JP2003000218A - Method for producing multilayered food stuff and apparatus for producing multilayered food stuff - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for readily producing a multilayered food stuff composed of plural food materials, particularly a food stuff having many layers, and an apparatus for producing the food stuff by building a simple device in a conventional facility without requiring a large-scale production apparatus. SOLUTION: The method for producing the multilayered food stuff comprises forming a first multilayered flow in which plural food materials having fluidity are laminated and made to flow, adjusting thickness and width of the first multilayered flow and further dividing the first multilayered flow in width direction to provide plural branched flows 14 and 16 and adjusting thickness and width of each branched flow and forming a second multilayered flow by laminating the branched flows to the branched flow, in food production steps in which plural food materials having fluidity are laminated and formed in multiplayer-like state.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for producing a multi-layer food product having a plurality of layers.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, it has been desired to produce foods having a completely new appearance, texture, taste, etc. by stacking multiple layers of foods, for example, several kinds of food materials having different properties in multiple layers. Has been. It is known that a food material having fluidity is pressurized from a hopper and sent to a molding unit to be molded into a predetermined shape with a mouthpiece. It is also known to produce a multi-layered food product by successively and sequentially supplying food materials formed into a predetermined shape by a die to a belt conveyor.

[0003]

The conventional food material forming apparatus and the multi-layer food manufacturing apparatus require a food material supply apparatus for the number of layers to be manufactured, which requires facility cost. Further, since a large amount of space is required to install a plurality of food material supply devices, the installation position is also limited. Furthermore, since it is not easy to freely change the number of layers to be formed, it has been practically difficult to produce as the number of layers of the multilayer food product to be produced increases. Therefore, without requiring a large-scale manufacturing device, a method for manufacturing a multi-layered food made of a plurality of food materials easily by incorporating a simple device into conventional equipment, particularly a food having a large number of constituent layers,
And manufacturing equipment was required.

[0004]

The present invention employs the following means in order to solve the problems. That is, the first aspect of the present invention
In a food manufacturing process in which a plurality of fluid food materials having a fluidity are laminated to form a multilayer, a first multilayer flow in which a plurality of food materials are laminated to flow is formed, and the thickness of the first multilayer flow is And the width are adjusted, and the first multilayer flow is further divided in the width direction into a plurality of branched flows, the thickness and width of each branched flow are adjusted, and the branched flows are stacked to form a second multilayer flow. It is a multi-layer food manufacturing method.

A second aspect of the present invention is to form a first multilayer flow in which a plurality of food materials are laminated and flow in a food manufacturing process in which a plurality of food materials having fluidity are laminated to form a multilayer. And adjusting the thickness and width of the first multilayer flow,
Further, the first multilayer flow is divided in the width direction into a plurality of branched flows, the branched flows are stacked to form a second multilayer flow, and the thickness and width of the second multilayer flow are adjusted. is there.

A third aspect of the present invention is a mechanism for laminating a plurality of fluid food materials to form a flowing first multilayer flow and adjusting the thickness and width of the first multilayer flow. A mechanism for dividing the first multi-layer flow in the width direction into a plurality of branch flows, a mechanism for adjusting the thickness of each of the plurality of branch flows, and a mechanism for adjusting the width of each of the plurality of branch flows, It is a multi-layer food manufacturing device provided with a mechanism for stacking each branch flow to form a second multi-layer flow.

[0007] In the present invention, the plurality of food materials may be any as long as they have fluidity and produce an interface between the food materials when the food materials are laminated and fluidized. It may be a food material or a different food material. Further, in the present invention, it is assumed that the lamination is performed so as to form a layer in the horizontal direction. Further, the direction along the layer of the cross section of the multilayer flow will be described as the width direction, and the direction orthogonal to the layer of the cross section will be described as the thickness direction.

[0008]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The present invention will be described more specifically below. That is, the first aspect of the present invention is: (1) a step of forming a first multilayer flow in which a plurality of food materials are laminated and flow,
(2) adjusting the thickness and width of the first multilayer flow, (3)
A step of dividing the first multilayer flow in the width direction by dividing partition walls, (4) a step of adjusting the thickness and width of each of the plurality of divided branch flows, and (5) stacking the plurality of branch flows in the vertical direction. And recombining to form a second multilayer flow.

