Salt
Salt is considered as an ingredient with a functional
role in the production of many bakery products. Salt
strengthens the gluten, controls the action of yeast and
therefore controls the loaf volume. A small amount of
salt in dough improves flavor and favors the action of
amylases helping to maintain a supply of maltose as
food for the yeast (Wood, 1998). Salt inhibits the action
of flour proteases, which otherwise would depolimerize
proteins of the gluten complex. Yeast dough without
salt is sticky and difficult to manipulate. In frozen
dough products, salt slows the production of carbon
dioxide by the yeast delaying their fermentation