In wheat bread made from non-frozen dough, the use of
emulsifiers such as monodiglyceride (MDG) and hydrocolloids
such as sodium alginate have been shown to
produce significant beneficial effects. MDG was found to
inhibit amylopectin retrogradation in bread significantly at
all levels of usage, which in turn retarded the staling
mechanism (Rao et al., 1992), and increased oven rise
during baking (Mettler and Seibel, 1993). The effects of
such improvers in frozen dough, however, have yet to be
studied.