JP2005065505A - Reconstitution improver for instant noodle, and instant noodle - Google Patents

Reconstitution improver for instant noodle, and instant noodle Download PDF

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JP2005065505A
JP2005065505A JP2003208367A JP2003208367A JP2005065505A JP 2005065505 A JP2005065505 A JP 2005065505A JP 2003208367 A JP2003208367 A JP 2003208367A JP 2003208367 A JP2003208367 A JP 2003208367A JP 2005065505 A JP2005065505 A JP 2005065505A
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Satoshi Yoshioka
聡 吉岡
Tomonori Watanabe
智典 渡邉
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<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a reconstitution improver for instant noodles with which noodles can be reconstituted in a short time regardless of the width or thickness of noodle ribbons, the noodles maintain springiness similar to those of just boiled-up noodles and a good palate feeling on the tongue, and the noodle flavor gives no influence on soup flavor so that original flavor of the noodles is kept alive; and to provide instant noodles. <P>SOLUTION: The reconstitution improver for instant noodles comprises oil and fat pregelatinized starch, and glutathione. The instant noodles each has a groove along the longitudinal direction of each noodle ribbon. The cross section of the groove is formed into a wedge-shape cut in its center direction. The groove depth of the noodle accounts for 10-40% of the thickness of the noodle, the center angle is 30-100 degrees, and the specific gravity of the noodle is 1.35-1.65 g/cm<SP>3</SP>. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

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【0001】
【発明の属する技術分野】
本発明は、喫食時に熱湯等で復元させる即席麺の復元改善剤及び即席麺に関する。
【0002】
【従来の技術】
従来の即席麺の復元改善方法としては、麺線に対し押出成形直後の溝の深さを麺の太さの1/2〜2/3、角度を20〜50度、溝の占める面積を麺線の仮想横断面の面積に対し2〜25%に設定することが知られている(例えば、特許文献1参照。)。
また、生麺線表面に複数の溝を設けた後、蒸煮処理し、次いで、搬送用ネットコンベアーの上下左右に複数配設した噴射口によって100〜200℃、風速10〜70m/secの熱風を噴射し、麺線を膨化乾燥することによって製造されているものもある(例えば、特許文献2参照。)。
また、本願出願人は、麺線の長手方向に沿った溝を有しており、その断面が中心方向に刻まれた楔形であって、溝の深さは麺の厚みの10〜40%、中心角度は30〜100度であり、且つ、麺比重が1.35〜1.65g/cmである溝付き即席麺を提案している(例えば、特許文献3参照。)。
【0003】
一方、即席麺の組成に関しては、穀物粉100重量部に対し、グルタチオンを0.02〜1.0重量部含有させることにより、食塩を添加しなくても麺質を良好に維持し、且つ、復元性及び食感を良好にすることが知られている(例えば、特許文献4参照。)。
【0004】
【特許文献1】
特公平4−69984号公報
【特許文献2】
特開2000−295970号公報
【特許文献3】
特願2002−295734号
【特許文献4】
特許第3401398号公報
【0005】
【発明が解決しようとする課題】
しかしながら、特許文献1の溝付き押出成形麺の場合、楔形の溝が深すぎるので、熱湯を注いで復元すると、麺線内部に水が浸透しすぎて弾力のない食感(腰の抜けた食感)となり、生麺線を茹でた時のような弾力のある食感が得られない。また、生麺の状態での溝の角度を20〜50度としているので、即席麺として用いると、加熱(蒸煮)工程で溝が閉塞してしまうため、復元に時間がかかってしまう。
【0006】
また、特許文献2は、図2に示す通り表面に多数の凹凸を有しているために、スープののりのよい麺は得られるものの、通常の熱風乾燥よりも強い熱風によって乾燥するために、麺線が過膨化してしまい、得られる乾燥麺を熱湯で復元すると、麺組織が疎状態のふわふわとした腰のない食感となってしまうという問題がある。
また、実際には蒸煮処理の際に、蒸煮後のほぐれをよくする目的でレシチンなどの麺質改良液を1〜10%程度吸収付加する処理が必要であるが、このような処理を行うと、特にふわふわとした腰のない、麺組織が疎な麺の場合、喫食の際に熱湯中に麺線表面から麺質改良液が流出してスープの味を損なうという問題もある。
更には、複数の切刃を組合せて麺線の断面形状が波形に形成されているため、喫食すると麺がぼこぼこした舌ざわりで、麺にとって重要なツルミ(ツルツルとしたのどごしのよい、滑らかな食感)がなくなるという欠点もある。
【0007】
特許文献3は、生麺を茹で挙げたような弾力性及び舌ざわりの良い食感を維持しながら、短時間で復元し得るものである。しかしながら、更なる復元性の改善の余地があった。
【0008】
