JP2002001155A - Method for preparation of ultrafinery pulverized natural material, ultrafinely pulverized natural material and pulverizing device used in this method for preparation of ultrafinely pulverized natural material - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To pulverize natural materials down to a maximum particle size of 1 to 30 μm at a low cost without separating components varying in pulverizability (for example, easily pulverizable cytoplasms and hardly pulverizable cell walls) by pulverizing natural materials by a wet process at ordinary temperature and to manufacture foodstuffs, food raw materials, functional materials, etc., while industrial wastes, such as processing scrap and defective articles are hardly produced. SOLUTION: The natural materials which are ultrafinely pulverized to the maximum particle size of 1 to 30 μm by stepwise pulverizing the natural materials so as to be made successively smaller by the wet process at ordinary temperature and the method for preparation thereof as well as the pulverizing device which is connected with separate pulverizing machines having a function capable of finely pulverizing the natural materials of the maximum particle size of 500 μm or over and 2,500 μm by the wet process at ordinary temperature and a function capable of further ultrafinely pulverizing the ultrafinely pulverized natural materials or is integrated with the finely grinding function and the ultrafinely pulverizing function within the one pulverizing device.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for producing a finely pulverized natural product, a finely pulverized natural product, and a pulverizing apparatus used in the method. More specifically, the maximum particle size of the whole natural product is 30 μm or less, more preferably 10 μm
Hereinafter, the present invention relates to a method for producing a finely pulverized natural product in a stepwise manner so as to gradually reduce the particle size to 7 μm or less, particularly 5 μm or less, an ultrafinely pulverized natural product, and a pulverizing apparatus used in the production method.

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2. Description of the Related Art The effects of foods on the human body have both positive effects due to ingestion of active ingredients and negative effects (side effects) due to overeating and overuse, and eat all the substances constituting the food. This is very effective because, for example, when eating cereals and seeds as healthy foods, it is ideal to eat them without processing,
In addition, grapes and the like have been proven from the fact that a large amount of anthocyanin pigments and polyphenols are present in the pericarp.

[0003] Biological substances, especially plants, contain a large amount of fibrin, and are ultrafine pulverized particles that do not give a rough taste to the tongue as a taste and texture (maximum particle diameter of 30 μm or less, which humans generally do not feel off-flavor) If it is possible to pulverize fibrin to a maximum of 10 μm or less, which is not sensitive to sensitive humans, it will absorb toxic bacteria, pesticides, toxic heavy metals, etc. It is preferable because it can be discharged.

[0004] However, it is extremely difficult, except for a part, to pulverize these into ultrafine pulverized particles. In particular, it is very difficult to make ultrafine-pulverized particles containing a large amount of water, oil and fat. For example, when these are to be wet-pulverized by a conventionally used pulverizer, the most efficient wet-type ball mill (Dyno mill of Shinmaru Enterprises Co., Ltd.) is used.
When trying to grind with a ball of mφ, fibrin (cell wall)
Remains as an unground material and is clogged, so that a finely ground material cannot be obtained.

[0005] On the other hand, in the past, countless commercial products containing fiber have been marketed.

[0006] However, most of them contain only oligosaccharides and are not strictly fiber-containing beverages. An example in which fibrous material is actually contained as it is is juice with crushed grains, but it is rough in human taste and is detected as particles, and the maximum particle diameter is 30 μm or less, which is not detected as particles, preferably extremely tongue. 10 μm which is said to be insensitive to people with high sensitivity
The fact is that there are no products that are ultra-finely ground below.

[0007] In addition, there are countless commercial products containing fibrin other than fiber-containing beverages, but fibrous materials having a maximum particle diameter of 30 µm or less, which are generally not perceived as particles by human taste, are used. Until now, the only product included was matcha, but recently,
Solid food material is crushed and dried by using the rotating centrifugal force of a rotary impeller to make a solid particle crushing device having an average particle diameter of about 10 μm (Super Wing Mill DM-400 manufactured by Yamawa Engineering Co., Ltd.). For example, the catalog “SUPER WING M” of Yamawa Engineering Co., Ltd.
ILL "(December 1997), Patent No. 2913263
JP-A No. 1993-1996), and solid foods pulverized to an average particle diameter of about 10 μm have been developed.

[0008] The above-mentioned pulverized material is classified by an attached classifier to remove fine particles, and coarse particles are recycled and pulverized. Since the portion is reagglomerated, it is difficult to pulverize all the raw materials uniformly and in a short time, and it is also difficult to reduce all the raw materials to a maximum particle diameter of 10 μm or less, and even 5 μm or less. For example, it is difficult to grind extremely hard-to-crush parts such as germ parts of seeds and animal tendons (paste) to a maximum particle diameter of 10 μm or less, more preferably 5 μm or less. Also,
It is also difficult to classify a portion containing strong fibrous material (cell wall) and reduce the maximum particle diameter to 30 μm or less at once without recycling. Moreover, the parts that are easily crushed are crushed and classified first, and the parts that are not easily crushed are crushed and classified later.To obtain a product containing all of the raw materials, they are uniformly mixed and dried. Need to be a product. Even if pulverized and classified, the productivity is low and the residence time is extremely long.
It is considered that not only unpleasant taste occurs, but also contact with a large amount of air at the time of pulverization, causing deterioration, deterioration, unpleasant taste and unpleasant odor, which greatly impairs the commercial value.

[0009] Matcha is different from other foods in that it can be easily crushed into ultra-fine particles having a maximum particle diameter of 30 µm or less.
Drying and crushing fresh tea, which contains soft or almost no fibers, can be pulverized dry, so that fibrous materials that would otherwise be difficult to grind can be pulverized over a long period of time by the usual method using a dry batch ball mill. It is because of the special factor that can be done.

When pulverizing with a pulverizer other than Super Wing Mill DM-400 manufactured by Yamawa Engineering Co., Ltd., even if it is attempted to ultrafinely pulverize raw materials other than matcha, such as fiber-containing beverages and fibrous foods, in a dry manner. Cellulose that is hard to be crushed, that is, pectin, cellulose, and lignin as main components are separated from easily crushed cell membranes such as starch, protein, oil, and pigment, and have a maximum particle diameter of 30 μm or less, preferably 10 μm or less. Of course, it is not easy to finely pulverize to a fine particle size of more than 30 μm and to 100 μm or less. In addition, there is no example of pulverization at a wet temperature at normal temperature. Therefore, when it is necessary to pulverize ultra-fine particles to a maximum particle diameter of 30 μm or less, preferably 10 μm or less, freeze pulverization has been generally used.

