The present invention provides intermediate moisture low sugar food doughs
fortified with sufficient levels of medium chain length polysaccharides
to provide needed dough elasticity for use as intermediate dough products
in the commercial preparation of finished packaged consumer food
products. The food doughs contain less than 5% (dry weight basis)
sugar(s) (mono- and di-saccharides). The food doughs contain about 1%-10%
medium chain length polysaccharides having a degree of polymerization
ranging from about 200-600. The doughs can range in moisture content from
about 15-40%. The doughs maintain sufficient pliability to be sheeted
into sheeted doughs having thicknesses ranging from about 0.1 to 0.5 mm
in thickness. The sheeted doughs can be used to prepare finished
breakfast cereal and snack food products.