Processes for manufacture of dough-based food products with a non-soluble granulated salt substitute

A process for making a dough-based product with a visible, non-soluble and substantially flavorless product having a granulated particle size, substantially white color and crunchiness that mimics granulated sea salt, pretzel salt and/or granulated kosher salt adhered thereon, comprising:

• forming a dough comprising a flour and sodium bicarbonate as a leavening agent;
• forming the dough into a laminated sheet with a thickness in the range of 700 μm to 1,300 μm;
• forming the laminated dough sheet into shapes;
• covering the dough shapes with a gum solution;
• granulating a non-soluble, substantially white, and substantially flavorless product to form visible irregularly shaped particles of a size and shape that mimics sea salt, pretzel salt and/or granulated kosher salt;
• adhering the granulated, non-soluble, substantially white and substantially flavorless product to the dough shapes using the gum solution as an adherent;
• freezing the dough-based product;
• packaging the frozen dough-based product;
• and
• deep frying the frozen dough-based product while retaining the granulated, non-soluble, substantially white and substantially flavorless product visibly adhered to the dough-based product after deep frying while producing a crunchiness in the product adhered to the dough-based product that mimics granulated sea salt, pretzel salt and/or granulated kosher salt, wherein the visible, granulated, non-soluble substantially white and substantially flavorless product comprises granulated white pearl tapioca particles.