[0011] Incidentally, if it is only ultra-fine pulverization, it can be performed by dry pulverization, but in this case,
It is necessary to grind for a long time with a ball mill or the like. Even if the jacket is cooled and the internal temperature is reduced to about 40 ° C, the surface of the ball where the ball comes into contact with the material to be ground is 100 ° C.
However, it is difficult to obtain the target product because problems such as deterioration of the material to be ground and mixing of worn ball mill powder occur.

Therefore, Super Wing Mill DM-4
It is said that beverages containing fiber and food containing cellulose other than matcha when crushed by a conventional crusher other than 00 contain true fibrin and are generally not perceived as particles by human taste. There is a demand for a product containing fibrous material having a maximum particle diameter of 30 μm or less, preferably 10 μm or less, which is said to be unrecognizable even by a person having high sensitivity.

[0013] On the other hand, for the following reasons, other than the above, the whole tissue of the plant itself, including all food ingredients, particularly, fibrin (pectin, cellulose, lignin, etc.), is ultrafinely ground. Is desired. As described above, all food ingredients, especially food ingredients containing fibrous materials (pectin, cellulose, etc.), are finely crushed to produce foods that do not use food processing waste by effectively using all food ingredients. be able to. Since it is difficult to pulverize a raw material with a large amount of fibrous material to a maximum particle diameter of 30 μm or less, an active ingredient is extracted from the raw material,
The method of obtaining and using high-purity fibrous materials after extraction is commonly used, but a large amount of extraction solvent or long-term extraction required when extracting the raw material itself or crushed material is reduced to a small amount. Extraction solvent for a short time. When food raw materials and the like are used as food and functional materials by crushing and pulverizing them, there are the following problems in terms of quality, performance, efficacy, cost, and the like, but these problems can be solved.

(I) For example, when making marmalade using citrus fruits or their juice residue, in order to elute pectin contained in the matrix structure of cellulose, it must be cut thinly with a kitchen knife and boiled for a long time. No.

(Ii) When extracting pectin with hot water after extracting the oil and pigment from the juice residue with a solvent, the extraction rate is low unless pectin is produced at high temperature for a long time. However, when applied for a long time at a high temperature, pectin is hydrolyzed to have a low molecular weight, resulting in poor quality and a large amount of solvent.

(Iii) When citrus peel or herbs are used for bath salts or beverages, they are often filtered and used for bath salts or beverages using packs or filters, so that most of the fibrin is removed. Would.

(Iv) For beverages, bath additives, cosmetics, jams, food additives, modifiers, shape-retaining agents, thickeners, pigments, herbal medicines, etc., an effective component is extracted from raw materials, and a solvent is extracted at a low temperature. It is a product except for this, but its properties and effects often deteriorate due to deterioration, decomposition, oxidation, etc. in the manufacturing process.

(V) When the soy sauce scum and dried soy sauce moromi (all fermented tissues) are dry-ground, the components that become savory due to oxidation are oxidized and become savory, so that the soy sauce sprouts are incinerated or animal The only use is to add it to the feed (the soy sauce moromi cannot be ultrafinely ground to 30 μm or less, preferably 10 μm or less like a sauce or mayonnaise, so that only the extract has been used as soy sauce to date).

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SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, components having different grindability by stepwise pulverization, for example, a cell wall which is easily pulverized, and a cell wall which is hard to pulverize, according to the intended use of a natural product such as a food raw material. Without separating
Eventually, the cell wall may be disrupted,
μm or less, more particularly 10 μm or less, especially 7 μm or less, especially 5 μm or less, which can be ultrafinely ground to 1 μm or more. Food and functional materials with completely new functions, efficacy, taste, performance, etc. are extremely low cost. In addition, it is possible to produce processed waste and rejected products into extremely high value-added products, and produce almost no industrial waste, food raw materials, functional material manufacturing methods, manufactured foods, The purpose is to develop a food raw material, a functional material, and the like, and a pulverizing apparatus used for the production method.

Until now, pectin, chitin, algin and the like have been extracted from the above-mentioned food material waste and used in foods, medicines and cosmetics. do not do.

Further, there is no conventional method of crushing stepwise using individual crushers as a crusher, and there is no crushing apparatus integrated such that the crushers are crushed stepwise. The ability to uniformly and ultrafinely crush hard-to-crush materials such as cell walls (fibrin) and easily crushable materials such as cytoplasm (starch, pigments, oils, etc.) Is not known to date.

Furthermore, there is no technique for converting ultra-pulverized liquid into powder using the same apparatus and converting it into granules.

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Means for Solving the Problems The present inventors have made intensive studies to solve the above-mentioned problems, and as a result, have completed the present invention.

