Patent ID: 7806045

Claim:
An apparatus for producing a bread product including: an input means for entering product variables; a processor configured to determine a production schedule for producing one or more product types; a thawer for thawing or partially thawing substantially planar frozen dough pieces; a moulder for working the thawed or partially thawed dough in accordance with predetermined process steps; and an oven for baking the moulded dough to form the bread product; a carrier media for carrying substantially planar frozen dough pieces to the moulder and oven, the carrier media having identification indicia; an reader for reading identification indicia on the carrier media to identify the thawed or partially thawed dough pieces; the processor responding to said identification of the thawed or partially thawed dough to control, or instruct an operator to control, the moulder to work the thawed or partially thawed dough in accordance with the predetermined process steps.