JP2003052316A - Mini block food and method for producing the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a mini block-like food with respect to healthy food material such as vegetables, tea and fruits, scattering and melting both in hot water and cold water so as to be easily eatable, drinkable as a soup/drink and directly eatable in block as it is with feeling of sweets and causing slight breaks in the shape, and to provide a method for producing the food. SOLUTION: This food is obtained by adding saccharides, starch and/or dextrin to a crushed or squeezed food material followed by drying the resultant product.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention can disperse and dissolve healthy food materials such as vegetables, tea and fruits in hot water or cold water so that they can be easily eaten and can be used as soups and beverages. The present invention relates to a mini-block-shaped food that can be eaten directly in a block as if it is a bonito sweet, and that has little breakage in shape, and a method for producing the same.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, various foods such as beverages have been proposed in order to easily obtain healthy foods such as vegetables, teas and fruits. Among them, the product obtained by the freeze-drying method is a dried product, so it is possible to eat a lot at a time, and since it does not require heat during drying, the nutrients and flavors are retained, It is applied to various foods.

For example, freeze-dried vegetables are disclosed in JP-A-58-40082, JP-A-6-7125, JP-A-6-225744 and JP-A-8-210 as instant ingredients. Described in JP-A-9-140327 as a topping material, and JP-A-62-195243 and JP-A-6-153782 introduce various manufacturing methods as a type that eats like a snack as it is. Has been done. Further, a block obtained by atomizing vegetables and the like, mixing them with an appropriate shaping agent and drying the mixture is reported in JP-A-61-271946.

Further, a freeze-dried product of tea is disclosed in JP-A-63-176.
Various production methods for drying the extract and the like are introduced in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 59, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 3-168046, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-121770, and the like.

By the way, when it comes to products that can be easily eaten, it is necessary to assume various situations in order to widen the range of choices made by consumers. Specifically, for example, 1) disperse in hot or cold water,
It can be dissolved and used as soup / beverage, and 2) it can be eaten as it is.

[0006] Here, in the case of 1) the type of powder or granules that is dispersed and dissolved in hot water or cold water, it is far from the image that it is eaten as it is. It was difficult to eat in.

On the other hand, in the case of the type 2) which is eaten as it is in the form of snacks and the like, it is not assumed that it will be dispersed or dissolved in hot water or cold water, and in fact, it will not return in cold water and cannot be drunk.

Therefore, it is conceivable to simply reduce the size of the block so that the block can be eaten as it is and avoid the above two problems.

However, if the size is simply reduced and the structure is such that cold water can be dissolved, the surface area of each block becomes relatively large and the block strength becomes weak, so that breakage occurs at the time of filling etc. Then, there was a problem that the commercial value was lost.

On the other hand, if a known formulation such as increasing the amount of starch is used to increase the block strength, the strength will increase, but it will not disperse or dissolve in hot water or cold water, especially cold water. Therefore, there has been a demand for a method of achieving both solubility.

[0011]

Therefore, according to the present invention, healthy food materials such as vegetables, tea and fruits are dispersed and dissolved in hot water or cold water so that they can be easily eaten, and soups can be prepared. It is an object of the present invention to provide a mini-block-shaped food that can be drunk as a beverage, can be directly eaten as a block with a feeling of sweets, and have a small shape breakage, and a method for producing the same.

[0012]

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, the inventors of the present invention have made diligent studies. The solid equivalent of tea extract is 2 to 60% in both or either, sugar or dextrin is 5 to 90% in either or both, and starch is 5 to 40%, but the balance of each component is is important.

2) In the case of vegetables, the composition ratio in the solid content is 2 to 60% in both or either of the solid equivalent of the vegetable fine particle product and the solid equivalent of the vegetable extract, saccharides and dextrins. 5-80% of either or both, 4 of starch
Although it is 0% or less, the balance of each component is important as in the case of 1) above.

In the case of solid food materials such as tea, vegetables and fruits, for example, after crushing and squeezing, filling in a tray and drying, a mini block food is obtained. When it is a finely divided food material, it is dissolved in water or, as it is, filled in a tray and then dried. When it is a liquid food, the liquid food is filled in a tray and dried.