The second aspect of the present invention is that the above (1)-
Subsequent to the step (3), (4 ') a step of vertically stacking a plurality of divided branch flows and recombining them to form a second multilayer flow, (5') a thickness of the second multilayer flow And a width are adjusted. Further, the present invention is a manufacturing apparatus which enables the above manufacturing method.

The process sequence of the first aspect of the present invention will be described below as an example. The food material having fluidity is made to flow in a pipe or a gutter-shaped flow path by using a means such as pressurization and passes through each process. In the steps (2) and (4), the thickness and width of each multi-layer flow can be adjusted as needed. The adjustment method can be performed by adjusting the shape of the flow path. For example, if it is necessary to make the first multilayer flow and the second multilayer flow have the same thickness and width,
In the step (3), the first multi-layer flow is equally divided into a branched flow,
In the step (4), the thickness of each branch flow is adjusted to a value divided by the number of branch flows, and the width of each branch flow is adjusted to be the same as the width of the first multilayer flow. A plurality of branch flows may be recombined into a second multilayer flow. Further, the cross-sectional shape of the multi-layer flow can be freely changed by adjusting the shape of the flow path.

Further, each branch flow divided in the step (3) flows through an independent flow path until the branch flows are recombined, and the number and angle of bends of each flow path, Due to the influence of the cross-sectional area of each part of the flow path, the aspect ratio of the cross-section, the distance of each flow path, the wall area, etc., there may be a difference in the flow velocity and flow rate of each branch flow. Therefore, it is desirable that the flow path of the branched flow is designed and configured so that there is no difference in flow velocity and flow rate between the branched flows. The multilayer flow of the food material obtained according to the present invention is appropriately divided, and processed as necessary,
Cooked to the final product.

By repeating the steps (1) to (5) any number of times, the number of layers of the multi-layer food product of the present invention can be arbitrarily increased. It is also possible to easily obtain the food.

The multi-layer food production method and production apparatus of the present invention can be arbitrarily applied as long as it is a food material having fluidity in the production process. Examples of multilayer foods that can be produced by the present invention include, for example, cake, chocolate, candy, soft candy, gummy, ice cream, popsicle, soft cream, yogurt, cheese, butter, margarine, jam, mayonnaise, ketchup, cookie, biscuit. , Crackers, dumplings, yokan, konjac, kamaboko, sausage, wiener, pie dough, bread dough, buckwheat, udon, somen, chilled wheat, ramen, spaghetti, macaroni, etc. Furthermore, it is also possible to manufacture foods of a completely new concept by combining different food materials such as chocolate and ice cream, dumplings and yokan, cheese and kamaboko, buckwheat and udon and ramen.

[0014]

According to the present invention, a multi-layered food consisting of a plurality of food materials, particularly a food having a large number of constituent layers, can be easily manufactured by incorporating a simple device into conventional equipment without requiring a large-scale manufacturing device. It has become possible to obtain a method and a manufacturing apparatus.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing a process of dividing a multi-layer flow into two and leading to recombination.

FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing a process of dividing a multi-layer flow into three parts and recombining them.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a process of dividing a multi-layer flow into four and leading to recombination.

[Explanation of symbols]

10, 12 separate continuous layers 14, 16, 18, 20 Branch flow 22 layer interface

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. In a food manufacturing process in which a plurality of fluid food materials are laminated to form a multilayer, a first multilayer flow in which a plurality of food materials are laminated to flow is formed, and the first multilayer is formed. Adjusting the thickness and width of the flow, and further dividing the first multilayer flow in the width direction into a plurality of branch flows, adjusting the thickness and width of each branch flow, and stacking the branch flows to form a second multilayer flow. A method for producing a multi-layer food product, which comprises: 2. In a food manufacturing process in which a plurality of food materials having fluidity are laminated to form a multilayer, a first multilayer flow in which a plurality of food materials are laminated to flow is formed, and the first multilayer is formed. The thickness and width of the flow are adjusted, the first multilayer flow is further divided in the width direction into a plurality of branched flows, and the branched flows are stacked to form a second multilayer flow. A method for producing a multilayer food product, which comprises adjusting the width. 3. A mechanism for stacking a plurality of fluid food materials to form a flowing first multilayer flow, adjusting a thickness and a width of the first multilayer flow, and a first multilayer flow. A mechanism for dividing the width direction into a plurality of branch flows, a mechanism for adjusting the thickness of each of the plurality of branch flows, a mechanism for adjusting the width of each of the plurality of branch flows, and a stack of the respective branch flows. And a mechanism for forming a second multi-layer flow.