That is, the present invention provides a method for producing an ultrafinely pulverized natural product, wherein the natural product is pulverized stepwise so as to become smaller at a normal temperature in a wet process (claim 1). Such stepwise pulverization produces a maximum particle size of 500
2. The process according to claim 1, wherein the natural product having a particle size of more than 25,000 μm and having a maximum particle size of more than 30 μm is finely pulverized to have a maximum particle size of 1 to 30 μm. Item 2), the fine pulverization is fine pulverization by a fine pulverizer having a grinding function, and the ultrafine pulverization is ultrafine pulverization by an ultrafine pulverizer having a grinding function. (Claim 3), the fine pulverization is fine pulverization by a completely sealed horizontal microbead mill (for fine pulverization), and the ultrafine pulverization is
Ultrafine grinding with a horizontal microbead mill (for ultrafine grinding), and the operating conditions of a completely sealed and horizontal microbead mill (for both fine grinding and ultrafine grinding), with a peripheral speed of 8 to 15
m / sec, bead filling rate 75-90%, viscosity 1000-9
4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the crushing temperature is 1 to 30 ° C. and the continuous residence time is 1 to 15 minutes (claim 4). 5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the active gas is sealed and then pulverized, wherein the natural product is cereals, vegetables,
The production method according to claim 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5, wherein the fermentation or culture of fruits, seaweeds, seafood, terrestrial animal meats, herbs, processed products thereof, processed waste, forest products, agricultural products. Item 6), the maximum particle size of the ultrafine ground natural product is 1
The method according to claim 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 (claim 7), wherein the natural product is
Maximum particle diameter of 1 to 30μ by the production method described in 4, 5 or 6.
m, and ultrafinely pulverized into a natural product (claim 8) and a natural product obtained by ultrafine pulverization to a maximum particle diameter of 1 to 10 μm by the production method according to claim 7. Ultra-pulverized natural product characterized by being obtained by (claim 9)
Micronized natural products are used for beverages (including juices),
The natural product (Claim 10) according to claim 8 or 9 which is a food, a food additive, a seasoning, a liquor, a fragrance, a bath salt, a crude drug or a cosmetic, having a maximum particle diameter of 500 μm at a wet / normal temperature.
It has the function of finely pulverizing a natural product of 5000 μm or less to a maximum particle size of 30 μm or more and 500 μm or less, and a function of further ultra-pulverizing the finely pulverized natural product to a maximum particle size of 1 to 30 μm. A crushing device (Claim 11) in which separate crushers are connected or the fine crushing function and the ultra-fine crushing function are integrated in one crushing device, and a maximum particle diameter of 500 μm at a wet type and ordinary temperature.
Is a continuous horizontal roller mill or a completely sealed / horizontal micro-bead mill (fine grinding) that has the function of finely grinding natural products crushed to 25,000 μm or less to 500 μm or less with a maximum particle diameter of 30 μm or less. The pulverizer has a grinding function typified by a crusher, and has a function of further ultra-pulverizing the finely pulverized natural product to a maximum particle diameter of 1 to 30 μm. The crushing apparatus (Claim 12) according to claim 11, which is an ultrafine crusher having a grinding function represented by a horizontal microbead mill (for ultrafine crushing), wherein the crushing function and the ultrafine crushing function are one. The crushing device integrated in the device is a completely sealed horizontal microbead mill (for both fine grinding and ultrafine grinding), and the completely sealed horizontal microbead mill (fine grinding) The crushing device according to claim 11 or 12, wherein the crushing device is an integrated crushing device in which crushers in which the diameters of balls (for both fine grinding and ultrafine grinding) are changed stepwise from 5 mmφ to 0.1 mmφ are connected in series and integrated. Item 13), a peripheral speed of the completely sealed horizontal microbead mill (for both fine and ultrafine grinding) of 8 to 15 m / sec, a bead filling rate of 75 to 90%, and a viscosity of 1000 to 90000c
P, pulverization room temperature is 1 to 30 ° C, continuous residence time is 1 to 1
The crushing apparatus according to claim 13, which can be used under the condition of 5 minutes (claim 14), and the system can be degassed under reduced pressure before crushing natural products, and can be crushed by filling an inert gas. A crushing device according to claim 11, 12, 13, or 14 (claim 15).

In the present specification, pulverization means that the maximum particle size is more than 30 μm and less than 500 μm, more preferably more than 30 μm and less than 160 μm, especially more than 30 μm and more than 80 μm.
The ultra-fine grinding means that the maximum particle size is 30 μm or less, further 10 μm or less, especially 7 μm.
m or less, especially 5 μm or less and pulverization to 1 μm or more. In addition, when making a finely pulverized material into an ultrafinely pulverized material, the maximum particle size is usually 1/3 to 1/60, and more preferably 1/5 to 1/60.
1/50, especially 1/7 to 1/40, especially 1/8
Milled to 1/20.

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BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION In the present invention, natural products (organic materials) are not perceived by ordinary people as particles by crushing them stepwise in a wet process at room temperature so as to become smaller gradually. It is possible to produce a natural product that has been micronized into particles that are not to be produced.

The above-mentioned natural products include not only natural products useful for humans such as food raw materials and natural medicinal substances and processed products thereof, but also processed scabs, shells, skins, bones, tendons and hairs of foods and the like. Natural products that are not very useful or discarded for humans, agricultural and forestry products, fermented cultures of agricultural and forestry products, and the like are also included.

Specific examples of the above-mentioned food raw materials include, for example, cereals, vegetables, fruits, seaweeds, seafood, terrestrial animal meats, herbs and the like. Of these, cereals, vegetables, fruits, and seaweeds are preferred in terms of improving food performance, reducing food problems, and reducing environmental problems.However, since they contain a large amount of fibrin, they cannot be pulverized. It is preferable to use a product which cannot be ultra-finely pulverized and can be used as a product entirely as a waste.

Specific examples of the natural medicinal substances include, for example, medicinal plants, medicinal trees, medicinal fungi, medicinal animals and the like. Among them, extracts of herbs, medicinal trees, etc. are used for treatment of diseases, antibacterial agents, insecticides, bath salts, cosmetics,
It is used as a fragrance, but in this case, herbs,
This is preferable in that all of the constituents of the medicinal tree and the like can be provided as products.

Examples of processed natural products include fermented products of the above-mentioned food raw materials, miso, soy sauce, alcoholic beverages, and fermented or cultured products of forest products and agricultural products. Among them, soy sauce and alcoholic beverages are preferred because they can reduce waste and can create a completely new fiber-containing seasoning and beverage.

Specific examples of the processed refuse such as foods include fermented refuse such as juice refuse, soy sauce refuse, sake refuse, and shochu refuse, Okara, Nuka, bran, skin, bone,
Shells, tendons, hairs, roots, branches, and the like. Among these, fermented wastes such as juice waste, soy sauce waste, sake waste, and shochu waste are preferable from the viewpoint of improving environmental problems, profitability, food problems, and the like.

The maximum particle size of the stepwise ground natural product is preferably more than 500 μm and 25,000 μm or less, more preferably more than 500 μm and 10000 μm or less. If the maximum particle size of the natural product to be crushed stepwise is too large, even if it is attempted to use a crusher for crushing stepwise, the cell wall (fibrin) is separated from the cytoplasm and coarse particles form slits. Since the tendency to block and make continuous operation impossible increases, eventually, the particles are used after having the maximum particle diameter in the above range.

Natural products generally have a maximum particle size of 500
Although it is much larger than μm and 25,000 μm or less, in this case, a commonly used pulverizer having a shearing function, for example, a super mill (manufactured by Sanso Micron Co., Ltd.), a dry mixer mill ((having ) Sanjo Micron), Power Mill (Showa Giken Co., Ltd.), Rotoplex (Itoman Engineering Co., Ltd.), Super Mixer (Kawada Co., Ltd.), Mixer Dryer (Fukae Kogyo Co., Ltd.), etc. Maximum particle size of 50 by pulverization
What is necessary is just to pulverize 0 μm to 25000 μm or less.

In the pulverization step, the pulverization can be performed stepwise or continuously so as to become smaller in the same manner as the pulverization step and the ultrafine pulverization step.