The size of the mini block is 2 × 2 × 2 cm
4 × 4 × 4 cm, preferably 3 × 3 × 3 cm or less,
The volume of the mini block is 8 cm³~ 64 cm³, Preferably
Is 27 cm ³The following is good, and as the shape of the mini block
Is in this range, whether it is a cube or a cube.
For example, it can be appropriately selected and used. Also, as the water content
Is preferably 2 to 3%.

Under the above conditions, the target food can be produced by drying the pre-drying solution with the soluble solid content of 5 to 50%.

The present invention will be described in detail below.

As the block shaping agent, saccharides, dextrin, starch and the like are often used. The amount of starch, dextrin, and saccharides used in the present invention is a tea leaf fine particle product,
It is greatly affected by the solid content of the vegetable fine particle product or the extract, but if the solid content is too small, it easily breaks during distribution, and if it is too large, it does not break during distribution, but it is dispersed and dissolved in cold water. Disappear.

In short, in the present invention, the mixing ratio of the solid content of starch, dextrin, saccharides and tea leaf fine particles, vegetable fine particles or extract is important.

Each of the constituents functions to improve shape retention and block strength in forming a block. In particular, dextrin enhances the shape retention of the block (makes a shape as a mini block). ), Starch increases the strength of the block (makes the mini-block less likely to break), and sugar increases the strength of the block to increase water solubility and dispersibility in water,
Increase solubility.

Therefore, as a result of various studies taking into consideration the characteristics of each constituent article, the formulation and manufacturing method of the present invention were achieved.

Ingredients used as raw materials include vegetables, tea, fruits and the like, as well as meat such as seafood, beef and poultry, beverages such as milk, mushrooms, seaweed and fruit juice drinks, and processed products thereof. Or they can be mixed and used.

Here, since the above-mentioned food material as a raw material is in the form of a block, the crushing treatment is performed by crushing, squeezing,
Includes extraction or micronization. When it is necessary to carry out the treatment in advance, for example, as a method for forming fine particles, a comitrole, a high speed pulverizer, a power mill, a mass colloider, a ball mill, a jet pulverization, a freeze pulverization, an enzyme treatment, etc. can be mentioned. A size of 1 mm or less is desirable. In addition, the above-mentioned food material as a raw material, which is not subjected to the above-mentioned treatment, or which is crushed, squeezed, extracted or made into fine particles, can be used alone or in combination.

As a manufacturing method, first, starch is added to water or a solution of an extract of vegetables, tea, fruits, etc. and dissolved by heating. After dissolution, the fine particles of vegetables, tea, fruits, sugars, dextrin, etc. are dissolved.

[0025] The timing of feeding the food materials as the respective raw materials is not limited to these, and the timing and order may be any time, and there is no limitation.

The present invention contains these food materials, except the water content, which is a solid content, and the soluble solid content is 5 to 50% by weight, preferably 30% by weight or less, more preferably 20% by weight or less as a raw material.

At this time, 1) In the case of tea, the composition ratio in the solid content is the solid equivalent of the tea leaf fine particle product (obtained from the first tea fine particle product of Table 1 in the examples) and the solid extract solid content. Minutes (obtained from No. 1 tea extract of Table 1 in Examples) and / or either 2 to 60%, preferably 25 to 55
%, Sugars and / or dextrins 5
-90%, preferably 10-50%, and starch, 5-40%, preferably 15-40%, but the balance of its constituents is important.

2) In the case of vegetables, the composition ratio in the solid content is
2 to 60% of both or either of the solid equivalent of the vegetable fine particle product and the solid equivalent of the vegetable extract (these solid equivalents are obtained from the Komatsuna fine particle product of Table 3 in the examples)
It is preferably 5 to 40%, and 5 to 80% of both sugars and / or dextrin, and preferably 40 to 80%.
%, Starch is 40% or less, preferably 20% or less, but the balance of its constituents is important.

As the starch shown in the present invention, various starches such as tapioca starch and corn starch, and modified starches thereof can be used alone or in combination.