また、特許文献4においても、中華麺などの細麺においては短時間での復元性が得られるものの、即席うどん等の麺線幅や麺厚みのある太麺に対しては、更なる復元性の改善の余地があった。
【0009】
本発明はこのような事情に鑑みなされたものであって、その目的とするところは、麺線の幅や厚みに拘わらず短時間で復元し、生麺を茹で上げたような弾力性及び舌ざわりの良い食感が維持され、更には、麺の風味がスープの風味に影響を与えることがなく、スープ本来の風味が生かされた即席麺の復元改善剤及び即席麺を提供するにある。
【0010】
【課題を解決するための手段】
本発明は、油脂α化澱粉を含有することを特徴とする即席麺の復元改善剤によって前記目的を達成する。
【0011】
好ましくは、更にグルタチオンを含有する。
【0012】
また、本発明は、油脂α化澱粉を含有することを特徴とする即席麺によって前記目的を達成する。
【0013】
好ましくは、更にグルタチオンを含有する。また、より好ましくは、即席麺が、麺線の長手方向に沿った溝を有しており、該溝の断面が中心方向に刻まれた楔形であって、溝の深さは麺の厚みの10〜40%、中心角度は30〜100度であり、且つ、麺比重が1.35〜1.65g/cmである。
【0014】
【発明の実施の形態】
次に、本発明を詳しく説明する。
本発明の即席麺の復元改善剤は、油脂α化澱粉を含有するものである。
【0015】
まず、油脂α化澱粉とは、油脂の共存下でα化された澱粉を言う。
【0016】
上記油脂α化澱粉に用いる澱粉としては、通常α化澱粉として使用されるものであれば特に限定されるものではなく、例えば、コーンスターチ、ワキシーコーンスターチ、ハイアミロースコーンスターチ、馬鈴薯澱粉、小麦澱粉、タピオカ澱粉、緑豆澱粉、サゴ澱粉、米澱粉、エンドウ豆澱粉、およびこれらの加工澱粉、例えばエステル化処理、エーテル化処理、架橋処理、酸処理、酸化処理、湿熱処理、さらにこれらを組合せた加工等を施した食品加工澱粉等が挙げられる。このほか、使用し得るものとしては、餅種米、米、小麦、とうもろこしなどの澱粉質を主成分とする粉砕物も含み、これらを単独又は併せて使用することができる。好ましくは、餅種米粉砕物、タピオカ加工澱粉、コーンスターチ、更に好ましくはタピオカ加工澱粉は、復元性及び食感の点で好適である。
【0017】
また、油脂α化澱粉に用いる油脂は、食用に供されるものであれば特に限定されるものではなく、例えば、大豆油、ナタネ油、ハイオレイックナタネ油、パーム油、パーム核油、コーン油、ハイリノールサフラワー油、ハイオレイックサフラワー油、綿実油等の植物油や牛脂、豚脂、魚脂、乳脂等の動物脂およびこれらの混合油が挙げられる。またこれらの油脂を水素添加(硬化)、エステル交換、分別等の処理をした加工油脂やバター、マーガリン、ショートニング、油脂粉末、粉末油脂等が挙げられ、これらは単独でも2種以上混合して用いてもよい。好ましくは酸化安定性のある水素添加油脂である。また、本発明においては、水素添加しなくても酸化防止剤を用いることによってあらゆる油脂に対応できる。
【0018】
油脂α化澱粉中の油脂の含有量は、好ましくは澱粉100重量部に対して油脂1〜100重量部、更に好ましくは油脂3〜25重量部とすることが、復元性及び食感の点で好適である。
【0019】
上記油脂α化澱粉は、例えば、澱粉をα化させる際、澱粉スラリーに油脂を投入し攪拌して分散させた後、加熱してα化することにより得ることができる。得られる油脂α化澱粉は、崩壊していない澱粉粒であることが復元性の点で好適である。ここで、崩壊していないとは、糊液(すなわち、糊液とは、糊化した澱粉を含む溶液のこと)の状態で膨潤澱粉粒が残存することを言う。
【0020】
上記油脂α化澱粉の中でも、好適には、特開平2001−120195号公報に記載されているもの、すなわち、油脂分離度が50%以下および付着度が5%以下である油脂α化澱粉は復元性の点で望ましい。
上記油脂α化澱粉の具体的な製品例としては、例えば、(株)ホーネンコーポレーション製のベイクアップシリーズ等が挙げられる。
【0021】
本発明の即席麺の復元改善剤には、上記油脂α化澱粉を有効成分として含有する。有効成分とは目的とする機能が発揮される程度に油脂α化澱粉を含有することを示す。
【0022】
本発明の即席麺の復元改善剤には、上記油脂α化澱粉と共にグルタチオンを含有させることが、復元性の点で好適である。
上記グルタチオンとは、グルタミン酸、シスチン及びグリシンよりなるトリペプチドである。本発明においては、グルタチオンそのものを使用してもよいし、酵母製品等のグルタチオンを含有する原料を使用してもよい。酵母製品の形態は、特に限定するものではなく、粉末、顆粒、液体(エキス)、錠剤等各種形状のものを適宜使用すればよい。具体的な酵母製品としては、例えば、オリエンタル酵母(株)製、協和醗酵(株)製の、乾燥酵母、酵母エキス加工品等が挙げられる。
【0023】
上記油脂α化澱粉とグルタチオンの重量比は、好ましくは油脂α化澱粉1に対してグルタチオン0.0001〜0.1であることが復元性の点で好適である。
【0024】
また、本発明の即席麺の復元改善剤には、上記成分以外に、副原料として、必要に応じて、卵白等の粘質改良剤、調味料、香料、色素等を適宜含有させてもよい。
【0025】
本発明の即席麺の復元改善剤の形態は、液体、粉体、錠剤等が挙げられ、適宜選択すればよい。
【0026】
本発明の即席麺の復元改善剤は、例えば、次のようにして得られる。
すなわち、予め調製した油脂α化澱粉と、必要に応じて、グルタチオン及び副原料とを準備する。その後、それらをミキサー等を適宜用いて混合すれば、本発明の即席麺の復元改善剤が得られる。
【0027】
このようにして得られた即席麺の復元改善剤は、即席麺の原料として用いることにより、即席麺を湯戻しする際に、短時間で復元させ、また、生麺を茹で上げたような食感を維持させることができる。
【0028】
次に、本発明の即席麺について説明する。
本発明の即席麺は、油脂α化澱粉を含有するものである。
【0029】
本発明の即席麺に係る油脂α化澱粉は、上記即席麺の復元改善剤で用いるものと同様である。
【0030】
本発明の即席麺において、上記油脂α化澱粉の含有量は、即席麺全体重量中好ましくは0.1〜10重量%、更に好ましくは0.5〜5重量%とすることが、食感及び復元性を良好とし、スープ本来の風味を生かし得る点で好適である。
【0031】
また、本発明の即席麺には、油脂α化澱粉と共にグルタチオンを含有することが復元性の点で好適である。
上記グルタチオンは、上記即席麺の復元改善剤で用いるものと同様である。
また、上記グルタチオンの含有量は、即席麺全体重量中好ましくは0.0005〜0.05重量%、更に好ましくは0.001〜0.01重量%とすることが、復元性の点で好適である。
【0032】
本発明の即席麺は、小麦粉を主体とする穀物粉を配合してなるものであり、その組成は、小麦粉100重量%でもよいし、それ以外に、そば粉、米粉、大麦粉、ライ麦粉等の各種穀物粉を単独もしくは適宜組合せて加えてもよい。また、小麦粉の種類は特に限定するものではなく、麺類の種類に応じて適宜選択すればよい。なお、小麦粉は穀物粉全体重量中60重量%以上含まれていることが望ましい。