The pulverized natural product is then subjected to a fine grinding machine having a grinding function, for example, a continuous horizontal roller mill (for fine grinding) represented by a pin mill (for fine grinding) (manufactured by Itoman Engineering Co., Ltd.), Dyno mill (for fine grinding)
(Pulverized by Shinmaru Enterprises Co., Ltd.), etc., which are finely pulverized to 500 μm or less with a maximum particle diameter of 30 μm or more, using a fully sealed horizontal microbead mill (for fine pulverization). A maximum particle diameter of 30 μm or less by a completely sealed horizontal microbead mill (for ultra-fine pulverization) (a wet ball mill having a grinding function) represented by a pulverizer, for example, a Dyno mill (for ultra-fine pulverization);
Furthermore, it is ultrafinely ground to 10 μm or less, particularly 7 μm or less, particularly 5 μm or less to 1 μm or more.

Examples of the above-mentioned pulverization and ultra-fine pulverization include:
Fine pulverization with a completely sealed horizontal microbead mill (for fine pulverization), such as a Dyno mill (for fine pulverization), and ultrafine pulverization with a completely closed horizontal microbead mill (for ultrafine pulverization), such as a Dyno mill (for ultrafine pulverization) The operation conditions of a fully sealed horizontal microbead mill (for both fine grinding and ultrafine grinding) (wet continuous ball mill) are such that the peripheral speed is 8 to 15 m / sec, and furthermore, 10 to 12 m / m
Seconds, bead filling rate 75-90%, even 80-85
%, Viscosity of 1000 to 90000 cP, and further 1000
0-50000 cP, grinding room temperature 1-30 ° C, further 3-25 ° C, continuous residence time 1-15 minutes, furthermore 2
Preferably it is 12 minutes. If the peripheral speed is too fast, the beads are likely to be crushed, and if too slow, coarse particles occur,
Separation is likely to occur. On the other hand, if the bead filling ratio is too high, the temperature and pressure rise, and severe conditions are likely to occur. If the bead filling ratio is too low, separation is poor and coarse particles are likely to be separated. Further, if the viscosity (concentration) is too high, the temperature and pressure increase, and severe conditions are likely to occur. If the viscosity (concentration) is too low, separation is poor and coarse particles are likely to be separated. Also, if the temperature inside the crushing chamber is too high, the substance will deteriorate,
In order to generate air bubbles and the like, the grinding efficiency is likely to be reduced due to idling, and if too low, it is easy to freeze. In addition, continuous residence time (conversion of the amount of raw material passing continuously in a phase flow,
For example, a residence time of 1 minute in a grinding chamber having a capacity of 1 liter means that feed is performed at a flow rate of 1 liter / minute.) If the time is too short, coarse particles are likely to be generated, and if it is too long, the particles become small. However, contamination due to an increase in internal temperature and wear tends to increase.

The Dynomill is a completely sealed horizontal microbead mill suitable for precise wet pulverization and dispersion. Agitator discs have a unique profile and can provide maximum energy to the dispersion media. A maximum peripheral speed of 20 m / s is obtained. further,
A horizontal bead mill follows. Because of the horizontal type, the dispersion medium is hardly affected by the gravity, and the dispersion medium can be filled at a high density of 75 to 90%, preferably 80 to 85%. It has several times the performance of a sand mill. Distributed media
Glass beads, silicone beads, zirconia beads,
A steel ball or the like can be used, and the size can be 0.1 to 10 mmφ, further 0.1 to 5.0 mmφ. The most suitable dispersion / crushing is the type of beads,
It can be obtained by a combination of factors such as size, filling amount, disk peripheral speed, and pumping amount.

In the case of a pin mill which is a continuous horizontal roller mill (for fine pulverization), a round bar-shaped pin whose diameter is determined is overlaid on the left and right, and the left and right pins are 0.1 to 0.5.
The object to be crushed is ground by the rotation of the left and right motors by approaching with a clearance of mm.

Further, it is preferable that the system is degassed under reduced pressure before pulverizing the natural product, the inert gas (for example, carbon dioxide, nitrogen, etc.) is sealed, and the pulverization is performed after purging with an inert gas. At the time of pulverization, trace amounts of vitamin C and vitamin E may be added. Because, in the presence of oxygen, food ingredients (ie, cell-forming cellulose,
Natural polysaccharides such as pectin and natural polymers such as proteins)
When cutting under strong shearing stress, strong oxygen radicals are formed in the cut particles, and lipids, vitamins, carbohydrates,
Oxidation, deterioration, discoloration, inactivation, off-flavor,
It is for forming unpleasant and off-flavors. In the manufacturing method of the present invention,
Batch-type pulverization, air-flow pulverization, because it does not stay for a long time in a system where contact with oxygen or shear energy as described above is applied
It is possible to prevent degradation of the productivity and quality of the equipment which could not be solved by the recycle-type pulverizer.

The above-mentioned wet / normal temperature is defined as the viscosity to viscoelasticity (generally viscosity of 1000 to 90000 cP) obtained by mixing a natural product with water or a solvent (eg, alcohols, ketones, alkanes, esters, etc.) as necessary. If the natural product contains a large amount of fibrous material, 10,000 to 90000c
P, if the natural product is low in fibrin, 1000 to 9
(Adjusted to a concentration of 0000 cP) and set the internal temperature of the pulverizer to 1
-30 ° C, more preferably about 3-25 ° C (about room temperature water cooling to chiller water cooling). If the viscosity to viscoelasticity is too low, the cell wall (fibrous material) and the cytoplasm separate, and coarse particles tend to be formed. If the viscosity is too high, overloading occurs, the crushing effect deteriorates, and the temperature and pressure tend to rise. . Also,
If the temperature is too high, the substance is degraded, bubbles are generated, and the material spins and the pulverization efficiency is easily reduced. If the temperature is too low, the substance is frozen and becomes difficult to pulverize.

The stepwise pulverization so that the particle size becomes smaller sequentially means that the maximum particle diameter is reduced to 1/3 to 1 /
60, even 1/5 to 1/50, especially 1/7 to 1
/ 40, in particular, crushing sequentially to 1/8 to 1/20. In order to grind in stages like this,
The large particles can be gradually reduced into small particles, can be uniformly pulverized without separating the cell wall and the cytoplasm, and can be finally formed into an ultrafine pulverized product. As a result, there is no feeling of particles containing all of the material to be ground (raw material) without filtering off the waste,
An ultrafine pulverized natural product having a maximum particle diameter of 30 μm or less, more preferably 10 μm or less, particularly 7 μm or less, and particularly close to a liquid having a quality, discoloration, and taste that is close to liquid having a size of 5 μm or less can be obtained. Furthermore, the obtained ultrafine-pulverized natural product is dried and pulverized as necessary, so that the maximum particle size capable of containing all of the raw materials is 1 to 30 μm, further 1 to 10 μm, and especially 1 to 7 μm.
μm, especially 1-5 μm powdered beverages (including powdered juices), foods, food additives, seasonings, alcohol, flavors, bath salts, crude drugs, cosmetics, food ingredients, functional materials, etc. .