The saccharides are not particularly limited as long as they are monosaccharides, disaccharides, oligosaccharides and sugar alcohols thereof, or a mixture thereof, but sorbitol may be used for suppressing sweetness. .

As the dextrin, roasted dextrin, enzymatically decomposed dextrin and the like can be used alone or in combination.

After sterilizing the dissolved liquid, the soluble solid content is adjusted to 5 to 50% by weight, and the solution is filled in a tray having a size of 3 × 3 × 3 cm or less. Freeze after filling and obtain the desired miniblock by freeze-drying. The freezing method may be either quick freezing or slow freezing.

In producing the miniblock of the present invention, in addition to the method using a freeze dryer, block molding may be performed after expansion by an extruder or drying by a sblade dry, which can be appropriately selected.

Since the present invention is less fragile than the mini-blocks manufactured as it is based on the knowledge of the block soup, it is possible to manufacture various types of end products, such as a type filled with a standing pouch. .

[0035]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Specific examples of the present invention will be shown below, but the following examples are merely examples of the present invention and do not limit the technical scope of the present invention.

[0036]

Example 1 Ichibancha (dried product) was used as a raw material for the preparation of tea miniblocks, and tapioca starch and dextrin as starch were used as excipients, and sorbitol (70% solid content product) was used as sugar. Was used according to the prescription.

Table 1

The tapioca starch used was Nippon NSC Co., sorbitol was Sorbit (trade name, manufactured by Towa Kasei Kogyo Co., Ltd.), and the dextrin was BLD (trade name, Sanmatsu Kogyo Co., Ltd.).

The dried first tea was crushed by a high speed crusher as a pretreatment. The best tea extract is 30 tea leaves before crushing.
A solution having a soluble solid content of 2.0% was obtained by extraction with double the amount of water at 90 ° C for 15 minutes.

Starch was added to water and dissolved by heating at 80 ° C., then the first tea extract and dextrin were mixed according to the prescription, and heated to 80 ° C. Place this solution in a tray of 1.8 × 2.0 × 1.0 cm, freeze immediately at -20 ℃, and vacuum 1 torr.
After freeze-drying for 20 to 24 hours, the desired dried product was obtained.

Regarding the dried product in each formulation,
In particular, the dispersion in hot and cold water, the solubility, and the fragility of the blocks were investigated.

Regarding the dispersibility and solubility in cold water, one grain was put in 60 cc of cold water at 20 ° C. and allowed to stand still, and the solubility and dispersibility were visually confirmed. In addition, if the block breaks, the standing pouch
The filling was performed by filling 30 grains, and the filling was performed by placing 30 grains in a standing pouch having a width of 12 cm and a height of 21 cm. Then, tapping was performed 20 times from a height of about 15 cm, and it was visually confirmed whether or not the shape of the grain was broken.

Generally, a block having hardness and being hard to break has low solubility in cold water, but the block of Test Example 1 is
It was found that the miniblock has good dispersibility and solubility in cold water, and has hardness and is hard to break. It was found that the block of Test Example 2 was a mini block having hardness and not easily broken. According to the formulation of this example, it is possible to obtain a mini block having a high product value.

[0044]

Example 2 Komatsuna, which is often used in health foods, was used as a raw material for preparing vegetable mini blocks. Table 2 using starch and dextrin as excipients and oligosaccharides (solid content 70%) as saccharides according to each formulation shown in Table 2

The tapioca starch is manufactured by NSC Japan, the oligosaccharide is oligotose (trade name, manufactured by Sanwa Starch Industry Co., Ltd.), and the dextrin is BLD (trade name, manufactured by Sanmatsu Industry Co., Ltd.).
It was used.

Starch, oligosaccharides and dextrin were mixed with water according to the formulation and dissolved by heating at 70 to 90 ° C. After cooling to this solution,
Add Komatsuna microparticulate liquid with solid content of 5% that had been subjected to comitrole treatment in advance, fill it in a tray of 1.8 × 2.0 × 1.0 cm volume, and quick freeze at -20 ° C, then vacuum degree 1 torr for 20-24 hours Lyophilization was performed to obtain the desired dried product.