【0033】
また、本発明の即席麺には、好ましくは、水溶性多糖類及びレシチンの少なくとも一方を含有することが復元性及び食感の点で望ましい。なお、上記水溶性多糖類とレシチンは、それぞれ単独で含有してもよいが、好ましくは併用する方が上記効果を好適に得られる点で望ましい。
【0034】
上記水溶性多糖類とは、ガラクトース及びアラビノースを構成糖に含有する多糖類であり、具体的には、例えばアラビアガム、水溶性ヘミセルロース等が挙げられ、この中でも水溶性ヘミセルロースは麺の復元性の点で好適である。
その含有量は、即席麺全体重量中0.088〜0.875重量%であることが復元性及び食感の点で好適である。
【0035】
上記レシチンは、大豆レシチン、卵黄レシチン、またはそれらを原料とした酵素処理レシチン等が挙げられ、この中でも大豆レシチンは麺質(食感、風味、外観など)、製麺性の点で好適である。
その含有量は、即席麺全体重量中0.194〜0.956重量%であることが風味及び食感の点で好適である。
【0036】
また、本発明の即席麺には、上記の成分の他に、副原料として、必要に応じて、乳製品、大豆蛋白等の蛋白原料、難消化性デキストリン等の食物繊維、かんすい等の品質改良剤、着色料、酸味料、調味料の他、ビタミン、ミネラル、糖類等の各種栄養成分等を単独もしくは複数併用して適宜用いてもよい。
【0037】
本発明の即席麺とは、ラーメン等の中華麺、うどん,蕎麦等の和風麺、ヌードル等の洋風麺等のいわゆる麺線類を、適宜常法により加工した即席麺である。
一般に、即席麺には、麺線を乾燥する前に加熱して澱粉のα化を行うα化即席麺と、非α化即席麺とが存在する。本発明においては、特に限定するものではないが、前者のタイプの方が本発明の効果が顕著にあらわれる点で好適である。
【0038】
麺の幅及び厚さは、特に限定するものではなく、最終製品によって適宜設定すればよい。特に、本発明においては、うどん等の従来復元に時間がかかっていた太麺であっても、その効果が発揮される点で好適に用いられる。なお、上記太麺とは、復元前の乾燥した状態で、麺線幅2.0〜3.7mm且つ麺厚1.05〜1.3mmのものを指す。
【0039】
また、麺の形状としては、溝付き麺であっても、溝なしの一般的な麺であってもよく、適宜選択すればよい。この中でも、好ましくは溝付き麺とすることが、更に好ましくは麺線の長手方向に沿った溝を有しており、該溝の断面が中心方向に刻まれた楔形であって、溝の深さは麺の厚みの10〜40%、中心角度は30〜100度であり、且つ、麺比重が1.35〜1.65g/cmである溝付き麺とすることが、食感及び復元性の点で好適である。
【0040】
本発明において、好適な溝付き麺の形状について以下に説明する。
図1(1)及び(2)は、本発明の麺線断面の一例を示す説明図である。図1(1)において、1は麺線、2は溝、3は溝底部、4は溝開口部である。
【0041】
本発明に係る溝付き即席麺は、麺線1の長手方向に、断面形状が楔形の溝2を有するものである。すなわち、溝形状を楔形にすることにより、復元性が良好となり、弾力のある食感を付与することができる点で望ましい。なお、溝2は、1本でも複数本でもよいが、1本の方が復元後に上記食感が維持される点で好適である。
【0042】
上記溝付き即席麺の溝2の深さは、麺線の厚みD(測定方法は後述する)に対して10〜40%であり、且つ、角度は、30〜100度に設定されることが望ましい。すなわち、麺線1が切刃で切り込まれることにより切断面が形成されて麺生地内部の麺組織が露出されるので、水分が麺線内部まで確実に浸透するようになるが、溝の深さ及び角度を上記の範囲に設定することで、溝底部3付近での水の浸透量を抑制することができる。その結果、麺線表面付近は高水分域となり、麺線中央部では低水分となるため、復元時に復元時間が短縮され、且つ、復元された麺線は、水分勾配を有するので、茹で伸びしにくく、弾力のある食感となる。
【0043】
そこで、まず、麺線の厚みDは、即席麺とした後の麺線における厚みを指し、次のように測定される。すなわち、四角形の断面の場合、図1(1)に示すように、麺線1本を、麺線の長手方向に対して垂直方向に略10等分し、各々の断面において溝2の形成された辺M1と隣り合う辺P、Qの高さ(=厚みD1、D2)をノギスなどで測定する。厚みDは、麺線断面の最大厚みD1を選択する。そして、10個の各断面計測値(10個のD1値)のうち、最大値2個、最小値2個を除いたn数=6の平均値を計算する。そして、これを麺線10本で行った平均値を厚みDとする。
次に、溝2の深さHは、同様に、麺線1本を略10等分した時の断面において、D1値を基にした深さHの値をノギスなどで計算する。そして、10個の各断面計測値(10個のH値)のうち、最大値2個、最小値2個を除いたm数=6の平均値を計算する。そして、これを麺線10本で行った平均値を深さH値とする。
本発明における麺線の厚みに対する溝の深さ(%)は、上記深さHを上記厚みDで割った値とする。
【0044】
次に、中心角度θは、同様に麺線1本を略10等分した時の断面において、溝底部3を基点として溝開口部に最大接するように引き出した接線A、Bを引き、tanθ/2=a/bの式により、角度θを導き、10個の断面のθの最大値2個、最小値2個を除いたJ数=6の平均値を計算する。そして、これを麺線10本で行った平均値を中心角度θとする。なお、計測においては、断面の写真をとり、接線A、Bを引き出して計測すればよい。
【0045】
なお、上記説明は、断面が四角形を一例としたものであるが、多角形でも同様とする。
【0046】
断面が円形の場合には、厚みDは、図1(2)に示されるように、円の中心点と、最大辺M1と弧の交わる点Rとを結んだ延長線で引き出される長さLをいう。深さHは、図1(2)に示すR−Qを結んだ弧線の中心点から溝底部までの長さをいう。そして、麺線の厚みに対する溝の深さは、上記深さHを上記厚みDで割った値とする。
また、中心角度θは、円の中心から、M1、M2に最大接する接線を引き出し、四角形と同様に測定する。
【0047】
更に、上記のような溝付き即席麺とした場合、麺比重を1.35〜1.65g/cmとすることが望ましい。すなわち、上記範囲とすることにより、麺組織が極端に疎や密状態とならず、食感及び外観が良好でツルミのある麺となると共に、復元性が良好となる点で好適である。
麺比重は、次のようにして測定される。まず、1000cmビーカーに即席麺玉70gを入れ、次いで1000cmの線の位置まで4℃の水を注ぐ。そして、麺玉70gの麺容積=(1000cm−このときの注いだ水の量cm)を計算し、次式によって麺比重が求められる。
麺比重(g/cm)=70g/麺容積cm
【0048】
また、溝付き即席麺の仮想横断面は、四角形、多角形、円形等が挙げられるが、食感が良好で、水の浸透性が良好で麺の復元が短時間で行われる点で四角形が好適である。