In the conventional pulverization method, 5000 to 2500
In order to make large particles of 0 μm into ultra-fine pulverized material at once, for example, when crushing with a 0.5 mmφ ball required to obtain a maximum particle diameter of 10 μm or less, 1.0 mmφ is obtained.
It becomes coarser particles than those crushed by the ball, the cell wall and the cytoplasm are separated, and the large particles are caught in the crusher, the desired crushed product is not obtained, but according to the production method of the present invention,
It is possible to produce a micronized natural product containing all of the raw material natural products.

Next, the pulverizer of the present invention will be described.

The pulverizer of the present invention is capable of producing natural products having a maximum particle diameter of 500 μm or more and 25,000 μm or less at a wet type and ordinary temperature.
A function that can be finely pulverized to a particle diameter of not more than 500 μm and a particle diameter of more than 30 μm and a particle diameter of more than 30 μm.
Natural products finely pulverized to 0 μm or less are further reduced to a maximum particle size of 1.
A pulverizer in which separate pulverizers each having a function capable of ultrafine pulverization of up to 30 μm are connected, or the pulverization function and the ultrafine pulverization function are integrated in one pulverizer.

The natural product having a maximum particle diameter of 500 μm or more and 25,000 μm or less at the above-mentioned wet / normal temperature is replaced with a maximum particle diameter of 30 μm.
The function capable of finely pulverizing m to 500 μm or less preferably has a function capable of finely pulverizing in one step, but has a function capable of finely pulverizing in two or three steps. It may be. Maximum particle diameter 500μ
m as a natural product having a maximum particle size of 25,000 μm or less, for example, 1 to 2 individuals of the supplied form itself
When a material having a size of 5000 μm is used, it may be finely pulverized in one stage, but is preferably finely pulverized in two or three stages.
On the other hand, as a natural product having a maximum particle size exceeding 500 μm and not more than 25,000 μm, the maximum particle size is small, for example, 500 μm.
m and 1000 μm or less,
It can be sufficiently pulverized in stages.

Pulverization in one stage using a pulverizer having the above function means that the maximum particle diameter of the pulverized particles becomes fine particles in one pulverization.
Pulverization at the stage means that the maximum particle diameter of the pulverized particles is the maximum particle diameter that is one (fine) pulverization, and the maximum particle diameter is further reduced after the second pulverization. Means fine particles.

Also, the maximum particle size of 30 μm at the above-mentioned wet type and ordinary temperature is used.
Although the function of being able to further micro-pulverize the natural product finely pulverized to 500 μm or less with a maximum particle diameter of 1 to 30 μm is also possible, it may have the function of being capable of ultra-micro pulverization in one stage. It may have a function capable of ultra-fine pulverization in two or more stages. When a finely pulverized product having a large maximum particle diameter, for example, 100 to 500 μm is used, it may be subjected to ultra-fine pulverization in one stage. An ultra finely pulverized product can be obtained. On the other hand, when fine particles having a small maximum particle size of, for example, more than 30 μm and not more than 80 μm are used as the finely pulverized product, it can be sufficiently finely pulverized in one stage, but may be ultrafinely pulverized in two stages.

A natural product having a maximum particle diameter of 500 μm or more and 25,000 μm or less at the wet / normal temperature is replaced with a maximum particle diameter of 30 μm.
As a pulverizer having a function capable of finely pulverizing m to 500 μm or less,
The following are fine grinding machines (grinding mills) having a grinding function capable of uniformly grinding, for example, a pin mill, a dyno mill (for fine grinding), a millstone mill, a line mixer mill (Simmer Enterprise Co., Ltd.) Products). Among them, a pin mill, a dyno mill (for fine pulverization), particularly a pin mill having a pin diameter of 10 mmφ or less, a ball diameter of 1 to 10 mmφ, and further 1 to 5 mm
A dyno mill (wet ball mill) set to φ is preferred because it is tough, has little fluctuation in the maximum particle size of the finely pulverized product, and has a high fibrous content.

The ultra-fine pulverizer having a function of further ultra-pulverizing the above-mentioned wet-type and natural-pulverized natural product to a maximum particle diameter of 1 to 30 μm includes, for example, a maximum particle diameter of 30 μm or less, and Is a completely sealed horizontal microbead mill (for ultrafine grinding) (for example, Dynomill (for ultrafine grinding) etc.) capable of uniformly pulverizing 10 μm or less, particularly 7 μm or less, particularly 5 μm or less and 1 μm or more. Ultra-fine pulverizer with a representative grinding function,
That is, a wet pulverizer having a wet ball mill function and a mortar type grinding function can be used. Among these, an ultra-fine pulverizer having a grinding function such as the above-mentioned Dynomill (for ultra-fine pulverization), in particular, a ball diameter of less than 1 mmφ, for example, 0.5 mmφ, 0.3 mmφ, etc. Dynomill, which is ultra-finely pulverized, is capable of continuously producing uniform ultra-finely pulverized particles having a maximum particle diameter of 1 to 30 μm, more preferably 1 to 10 μm, particularly 1 to 7 μm, particularly 1 to 5 μm, at wet temperature and normal temperature. It is preferable because it can be obtained in a desired manner.

In the case of pulverization (A), fine pulverization (B), and ultra-fine pulverization (C), pulverization (A) is necessary for large particles such as carrots and potatoes, but the maximum particle size is required. Diameter 25
In the case of 2,000 μm or less (rice, wheat, miso moromi, soy sauce moromi, etc. processed to a maximum particle diameter of 25,000 μm or less), pulverization (A) is unnecessary. Further, the ultrafine pulverization (C) may be performed in two stages depending on the intended maximum particle diameter and the like. When grinding (A) is unnecessary, fine grinding and ultrafine grinding are performed by using a ball diameter of 5 mmφ, 2 mmφ, 1 mm
Select from φ, 0.5mmφ, 0.3mmφ, etc. 2-4
By pulverizing at a stage, ultrafine pulverization can be performed continuously at a wet type and at normal temperature.

As a pulverizing apparatus in which the above-mentioned fine pulverizing function and ultra-fine pulverizing function are integrated in one pulverizing apparatus, for example, the diameter of a ball of a ball mill is changed from 10 mmφ to 0.1 mmφ.
There is a crusher in which crushers that have been changed step by step are connected in series and integrated.

