The properties of dough or bread can be improved by the addition of a carbohydrate oxidase which can oxidise the reducing end of an oligosaccharide more efficiently than the corresponding monosaccharide, e.g., preferentially oxidizing maltodextrins or cellodextrins over glucose. A novel carbohydrate oxidase having the capability to oxidize maltodextrins and cellodextrins more efficiently than glucose may be obtained from a strain of Microdochium , particulary M. nivale . The amino acid sequence of the novel carbohydrate oxidase has very low homology (