ここで、仮想横断面とは、図2に示すように、麺線が略四角形の場合は、麺線の長手方向に沿った溝を設けなかった場合に得られる、最大厚みD1と最大辺M2を基準に構成された乾燥後の麺線20の横断面をいう。すなわち、最大厚みD1を形成する辺r−tと最大辺M2を形成する辺s−tとを基本とし、上記2辺とそれらに平行してなる架空の2辺とからなる四角形をいう。また、断面形状が円形の場合には、最大半径をとって、その中心点から描かれた真円をいう。いずれの場合も元の溝付き即席麺の辺、弧を内包する最小面積となる形をとればよい。
そして、溝付き即席麺では、上記仮想横断面の面積に対する面積増大率を0.5〜6.5%に設定すると、ツルミと弾力のある食感を維持しうる点で好ましい。
【0049】
次に、本発明の即席麺として、溝付き即席麺は、例えば、次のようにして製造される。
まず、油脂α化澱粉、必要に応じてグルタチオン及び他の麺原料と水とを混合して麺生地を形成する。
次いで、上記麺生地を、圧延ロールによって薄く延ばして麺帯化する。圧延成形することにより、麺組織が極端に密状態になることを回避できる点で好適である。このとき、麺帯の厚みは、最終製品によって適宜設定すればよいが、好ましくは1.0〜2.0mmになるよう圧延することが、後述の麺線化工程での容易性、復元性及び食感の点で望ましい。
【0050】
次に、上記麺帯を間隔を設けた切刃間に通し、麺線に楔形の溝を刻設しながら麺線化する。
上記切刃とは、一般に、麺帯から麺線を切り出すために用いられるものであり、通常は、等間隔に溝を切った2つの小径ロールを、一方の小径ロールの凸部と他方の小径ロールの凹部とを相対するように組み合わせ、両ロールの間隔に麺帯が通ると、小径ロールの凹凸部の形状に従って、麺線を成形しながら切り出すものである。
【0051】
本発明においては、例えば、図3に示すように、同一形状の小径ロール状の切刃10a、10bを相対するように設置する。そして、その一方の切刃10aに溝刻設用凸部11を設けるようにする。
そして、図4に示すように、位置決めをした一対の切刃10a、10bの間隔18に、麺帯1´を導き、P方向に通過させることにより、溝付きの麺線1が成形されながら切り出される。
ここで、麺線1に刻設する溝の深さを、麺線の厚みに対し25〜60%とすることが、即席麺とした際の溝の深さを、麺帯の厚みに対し10〜40%に調整し易い点で好適である。また、上記溝の角度を75〜150度とすることが、即席麺とした際の溝の角度を30〜100度に調整し易い点で好適である。
【0052】
次に、上記のようにして得られた麺線を、蒸煮処理する。
上記蒸煮条件は、麺の種類により適宜設定すればよいが、例えば即席ラーメンの場合、100℃3分飽和水蒸気で蒸煮すればよい。
【0053】
次いで、上記蒸煮麺を乾燥することにより、本発明の溝付き即席麺が得られる。
乾燥方法は、最終製品の麺タイプによって適宜選択すればよいが、例えばフライ麺の場合は油揚げ等、ノンフライ麺の場合は熱風等が挙げられる。
乾燥条件は、具体的には、熱風による乾燥処理をする場合は70〜120℃、風速10〜20m/秒、油揚げによる乾燥処理をする場合は135〜160℃、1〜5分とすることが、仮想横断面の面積に対する面積増大率を好適な範囲に設定しやすい点で望ましい。
【0054】
このようにして得られた溝付き即席麺は、麺の種類、幅、厚みに拘わりなく、復元性が良好である。従って、本発明は、特に熱水を注いだ時の復元時間の短縮が重要となるカップ入り即席麺に好適であって、更に好適には、フライ麺に比べて熱水復元性が劣るノンフライ即席麺、その中でも特に熱水復元性が劣るカップ入りα化ノンフライ即席麺に好適に用いることができる。
【0055】
【発明の効果】
以上のように、本発明によれば、即席麺を熱湯等で湯戻しした際に、短時間で復元するものであって、生麺を茹で上げたような弾力性があり、且つ良好な舌ざわりの食感が得られる。
また、本発明によれば、良好な食感を喫食し終えるまで維持し得る。
更には、麺自体の風味がスープに影響を及ぼすことがないため、スープ本来の風味を生かすことができる。
【0056】
【実施例】
次に、本発明を実施例を挙げて具体的に説明する。
【0057】
〈実施例1〜8、比較例1〉
表1に示す原材料を混合して麺生地を調製した後、該麺生地を圧延して麺帯とした。その後、切刃角#14を用いて上記麺帯を麺線化し、生麺線を得た。
次いで、上記生麺線を100℃3分飽和水蒸気で蒸煮した後、切断して、麺玉に成形し、上下方向から表1に示す条件で熱風を吹き付けて乾燥し、表1に示すような、1玉70g、水分11%の即席麺を得た。
【0058】
〈実施例9、10〉
麺生地を圧延して麺帯とした後、図3に示す溝刻設用凸部付き切刃角#14を用いて該麺帯を麺線化し、表1に示すような、麺線1本に対して長手方向に1本の溝が入った生麺線を得る他は、実施例1と同様にした。
【0059】
〈実施例11〉
熱風乾燥に代えて麺線表面に調味液を付着させた後、145℃、2分間油揚げ処理することにより、1玉70g、水分3%の即席麺とする他は、実施例1と同様にした。
【0060】
上記のようにして得られた即席麺70gを即席麺用カップに入れ、熱水及び粉末スープ(実施例12の即席麺には、熱水のみ)を注いでふたをし、4分間保持した後、専門パネラー20名によって復元ムラの有無を目視にて評価した後、喫食して弾力性、舌ざわり及びスープの風味を評価した。
その結果を、表1に併せて記す。
【0061】
なお、評価(復元性、弾力性、舌ざわり、スープの風味、総合評価)は、5段階を基準とし、0.5点刻みで評価した平均値を用いた。
【0062】
【表1】

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【0063】
以上の結果より、実施例1〜10のノンフライ即席麺は、いずれも、4分間で適度に復元しており、その復元具合も均一であった。また、生麺を茹で上げたような弾力性及び舌ざわりが良好であり、その食感は喫食終了時まで維持されていた。更には、麺自体の風味がスープの風味に影響を与えず、スープ本来の風味が生かされていた。また、実施例11のフライ麺も、火ぶくれがなく、短時間で均一に復元され、復元後ののど越し、ツルミ、外観が良好であった。特に、実施例3、9、10の即席麺は、いずれの評価も顕著に良い結果が得られた。
一方、比較例のノンフライ即席麺は、スープの風味は良好であるものの、復元ムラがあり、弾力性及び舌ざわりも劣るものであった。
【図面の簡単な説明】
【図1】本発明の麺線断面の一例を示す説明図。
【図2】仮想横断面を示す説明図
【図3】本発明の麺線用の切刃の一例を示す説明図。
【図4】麺帯を麺線化する様子を示す説明図。
【符号の説明】
1 麺線
2 溝
3 溝底部
4 溝開口部
θ 中心角度[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an instant noodle restoration improving agent and instant noodle that are restored with hot water or the like during eating.