A natural product obtained by pulverizing a natural product having a maximum particle diameter of 500 μm or more and having a particle size of 25,000 μm or less, obtained by pulverizing the product with a dry mixer mill, a rotoplex, a super mill, etc., and then ultra-fine pulverizing. The ultrafinely pulverized particle liquid of the product may be directly stocked in a stock tank to produce a product, or may be dried and pulverized to produce a product.

When the ultrafinely crushed particle liquid is dried and pulverized into a product, for example, by using an apparatus having the same function as a pulverizer such as a dry mixer mill used for pulverizing raw material natural products, Pulverization, fine pulverization and ultra-fine pulverization are performed to obtain an ultra-fine pulverized particle liquid, which can be stocked in a stock tank, and then dried and pulverized to obtain a dry pulverized product. be able to.

In the case where the ultrafinely pulverized particle liquid is made into a dry powder product, for example, the ultrafinely pulverized particle liquid stocked in a stock tank is sprayed from a washing nozzle attached to the top of a dry mixer mill used as a pulverizer. After the inside of the dry mixer mill has been washed, the cleaning liquid is completely pulverized through the pulverizing and ultra-pulverizing steps, and the line from the dry mixer mill to the pulverizing step is stopped. After the mixer mill is depressurized and heated so that it can be used for spray drying, the product can be dried and pulverized by continuously jetting and supplying ultrafine pulverized particle liquid from a stock tank. Therefore, it is not necessary to separately provide a dry powdering device, and the productivity of the device can be improved.

The material to be pulverized (which may be all the natural materials of the raw material) with a dry mixer mill, a power mill, or a rotoplex is pulverized to a maximum particle diameter of 25,000 μm or less (a screen pass of 3 mmφ) and the ball diameter of the dyno mill is reduced to 2 mm. Pulverization and ultra-fine pulverization with a pulverizer with three or more stages to obtain a high concentration and a maximum particle diameter of 1 to 30 μm,
-10 μm, especially 1-7 μm, especially 1-5 μm
A product which did not exist before can be obtained. For example, burdock, ginseng, and other natural products with a large amount of fibrous material are made into liquid foods, juices that are obtained by removing only the skin from mandarin orange, juice, bath salts, chemicals,
It is possible to produce soy sauce containing fibrous material containing a paste-like material obtained by micronizing soy sauce moromi (no soy sauce scum which is difficult to dispose is generated and no savory taste is produced). In addition, crude drugs and herbal teas are not extracted, and all of the raw materials can be used as crude drugs and beverages.
The extraction efficiency is extremely high because of the use of ultra-fine pulverized material.
The active ingredient can be extracted at low temperature and high concentration.

Next, the production method of the present invention and the pulverizing apparatus used therefor will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a view for explaining an example of a method for producing a superfinely pulverized natural product by gradually pulverizing a natural product in a wet process at room temperature so as to become smaller gradually, and an example of a pulverizing apparatus used for the method. FIG.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a dry mixer mill for pulverizing natural products to a particle size of not more than 25,000 μm with a maximum particle diameter of 500 μm or less. 2 is the maximum particle size 5
A dyno mill for finely pulverizing a natural product having a maximum particle diameter of more than 00 μm and 25,000 μm or less to a maximum particle diameter of 30 μm or less and 500 μm or less;
Natural products finely pulverized to 00 μm or less have a maximum particle size of 1 to 3.
Dyno-mill for ultra-fine grinding to ultra-fine to 0 μm, 4
Is a stock tank for storing the ultrafinely pulverized particle liquid.

From the input port 5 of the dry mixer mill 1, natural materials (raw materials such as bones, branches, trunks, seeds, hides, fibrous materials, hard-to-pulverize natural materials and processed wastes) as raw materials are left as they are. It is thrown. These are pulverized to a maximum particle diameter of 2.5 mmφ (25000 μm) or less by a stirring and crushing blade 6 and a fixed blade / baffle 7 attached to the dry mixer mill 1.

Instead of the dry mixer mill 1, a super mill or a rotoplex may be used.

The stirring and crushing blade 6 is designed so that the lower bearing can be depressurized and pressurized. At the time of depressurization, liquid or gas is injected into the oil seal to prevent trouble such as wear of the oil seal. On the other hand, at the time of pressurization, when the liquid is forcibly drained, the oil seal portion is washed while injecting water from the head tank of the water into the injection port with a minute amount quantitative pump.

The stirring and crushing blade 6 has a blade blade processed so as to scrape the raw material deposited on the bottom surface, and the outer rising portion 6a of the stirring and crushing blade 6 has a clearance of 3 with the fixed blade / baffle 7. ~ 5mm
It has a cutting effect and a wall adhesion preventing effect.
The fixed blade / baffle 7 has a contact angle θ of 55 to 6 with respect to the wall surface.
5 °, preferably 60 °, and the rising from the wall surface at the tip of the fixed blade / baffle 7 is 50 mm or less, and further 30 °
It is preferable that the diameter is about mm because the adhesion is small and the baffle effect and the cutting effect are improved. The cutting edge of the fixed blade is preferably a carbide blade, and is preferably mounted so as to protrude about 5 mm from the baffle. The middle rising part 6b of the stirring coarse crushing blade 6 stirs while crushing the natural product and the coarsely crushed material.

The maximum particle diameter is 2.5 mmφ (25000 μm).
m) The natural product pulverized below is then taken out of the outlet 8 and supplied to the pulverizing dyno mill 2 by the slurry pump 9. Usually, the temperature at this time is 1 to 30
C., viscosity is about 1000-10000 cP. The natural product having a maximum particle diameter of more than 500 μm and not more than 25000 μm supplied to the fine pulverizing dynomill 2 is stirred between the ball and the ball and the outer cylinder while stirring the ball with a rotating blade provided in the mill. The pulverized particles are pulverized to have a maximum particle diameter of 30 μm and 500 μm or less.

The size of the balls contained in the fine pulverizing dynomill 2 is 1 to 10 mmφ, preferably 1 to 5 mmφ, and a pin mill may be used instead of the fine pulverizing dynomill 2. The pin installed in the pin mill acts the same as the ball in the dyno mill.

The natural product pulverized to have a maximum particle diameter of 30 μm or more and 500 μm or less is thereafter supplied to the ultrafine pulverizing dyno mill 3.

