Abstract:The refrigerated dough was made by deep-fried dough sticks premixed powder (aluminum free), and the fermentation ability of dough and the quality change of deep-fried dough sticks were studied under different refrigeration conditions. The effects of different refrigeration temperature, refrigeration time and pre-fermentation time on the dough fermentation and the quality of deep-fried dough sticks were investigated. The results showed that the pre-fermentation time, refrigeration temperature and refrigeration time had influences on the textural properties of the deep-fried dough sticks, and the sensory score first increased and then decreased with the increase of refrigeration time after the pre-fermentation of 60 min. Under the same conditions of fermentation time, the higher of the refrigeration temperature, the faster of the dough fermentation and the shorter the fermentation time. Under the same conditions of refrigeration temperature, the longer of the pre-fermentation time, the faster of the dough fermentation and the shorter the optimum fermentation time. The analysis of textural properties showed that the hardness changes was consistent with the shear force and opposite with the elasticity. Consequently, good textural properties of deep-fried dough sticks were obtained when the dough was refrigerated for 1 to 3 days at 2oC after the pre-fermentation of 40 min, and the shelf life of refrigerated dough was 3 days.