[0002]
[Prior art]
As a conventional method for improving the restoration of instant noodles, the depth of the groove immediately after extrusion with respect to the noodle strings is 1/2 to 2/3 of the thickness of the noodle, the angle is 20 to 50 degrees, and the area occupied by the groove is noodles. It is known to set to 2 to 25% with respect to the area of the virtual cross section of a line (for example, refer patent document 1).
In addition, after providing a plurality of grooves on the surface of the raw noodle strings, steaming is performed, and then hot air of 100 to 200 ° C. and a wind speed of 10 to 70 m / sec is generated by a plurality of injection nozzles arranged on the top, bottom, left and right of the transfer net conveyor Some are manufactured by spraying and expanding and drying noodle strings (see, for example, Patent Document 2).
In addition, the applicant of the present application has a groove along the longitudinal direction of the noodle strings, and a wedge shape in which the cross section is engraved in the central direction, the depth of the groove being 10 to 40% of the thickness of the noodle, A grooved instant noodle having a center angle of 30 to 100 degrees and a noodle specific gravity of 1.35 to 1.65 g / cm 3 has been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 3).
[0003]
On the other hand, regarding the composition of instant noodles, by containing 0.02 to 1.0 part by weight of glutathione with respect to 100 parts by weight of cereal flour, the noodle quality is maintained well without adding salt, and It is known to improve the restoring property and texture (for example, refer to Patent Document 4).
[0004]
[Patent Document 1]
Japanese Patent Publication No. 4-69984 [Patent Document 2]
JP 2000-295970 A [Patent Document 3]
Japanese Patent Application No. 2002-295734 [Patent Document 4]
Japanese Patent No. 3401398 [0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the case of the extruded noodles with grooves of Patent Document 1, the wedge-shaped grooves are too deep, so when pouring hot water into the noodle strings, water penetrates too much into the noodle strings, and the texture is not elastic (chewy texture) Feeling), and a texture that is as elastic as when boiled raw noodle strings is not obtained. Moreover, since the angle of the groove in the state of raw noodles is set to 20 to 50 degrees, if it is used as instant noodles, the groove is closed in the heating (steaming) process, so that restoration takes time.
[0006]
In addition, since Patent Document 2 has a large number of irregularities on the surface as shown in FIG. 2, although noodles with a good soup paste can be obtained, in order to dry with hot air stronger than normal hot air drying, If the noodle strings are excessively swollen and the resulting dried noodles are restored with hot water, there is a problem that the texture of the noodles becomes sparse and fluffy and has no texture.
In addition, in the steaming process, it is necessary to absorb and add about 1 to 10% of noodle quality improving liquid such as lecithin for the purpose of improving the looseness after cooking. In particular, in the case of noodles having a loose noodle structure and a loose noodle structure, there is also a problem that the noodle quality improving solution flows out from the surface of the noodle strings into hot water during eating, and the taste of the soup is impaired.
Furthermore, the cross-sectional shape of the noodle strings is formed into a corrugated shape by combining multiple cutting blades, so the noodles feel rough when eaten, and the smooth texture that is important for noodles (smooth and smooth texture) ) Is eliminated.
[0007]
Patent document 3 can restore | restore in a short time, maintaining the elasticity and the texture which is good to the tongue like raw noodles boiled. However, there was room for further improvement in resilience.
[0008]
Also, in Patent Document 4, although thin noodles such as Chinese noodles can be restored in a short time, further restoreability is obtained for thick noodles such as instant noodles with noodle line width and noodle thickness. There was room for improvement.
[0009]
The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and the object of the present invention is to restore the noodles in a short time regardless of the width and thickness of the noodle strings, and to have the elasticity and texture as if the raw noodles were boiled The present invention also provides an instant noodle restoration improving agent and instant noodles in which the flavor of the noodles does not affect the flavor of the soup and the original flavor of the soup is utilized.
[0010]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The present invention achieves the above object by using an instant noodle restoration improving agent characterized by containing fat and oil-gelatinized starch.
[0011]
Preferably, glutathione is further contained.
[0012]
Moreover, this invention achieves the said objective by the instant noodle characterized by containing fats and oils pregelatinized starch.
[0013]
Preferably, glutathione is further contained. More preferably, the instant noodles have grooves along the longitudinal direction of the noodle strings, and the cross-sections of the grooves are wedge-shaped engraved in the central direction, and the depth of the grooves is the thickness of the noodles. 10 to 40%, the center angle is 30 to 100 degrees, and the noodle specific gravity is 1.35 to 1.65 g / cm 3 .
[0014]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Next, the present invention will be described in detail.
The instant noodle restoration improving agent of the present invention contains oil-fat pregelatinized starch.
[0015]
First, fat and oil pregelatinized starch refers to starch pregelatinized in the presence of fats and oils.
[0016]
The starch used for the above-mentioned oil-fat pregelatinized starch is not particularly limited as long as it is usually used as pregelatinized starch. For example, corn starch, waxy corn starch, high amylose corn starch, potato starch, wheat starch, tapioca starch , Mung bean starch, sago starch, rice starch, pea starch, and modified starches such as esterification, etherification, crosslinking, acid treatment, oxidation, wet heat treatment, and combinations of these. Processed food starch and the like. In addition, as a thing which can be used, the ground material which has starch substances, such as a varieties rice, rice, wheat, and corn, as a main component is also included, These can be used individually or in combination. Preferably, the pulverized rice seeds, tapioca-processed starch, corn starch, and more preferably tapioca-processed starch are suitable in terms of restoration properties and texture.
[0017]
In addition, the fats and oils used in the fat and oil-modified starch are not particularly limited as long as they are used for food. For example, soybean oil, rapeseed oil, high oleic rapeseed oil, palm oil, palm kernel oil, corn Examples thereof include vegetable oils such as oil, hyrinol safflower oil, high oleic safflower oil, and cottonseed oil, and animal fats such as beef tallow, pork tallow, fish tallow, and milk fat, and mixed oils thereof. In addition, processed oils and fats such as hydrogenation (curing), transesterification, and fractionation of these oils and fats, butter, margarine, shortening, oil and fat powders, powdered oils and fats, etc., can be used alone or in combination May be. Preferably, it is a hydrogenated oil and fat with oxidation stability. Moreover, in this invention, even if it does not hydrogenate, it can respond to all fats and oils by using antioxidant.
[0018]
The fat content in the pregelatinized starch is preferably 1 to 100 parts by weight, more preferably 3 to 25 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of starch, from the standpoint of restorability and texture. Is preferred.
[0019]
The fat-and-oil pregelatinized starch can be obtained, for example, by adding fat and oil to the starch slurry and dispersing it by stirring and then heating to pregelatinize the starch. It is suitable from the point of a restoring property that the fat-and-oil pregelatinized starch obtained is an undisintegrated starch granule. Here, “not disintegrated” means that swollen starch granules remain in the state of a paste liquid (that is, the paste liquid is a solution containing gelatinized starch).
