge and dough process, said method comprising: incorporating potassium bromate as an aqueous solution, as well as incorporating ferrous sulfate and ascorbic acid in powder form independently of the aqueous solution of potassium bromate, in a step of forming a sponge in the sponge and dough process, to prepare a bread dough; and baking the bread dough in an uncovered baking pan to make the open top bread; wherein the baked open top bread is free from residual bromate or has residual bromate at a level below 1 ppb, and the amounts of said potassium bromate, ferrous sulfate and ascorbic acid are 8-15 ppm, 10-20 ppm, and 10-30 ppm, respectively, based on a total wheat flour required to prepare the bread dough.