The size of the dyno mill ball included in the ultrafine pulverizing dyno mill 3 is 0.1 mmφ or more and less than 1 mmφ, preferably 0.2 to 0.5 mmφ, for example, 0.5 mmφ.
One or two ultrafine pulverizing dynomills are used so that the diameters become mmφ, 0.3 mmφ, 0.2 mmφ, and 0.1 mmφ. The ultrafine pulverizing dynomill may be one in which separate pulverizers are connected, and the size of the ball is, for example, 0.5 mmφ, 0.3 mmφ, 0.2 mmφ, 0.1 m
One or two types may be selected from mφ and integrated in one pulverizer. When two types of balls are integrated in one grinding device, a slit (ball stopper) is provided between balls of different sizes. 500 μm exceeding the maximum particle diameter of 30 μm supplied to Dynomill 3 for ultrafine grinding
m is pulverized to a maximum particle size of 1 to 30 μm, more preferably 1 to 10 μm, and especially 1 to 5 μm, by the same mechanism as a pulverizer. When the size of the ball is, for example, 0.5 mmφ, it can be usually finely pulverized to 10 μm or less.

The other operating conditions of the dynomill 2 for fine pulverization and the dynomill 3 for ultrafine pulverization include a bead filling rate of 75 to 90%, further 80 to 85%, and a pulverizing chamber temperature of 1%.
-30 ° C, further 3-25 ° C, viscosity 1000-900
00 cP, more preferably 10,000 to 50,000 cP, and a peripheral speed of 8 to 15 m / sec, more preferably 10 to 12 m / sec.

The ultrafinely ground natural product is then supplied to a stock tank and stored. When the ultrafine ground natural product stored in the stock tank is converted into a product as it is, for example, the product pump 1 is removed by the gear pump 11.
Take out from 2. On the other hand, when the product is formed after spray drying, the product is supplied to the spray nozzle 13 attached to the dry mixer mill 1 by, for example, the gear pump 11, and is formed after spray drying.

Before the spray drying, dry mixer mill 1
For cleaning the inside, it is preferable to attach a sprinkler type nozzle and clean the entire side surface with high pressure. Washing is over, when switching to the vacuum spray drier, the diameter d ₂ of the injection nozzle diameter, for example with respect to the diameter d ₁ of the pipe to be pumped is at 1.5-10 times the pipe length relative to the diameter d ₂ By attaching a mist collector pipe having 1 to 2 to 10 times, it is possible to almost prevent the mist from flashing into the vacuum line.

At the time of the spray drying, a vacuum pump 15
1 to 40 Torr (133.3 to 5332 Pa)
Drying at an internal temperature of about 20 to 80 ° C. is preferred from the viewpoint of preventing oxidation of natural products and thermal degradation. Powder 8
What is necessary is just to take out from the powder outlet provided separately.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 10 denotes an inverter motor, and M denotes a motor.

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Next, the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to examples, but the present invention is not limited to these examples.

The maximum particle size of the finely pulverized particles and the ultra-finely pulverized particles in Examples and Comparative Examples was determined by the following method.

(Maximum Particle Diameter of Finely Pulverized Particles and Ultrafinely Pulverized Particles) Using an Olympus BH type microscope and a Sony Video Printer CVP-G500, the entire surface of the image magnified 5000 times was observed, and the maximum particle diameter was measured. When the largest particles were rectangular, the longest dimension was regarded as the largest particle diameter.

Example 1 A crusher as shown in FIG. 1 was used.

As the dry mixer mill 1, a dry mixer mill having an effective finishing capacity of 1000 liters manufactured by Sanso Micron Co., Ltd. (diameter: 1 m, height: 3 m, sealable stainless steel tank, 0.5 m outer rising portion ( A 1 m diameter stirring and crushing blade 6 having two scraper / cutter blades 6a and two middle rising portions (cutter blades) 6b between the shaft and the outer rising portion 6a is attached to the shaft so as to contact the bottom surface. A fixed blade / baffle 71 is provided at a position close to the rising portion 6a).

200 kg of washed ginseng was put into the dry mixer mill 1, drinking water of the same weight was added, and the mixture was crushed for 5 minutes using the stirring crushing blade 6 and the fixed blade / baffle 7 to obtain a 2.5 mmφ pass ( 25000 μm). The pulverization was performed under the condition that the number of revolutions was increased stepwise from 50 rpm to 300 rpm in 5 minutes.

The obtained pulverized product is supplied to a fine pulverizing dynomill 2 by a slurry pump 9 to obtain a maximum particle diameter of 50 μm, and then pulverized by a connected ultrafine pulverizing dynomill 3 to obtain a uniform particle having a maximum particle diameter of 3 μm. A very finely pulverized particle liquid was obtained.

The fine pulverizing dyno mill 2 is composed of a crushing cylinder (chamber) of a dyno mill KDL-P and 85 mm balls having a diameter of 1 mm.
%, Peripheral speed 9m / sec, grinding room temperature 20 ±
Under the conditions of 5 ° C., an outlet viscosity of 10,000 cP, and a residence time of 6 minutes, the Dynomill 3 for ultrafine pulverization is a Dynomill KD
A ball of 0.5 mmφ is placed in a crushing cylinder (chamber) of LP by 85.
%, Peripheral speed 10m / sec, grinding room temperature 20 ± 5 ℃,
The operation was performed under the conditions of an outlet viscosity of 40000 cP and a residence time of 6 minutes.

The obtained ultrafinely pulverized particle liquid is stocked in the stock tank 4 and is subjected to high pressure (5 kg) by the gear pump 11.
/ Cm ² (49.0 × 10 ⁴ Pa))
3 and then supplied to the dry mixer mill 1 from the spray nozzle 13 to wash the inside of the dry mixer mill 1, and the entire amount of the cleaning liquid is passed through the dyno mill 2 for fine pulverization and then to the dyno mill 3 for ultrafine pulverization to the stock tank 4. I did stock.

After that, the pressure of the dry mixer mill 1 was reduced (40 Torr (5332 Pa)), and the jacket temperature was 5
By keeping the temperature at 0 ± 5 ° C. and spraying the liquid stocked in the stock tank 4 from the spray nozzle 13, a powdered ultrafine pulverized product was continuously obtained.

The obtained ultrafine pulverized product self-agglomerated and was obtained as a sphere having a particle diameter of about 500 to 5000 μm. When the obtained spherical substance was redispersed in water using an ultrasonic dispersion bath, ultrafine particles having a maximum particle diameter of 6 μm were obtained.

COMPARATIVE EXAMPLE 1 Under the same conditions as in Example 1, ginseng crushed by a dry mixer mill 1 was suddenly cut into a 0.5 mmφ ultrafine crushed dyno mill 3.
After the start, operation could be performed for about 2 minutes after starting, and a pulverized product having a particle size distribution of 1 to 150 μm could be obtained. Clogged, and the discharge of liquid stopped.