[0020]
Among the above-mentioned fat pregelatinized starches, preferably those described in JP-A-2001-120195, that is, fat pregelatinized starch having a fat separation degree of 50% or less and an adhesion degree of 5% or less is restored. Desirable in terms of sex.
As a specific product example of the above-mentioned oil-fat pregelatinized starch, for example, Bakeup series manufactured by Hornen Corporation, etc. may be mentioned.
[0021]
The instant noodle restoration improving agent of the present invention contains the above-mentioned oil-fat pregelatinized starch as an active ingredient. An active ingredient means containing fats and oils pregelatinized starch to such an extent that the target function is exhibited.
[0022]
In the instant noodle restoration improving agent of the present invention, it is preferable from the viewpoint of restoration that glutathione is contained together with the above-mentioned oil-fat pregelatinized starch.
The glutathione is a tripeptide composed of glutamic acid, cystine and glycine. In the present invention, glutathione itself may be used, or a raw material containing glutathione such as a yeast product may be used. The form of the yeast product is not particularly limited, and various shapes such as powder, granule, liquid (extract), and tablet may be used as appropriate. Specific yeast products include, for example, dried yeast and yeast extract processed products manufactured by Oriental Yeast Co., Ltd. and Kyowa Hakko Co., Ltd.
[0023]
The weight ratio of the fat and oil-gelatinized starch to glutathione is preferably 0.0001 to 0.1 glutathione with respect to the fat and fat-gelatinized starch 1 in view of restoration.
[0024]
In addition to the above components, the instant noodle restoration improving agent of the present invention may appropriately contain a viscosity improving agent such as egg white, a seasoning, a fragrance, a pigment, and the like as an auxiliary material. .
[0025]
Examples of the form of the instant noodle restoration improving agent of the present invention include liquids, powders, tablets, and the like, and may be appropriately selected.
[0026]
The instant noodle restoration improving agent of the present invention is obtained, for example, as follows.
That is, pre-prepared fat and oil-modified starch and, if necessary, glutathione and auxiliary materials are prepared. Thereafter, the instant noodle restoration improving agent of the present invention can be obtained by mixing them using a mixer or the like as appropriate.
[0027]
The instant noodle restoration improver thus obtained is used as a raw material for instant noodles, so that when instant noodles are reconstituted in hot water, the instant noodles are restored in a short time, and raw noodles are boiled. A feeling can be maintained.
[0028]
Next, the instant noodles of the present invention will be described.
The instant noodles of the present invention contain fat-and-oil pregelatinized starch.
[0029]
The oil-fat pregelatinized starch according to the instant noodles of the present invention is the same as that used in the instant noodle restoration improver.
[0030]
In the instant noodles of the present invention, the content of the oil-fat pregelatinized starch is preferably 0.1 to 10% by weight, more preferably 0.5 to 5% by weight, based on the total weight of the instant noodles. It is preferable in that it has good restorability and can make use of the original flavor of the soup.
[0031]
Moreover, it is suitable for the instant noodles of this invention to contain glutathione with fat and oil-gelatinized starch from the point of a restoring property.
The glutathione is the same as that used in the instant noodle restoration improving agent.
The glutathione content is preferably 0.0005 to 0.05% by weight, more preferably 0.001 to 0.01% by weight, based on the total weight of the instant noodles, from the viewpoint of restoration. is there.
[0032]
The instant noodles of the present invention are formed by blending cereal flour mainly composed of wheat flour, and the composition thereof may be 100% by weight of wheat flour. Besides, buckwheat flour, rice flour, barley flour, rye flour, etc. These various cereal flours may be added alone or in appropriate combination. Moreover, the kind of wheat flour is not particularly limited, and may be appropriately selected according to the kind of noodles. In addition, it is desirable for wheat flour to be contained in an amount of 60% by weight or more based on the total weight of the grain flour.
[0033]
In addition, the instant noodles of the present invention preferably contain at least one of a water-soluble polysaccharide and lecithin from the viewpoint of recoverability and texture. In addition, although the said water-soluble polysaccharide and a lecithin may each contain individually, Preferably the direction used together is desirable at the point from which the said effect is acquired suitably.
[0034]
The water-soluble polysaccharide is a polysaccharide containing galactose and arabinose as constituent sugars, and specifically includes gum arabic, water-soluble hemicellulose, and the like. This is preferable in terms of points.
The content is preferably 0.088 to 0.875% by weight based on the total weight of the instant noodles, from the standpoint of restoration and texture.
[0035]
Examples of the lecithin include soy lecithin, egg yolk lecithin, or enzyme-treated lecithin using these as raw materials. Among them, soy lecithin is preferable in terms of noodle quality (texture, flavor, appearance, etc.) and noodle-making properties. .
The content is preferably 0.194 to 0.956% by weight based on the total weight of the instant noodles in terms of flavor and texture.
[0036]
In addition to the above ingredients, the instant noodles of the present invention, as an auxiliary material, as necessary, dairy products, protein raw materials such as soy protein, dietary fibers such as indigestible dextrin, quality improvement such as citrus In addition to agents, colorants, acidulants, seasonings, various nutritional components such as vitamins, minerals and sugars may be used alone or in combination.
[0037]
The instant noodles of the present invention are instant noodles obtained by appropriately processing so-called noodle strings such as Chinese noodles such as ramen, Japanese-style noodles such as udon and soba, and Western-style noodles such as noodles by a conventional method.
In general, instant noodles include pregelatinized instant noodles that heat the noodle strings before drying to make the starch gelatinized, and non-alphanated instant noodles. In the present invention, although not particularly limited, the former type is preferred in that the effect of the present invention is remarkably exhibited.
[0038]
The width and thickness of the noodles are not particularly limited, and may be appropriately set depending on the final product. In particular, in the present invention, even thick noodles, such as udon, that have taken a long time to be restored in the past are preferably used in that their effects are exhibited. In addition, the said thick noodles refer to a noodle wire width of 2.0 to 3.7 mm and a noodle thickness of 1.05 to 1.3 mm in a dried state before restoration.
[0039]
Further, the shape of the noodle may be a grooved noodle or a general noodle without a groove, and may be appropriately selected. Among these, preferably a grooved noodle, more preferably has a groove along the longitudinal direction of the noodle string, and is a wedge shape in which the cross section of the groove is engraved in the center direction. Sauce is 10 to 40% of the thickness of the noodle, the center angle is 30 to 100 degrees, and the noodle specific gravity is 1.35 to 1.65 g / cm 3 , so that it is textured and restored. From the viewpoint of sex.