Regarding the dried products in each formulation,
Dispersion in hot and cold water, solubility, and block fragility were investigated. Dispersibility and solubility in hot water and cold water were the same as in Example 1 above, and 10 grains were put into 100 cc of cold water at 20 ° C. and allowed to stand still, and the solubility and dispersibility were visually confirmed. The block breakage was also in accordance with the method of Example 1.

As a result, it was found that the block of Test Example 3 was a mini block having good dispersibility and solubility in cold water, hardness and hardness. Test example 4
It was found that the block was a mini block that had hardness and was not easily broken. According to the formulation of this example, it is possible to obtain a mini block having a high product value.

[0049]

As described above, if the conventional block foods that are soluble in hot water and cold water are simply mini-blocks, there is a problem in shape retention and breakage is recognized. In the present invention, the food material is used as it is or is crushed, and the sugar and starch and / or dextrin added to the food material are contained, and these are dried to obtain a miniblock food. For healthy foods such as, you can disperse and dissolve it in hot water or cold water so that you can easily eat it, you can drink it as soup / beverage, and you can eat directly as a block as a sweets,
It is possible to obtain a mini block-shaped food that is simple and has a novel texture with little breakage of the shape.

Further, the soluble solid content including food materials is 5 to 5
Since 0% by weight of food is dried to obtain a mini block food, it has hardness and is not easily broken, and it has good dispersibility and solubility in cold water, and it is possible to provide a mini block with a higher product value. Is.

   ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued front page    (72) Inventor Shinichiro Yamaguchi             Ikeda Shokuken Co., Ltd., 7-5 95 Minoooki-cho, Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture             Inside the company F-term (reference) 4B016 LG05 LK07 LK09 LP01 LP08                 4B027 FE01 FK04 FP90                 4B035 LE05 LG17 LG20 LP24 LP31

Claims (12)

[Claims] 1. A miniblock food product in which the foodstuff is miniaturized, which is obtained by crushing or squeezing the foodstuff and then drying. 2. A mini-block food product in which the food material is miniaturized, the food material comprising crushed or squeezed food material and sugar and starch and / or dextrin added thereto, which are obtained by drying them. A mini-block food that has been characterized. 3. A mini-block food product in which the food material is miniaturized, the food material comprising finely divided food material, and sugar and starch and / or dextrin added to the food material, which are obtained by drying these. Characteristic mini block food. 4. The mini-block food product according to claim 2 or 3, characterized in that a sugar content and / or a dextrin content is 5-90%, and a starch content is 5-40%. 5. A soluble solid content of 5 to 5 including the food material.
The miniblock food product according to any one of claims 1 to 4, which is obtained by drying 0% by weight of the food product. 6. The mini-block food is characterized in that it is dispersed and dissolved in either hot water or cold water, can be drunk as soup / beverage, and can be eaten directly as a block, and the shape of the mini-block food is small. The mini block food according to 1 to 5. 7. The miniblock food product according to claim 1, wherein the miniblock food product contains an extract or a finely divided product of a food material. 8. A mini-block food containing tea as a main ingredient, wherein the solid content in the mini-block food is either or both of the solid equivalent of the tea leaf fine particle product and the solid equivalent of the tea extract. 1 to 2-60%, sugar and / or dextrin 5 to 90%, starch 5 to 40%
%, A mini-block food product. 9. A mini-block food containing vegetables as a main ingredient, wherein the composition ratio of solids in the mini-block food is both the solid equivalent of the vegetable fine particle product and the solid equivalent of the vegetable extract, or 1 to 2-60%, saccharides and / or dextrin 5-80%, starch 4
A mini-block food characterized by containing 0% or less. 10. The volume of the mini block food is 8 cm ³
The mini-block food product according to claim 1, wherein the mini-block food product has a size of up to 64 cm ³ . 11. A method for producing a miniblock food product in which the foodstuff is miniaturized, wherein the foodstuff is made into fine particles, and sugar and starch and / or dextrin are added thereto and dried. Method. 12. The method for producing a miniblock food according to claim 11, wherein the soluble solid content of the food in the pre-drying treatment liquid is 5 to 50% by weight.