Examples 2 to 19 and Comparative Examples 2 to 19 The materials to be ground (soy sauce moromi, miso moromi,
The potato shochu scum was fed using a gear pump and had a maximum particle size of 25000 μm or less), and was pulverized by a pulverizer, a fine pulverizer, or an ultrafine pulverizer described in Tables 1 to 4. The operating conditions were as follows: cooling with chiller water so that the internal temperature was around 20 ° C., and the outlet viscosity was about 10000 cP with fine grinding,
The water content is adjusted to about 40,000 cP by ultra-fine grinding,
Other conditions (the number of rotations, the ball filling rate, the residence time, etc.) were the same as those in Example 1. The results are summarized in Tables 1 to 4.

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Tables 5 to 7 show the results of comparison between the ultrafine pulverized products obtained in Examples 1 to 19 and known products. Tables 5-7
In the description, all the objects to be ground are abbreviated as all substances.

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According to the present invention, the natural material as a raw material is gradually pulverized, so that components having different pulverizabilities, for example, the easily crushable cytoplasm and the hardly crushable cell wall are finally separated. It can be pulverized to a maximum particle size of 1 to 30 μm, and can produce low-cost foods, functional materials, and the like having completely new functions, effects, tastes, and performances. In addition, processed waste and defective products can be made high value-added products, and foods, food raw materials, and functional materials that hardly generate industrial waste can be manufactured.

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FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a production method of the present invention and a pulverizer used for the production method.

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 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Dry mixer mill 2 Dyno mill for fine pulverization 3 Dyno mill for ultrafine pulverization 4 Stock tank 5 Input port 6 Stirring and crushing blade 6a External rising part of stirring and crushing blade 6 6b Middle rising part of stirring and crushing blade 6 7 Fixed blade Baffle 8 outlet 9 slurry pump 10 inverter motor 11 gear pump 12 product outlet 13 spray nozzle 14 vacuum pump M motor

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[Claims] 1. A method for producing an ultra-finely pulverized natural product, wherein the natural product is pulverized stepwise so as to be gradually reduced at a wet temperature at ordinary temperature. 2. The stepwise pulverization to gradually reduce the size of the natural product having a maximum particle diameter of 500 μm or more and 25,000 μm or less, finely pulverizing the maximum particle diameter of 30 μm or more to 500 μm or less, and finely pulverized natural product Furthermore, the maximum particle size is 1
2. The process according to claim 1, wherein the product is ultrafinely ground to 30 [mu] m. 3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the fine pulverization is performed by a fine pulverizer having a grinding function, and the ultra-fine pulverization is performed by an ultra-fine pulverizer having a grinding function.
The manufacturing method described. 4. The fine pulverization is a fine pulverization by a completely closed horizontal microbead mill (for fine pulverization), and the ultrafine pulverization is a superfine pulverization by a completely closed horizontal microbead mill (for ultrafine pulverization). The operation conditions of a completely sealed horizontal microbead mill (for both fine grinding and ultrafine grinding) are a peripheral speed of 8 to 15 m / sec and a bead filling rate of 75 to 90.
%, Viscosity 1000 to 90000 cP, pulverization room temperature 1
The process according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the temperature is 30 ° C and the continuous residence time is 1 to 15 minutes. 5. The system is degassed under reduced pressure before pulverizing natural products,
The method according to claim 1, 2, 3 or 4, wherein pulverization is performed after sealing an inert gas. 6. The natural product is a fermented or cultured product of cereals, vegetables, fruits, seaweeds, fish and shellfish, terrestrial animal meat, herbs, processed products thereof, processed waste, forest products, and agricultural products. The production method according to 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5. 7. The maximum particle size of the ultrafine ground natural product is 1
The method according to claim 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6, wherein the thickness is from 10 to 10 µm. 8. An ultrafine pulverized material obtained by micronizing a natural product to a maximum particle diameter of 1 to 30 μm by the production method according to claim 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6. Natural products. 9. A micronized natural product obtained by micronizing a natural product to a maximum particle size of 1 to 10 μm according to the process of claim 7. 10. The micronized natural product is a beverage (including juice), a food, a food additive, a seasoning, a liquor, a flavor, a bath salt, a crude drug or a cosmetic.
Natural product as described. 11. A natural product having a maximum particle diameter of 500 μm or more and a maximum particle diameter of 25000 μm or less at a wet / normal temperature, and a maximum particle diameter of 30 μm.
m and the ability to be finely ground to 500 μm or less and the finely ground natural product further has a maximum particle diameter of 1 to 30 μm.
A pulverizer characterized in that separate pulverizers each having a function of being capable of ultrafine pulverization to μm are connected or the fine pulverization function and the ultrafine pulverization function are integrated in one pulverizer. 12. A continuous horizontal pulverizer capable of finely pulverizing a natural product pulverized to a maximum of 25,000 μm or less at a maximum particle diameter of 500 μm or more at a wet / normal temperature and a maximum particle diameter of 30 μm to 500 μm or less. A fine crusher with a grinding function typified by a roller mill or a completely closed horizontal microbead mill (for fine crushing). It is also capable of ultra-fine crushing of finely crushed natural products to a maximum particle diameter of 1 to 30 μm. The pulverizer according to claim 11, wherein the pulverizer having the function of performing the pulverization is an ultrafine pulverizer having a grinding function represented by a completely sealed horizontal microbead mill (for ultrafine pulverization). 13. A crushing apparatus in which the fine crushing function and the ultra-fine crushing function are integrated in one apparatus is a completely sealed / horizontal type microbead mill (for both fine crushing and ultra-fine crushing). The ball diameter of a fully sealed horizontal microbead mill (for both fine and ultrafine grinding) is 5
The crushing device according to claim 11 or 12, wherein the crushing device is a crushing device in which crushers that are changed stepwise from mmφ to 0.1 mmφ are connected in series and integrated. 14. The peripheral speed of the completely sealed horizontal microbead mill (for both fine grinding and ultrafine grinding) is 8 to 10.
15m / sec, bead filling rate 75-90%, viscosity 10
The crushing apparatus according to claim 13, which can be used under the conditions of 00 to 90000 cP, a crushing chamber temperature of 1 to 30C, and a continuous residence time of 1 to 15 minutes. 15. The pulverizing apparatus according to claim 11, 12, 13 or 14, wherein the system can be degassed under reduced pressure before pulverizing a natural product, and can be pulverized by filling an inert gas.