[0040]
In the present invention, the preferred shape of the grooved noodle will be described below.
1 (1) and (2) are explanatory views showing an example of a cross section of the noodle strings of the present invention. In FIG. 1 (1), 1 is a noodle string, 2 is a groove, 3 is a groove bottom, and 4 is a groove opening.
[0041]
The instant noodles with grooves according to the present invention have grooves 2 having a wedge-shaped cross section in the longitudinal direction of the noodle strings 1. That is, by making the groove shape a wedge shape, it is desirable in that the restoring property is improved and an elastic texture can be imparted. In addition, although the groove | channel 2 may be one or more, one is more suitable at the point by which the said food texture is maintained after decompression | restoration.
[0042]
The depth of the groove 2 of the instant instant noodle with the groove is 10 to 40% with respect to the thickness D of the noodle strings (measurement method will be described later), and the angle may be set to 30 to 100 degrees. desirable. That is, when the noodle strings 1 are cut with a cutting blade, a cut surface is formed and the noodle structure inside the noodle dough is exposed, so that moisture can surely penetrate into the noodle strings. By setting the height and angle within the above ranges, the amount of water permeation near the groove bottom 3 can be suppressed. As a result, the vicinity of the surface of the noodle strings becomes a high moisture region and the moisture content is low in the center of the noodle strings, so that the restoration time is shortened at the time of restoration, and the restored noodle strings have a moisture gradient, so Difficult and elastic texture.
[0043]
Therefore, first, the thickness D of the noodle strings refers to the thickness of the noodle strings after making the instant noodles, and is measured as follows. That is, in the case of a square cross section, as shown in FIG. 1 (1), one noodle string is divided into approximately 10 equal parts in the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the noodle strings, and a groove 2 is formed in each cross section. The heights (= thicknesses D1 and D2) of the sides P and Q adjacent to the side M1 are measured with a caliper or the like. As the thickness D, the maximum thickness D1 of the cross section of the noodle strings is selected. Then, an average value of n = 6 is calculated by excluding 2 maximum values and 2 minimum values from 10 cross-sectional measurement values (10 D1 values). And the average value which performed this with 10 noodle strings is set to thickness D.
Next, the depth H of the groove 2 is similarly calculated by using a caliper or the like for the depth H based on the D1 value in a cross section when one noodle string is divided into approximately 10 equal parts. Then, an average value of m = 6 is calculated by excluding 2 maximum values and 2 minimum values from 10 cross-sectional measurement values (10 H values). And let the average value which performed this with 10 noodle strings be the depth H value.
The depth (%) of the groove relative to the thickness of the noodle strings in the present invention is a value obtained by dividing the depth H by the thickness D.
[0044]
Next, in the same manner, the central angle θ is obtained by subtracting tangent lines A and B drawn out so as to make maximum contact with the groove opening with the groove bottom 3 as a base point in a cross section obtained by dividing one noodle string into approximately ten equal parts. The angle θ is derived from the equation 2 = a / b, and the average value of the number of J = 6 is calculated by excluding two maximum values and two minimum values of θ of 10 cross sections. And the average value which performed this with 10 noodle strings is made into center angle (theta). In the measurement, a photograph of a cross section may be taken and the tangent lines A and B may be drawn and measured.
[0045]
The above description is an example in which the cross section is a quadrangle, but the same applies to a polygon.
[0046]
When the cross section is circular, as shown in FIG. 1 (2), the thickness D is a length L drawn by an extension line connecting the center point of the circle and the point R where the maximum side M1 and the arc intersect. Say. The depth H refers to the length from the center point of the arc line connecting RQ shown in FIG. 1 (2) to the groove bottom. The depth of the groove relative to the thickness of the noodle strings is a value obtained by dividing the depth H by the thickness D.
Further, the center angle θ is measured in the same manner as a quadrangle, with tangent lines that are tangential to M1 and M2 being drawn from the center of the circle.
[0047]
Furthermore, when it is set as the instant noodles with a groove | channel as mentioned above, it is desirable that noodle specific gravity shall be 1.35-1.65g / cm < 3 >. That is, by setting it as the above-mentioned range, the noodle structure is not extremely sparse or dense, and it is preferable in that the noodle structure is good in texture and appearance and has a tsumi, and the restorability is good.
Noodle specific gravity is measured as follows. First, 70 g of instant noodle balls are put into a 1000 cm 3 beaker, and then water at 4 ° C. is poured to the position of the 1000 cm 3 line. Then, the noodle volume of 70 g of noodle balls = (1000 cm 3 −the amount of water poured at this time cm 3 ) is calculated, and the specific gravity of the noodle is obtained by the following formula.
Noodle specific gravity (g / cm 3 ) = 70 g / noodle volume cm 3
[0048]
In addition, the virtual cross section of the instant noodles with grooves includes a quadrilateral, a polygon, a circle, etc., but the quadrilateral has a good texture, good water permeability, and the noodle can be restored in a short time. Is preferred.
Here, as shown in FIG. 2, the virtual cross section means that when the noodle strings are substantially square, the maximum thickness D <b> 1 and the maximum side M <b> 2 obtained when no groove is provided along the longitudinal direction of the noodle strings. The cross-section of the noodle strings 20 after drying is configured based on the above. That is, it is a quadrangle composed of the side rt that forms the maximum thickness D1 and the side st that forms the maximum side M2, and the two sides and two imaginary sides that are parallel to them. Further, when the cross-sectional shape is circular, it means a perfect circle drawn from the center point with the maximum radius. In any case, it is sufficient to take a shape that is the minimum area including the side and arc of the original instant noodles with grooves.
And in grooved instant noodles, it is preferable that the area increase rate with respect to the area of the virtual cross section is set to 0.5 to 6.5% in that a texture with elasticity and elasticity can be maintained.
[0049]
Next, as an instant noodle of the present invention, an instant noodle with a groove is produced, for example, as follows.
First, a noodle dough is formed by mixing oil and fat pregelatinized starch and, if necessary, glutathione and other noodle raw materials with water.
Next, the noodle dough is thinly rolled with a rolling roll to form a noodle strip. Roll forming is preferable in that the noodle structure can be prevented from becoming extremely dense. At this time, the thickness of the noodle band may be appropriately set depending on the final product, but it is preferable that rolling to be 1.0 to 2.0 mm is easy in the noodle stringing step described later, reversibility, and Desirable in terms of texture.
[0050]
Next, the noodle band is passed between the cutting blades having a space, and the noodle strings are formed while the wedge-shaped grooves are formed in the noodle strings.
