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Described are uncooked batters that have been effectively pasteurized and have no gelatinized starch. These batters are characterized as having low viscosity, a water activity of greater than 0.90, the absence of an active leavening agent, and a total plate count of less than 1000 per gram. There are two methods of manufacturing these pasteurized uncooked batters. One method uses irradiated flour and sterile aqueous liquid to make a pasteurized flour slurry; the other method uses a process of treating the whole grain at temperature and time conditions such that the exterior of grain is pasteurized followed by wet milling of the whole grain in a sterile aqueous liquid such that the slurry passes through a 20 mesh screen. In both methods, the farinaceous material remains uncooked and the starch has not been gelatinized. The pasteurized aqueous flour slurries, are then added to the pasteurized remaining ingredients of the batter in a sterile environment. Refrigerated Ready-to-Bake batters can be made by the addition of gas upon dispensing the batter from a container having the batter and a compressed gas such as carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, or nitrogen.

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