The above-mentioned cutting blade is generally used for cutting noodle strings from a noodle band, and usually, two small-diameter rolls having grooves formed at equal intervals, a convex portion of one small-diameter roll and the other small-diameter When the noodle strips are combined so as to face the concave portions of the rolls and the gap between the two rolls passes, the noodle strings are cut out while forming the noodle strings according to the shape of the concave and convex portions of the small diameter roll.
[0051]
In the present invention, for example, as shown in FIG. 3, small-diameter roll-shaped cutting blades 10a and 10b having the same shape are installed so as to face each other. And the groove cutting convex part 11 is provided in the one cutting edge 10a.
Then, as shown in FIG. 4, the noodle band 1 ′ is guided to the interval 18 between the positioned pair of cutting blades 10 a and 10 b and passed in the P direction, so that the grooved noodle strings 1 are cut out while being formed. It is.
Here, the depth of the groove to be engraved in the noodle strings 1 is 25 to 60% with respect to the thickness of the noodle strings, and the depth of the grooves when instant noodles are made is 10 with respect to the thickness of the noodle band. It is suitable in that it can be easily adjusted to ˜40%. Moreover, it is suitable for the angle of the said groove | channel to be 75-150 degree at the point which is easy to adjust the angle of the groove | channel at the time of setting it as instant noodles to 30-100 degree | times.
[0052]
Next, the noodle strings obtained as described above are steamed.
The steaming conditions may be set as appropriate depending on the type of noodles. For example, in the case of instant noodles, steaming may be performed with saturated steam at 100 ° C. for 3 minutes.
[0053]
Next, the steamed noodles are dried to obtain the instant noodles with grooves of the present invention.
The drying method may be appropriately selected depending on the noodle type of the final product. Examples thereof include fried oil in the case of fried noodles, and hot air in the case of non-fried noodles.
Specifically, the drying conditions are 70 to 120 ° C. and wind speed 10 to 20 m / second when drying with hot air, and 135 to 160 ° C. and 1 to 5 minutes when drying with frying. It is desirable in that it is easy to set the area increase rate with respect to the area of the virtual cross section within a suitable range.
[0054]
The instant noodles with grooves thus obtained have good restorability regardless of the type, width and thickness of the noodles. Therefore, the present invention is particularly suitable for instant noodles in cups in which shortening of the restoration time when hot water is poured is important, and more preferably, non-fry instants that have poor hot water resilience compared to fried noodles. It can be suitably used for noodles, and in particular, cupped pregelatinized non-fried instant noodles that are particularly inferior in hot water recovery.
[0055]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, when instant noodles are reconstituted with hot water or the like, the instant noodles are restored in a short time, and are elastic as if raw noodles are boiled and have a good texture. The texture is obtained.
Moreover, according to this invention, it can maintain until it finishes eating favorable food texture.
Furthermore, since the flavor of the noodle itself does not affect the soup, the original flavor of the soup can be utilized.
[0056]
【Example】
Next, the present invention will be specifically described with reference to examples.
[0057]
<Examples 1-8, Comparative Example 1>
After preparing the noodle dough by mixing the raw materials shown in Table 1, the noodle dough was rolled into a noodle strip. Thereafter, the noodle strip was made into a noodle string using a cutting edge angle # 14 to obtain a raw noodle string.
Next, the raw noodle strings are steamed with saturated steam at 100 ° C. for 3 minutes, then cut, formed into noodle balls, dried by blowing hot air from the vertical direction under the conditions shown in Table 1, and as shown in Table 1. Instant noodles with 1 ball of 70 g and moisture of 11% were obtained.
[0058]
<Examples 9 and 10>
After rolling the noodle dough into a noodle band, the noodle band was noodle-stringed using the cutting edge angle with projections for groove engraving as shown in FIG. On the other hand, the same procedure as in Example 1 was performed except that a raw noodle string having one groove in the longitudinal direction was obtained.
[0059]
<Example 11>
The same procedure as in Example 1 was conducted except that the seasoning liquid was attached to the surface of the noodle strings instead of drying with hot air, and then fried at 145 ° C. for 2 minutes to make instant noodles with 70 g of 1 ball and 3% moisture. .
[0060]
After putting 70 g of instant noodles obtained as described above into a cup for instant noodles, pouring hot water and powdered soup (for instant noodles of Example 12 only hot water), capping and holding for 4 minutes Then, after visually evaluating the presence or absence of restoration unevenness by 20 professional panelists, they were eaten and evaluated for elasticity, texture, and soup flavor.
The results are also shown in Table 1.
[0061]
The evaluation (restorability, elasticity, texture, soup flavor, overall evaluation) was based on an average value evaluated in 0.5 points on the basis of 5 levels.
[0062]
[Table 1]
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[0063]
From the above results, all of the non-fried instant noodles of Examples 1 to 10 were properly restored in 4 minutes, and the degree of restoration was uniform. Further, the elasticity and texture of the raw noodles boiled was good, and the texture was maintained until the end of eating. Furthermore, the flavor of the noodle itself did not affect the flavor of the soup, and the flavor of the soup was utilized. In addition, the fried noodles of Example 11 also did not blister and were restored uniformly in a short time, and the throat, tsurumi, and appearance after restoration were good. In particular, the instant noodles of Examples 3, 9, and 10 were remarkably good in any evaluation.
On the other hand, the non-fried instant noodles of the comparative examples had a good soup flavor, but had unevenness of restoration and poor elasticity and texture.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is an explanatory view showing an example of a cross section of the noodle strings of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing a virtual cross section. FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing an example of a cutting blade for noodle strings according to the present invention.
FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing a state where noodle strips are made into noodle strings.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 Noodle string 2 Groove 3 Groove bottom 4 Groove opening θ Center angle

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油脂α化澱粉を含有することを特徴とする即席麺の復元改善剤。An instant noodle restoration improving agent characterized by containing fat and oil-modified starch. 更にグルタチオンを含有する請求項1記載の即席麺の復元改善剤。The restoration improving agent for instant noodles according to claim 1, further comprising glutathione. 油脂α化澱粉を含有することを特徴とする即席麺。Instant noodles characterized by containing fat and oil-gelatinized starch. 更にグルタチオンを含有する請求項3記載の即席麺。Furthermore, the instant noodles of Claim 3 containing glutathione. 即席麺が、麺線の長手方向に沿った溝を有しており、該溝の断面が中心方向に刻まれた楔形であって、溝の深さは麺の厚みの10〜40%、中心角度は30〜100度であり、且つ、麺比重が1.35〜1.65g/cmである請求項3又は4記載の即席麺。The instant noodles have grooves along the longitudinal direction of the noodle strings, and the cross-sections of the grooves are wedge-shaped engraved in the center direction, and the depth of the grooves is 10 to 40% of the thickness of the noodles. The instant noodles according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the angle is 30 to 100 degrees and the noodle specific gravity is 1.35 to 1.65 g / cm 3 .
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