JP2008043255A - Method for producing pasta-containing processed food - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for producing pasta-containing processed food comprising charging pasta and sauce in a container, wherein the pasta has moderated palate feeling even when subjected to heat sterilization, particularly to retort treatment for improvement in storability. <P>SOLUTION: The method for producing pasta-containing processed food comprises charging boiled pasta mixed with chemically-modified starch and/or moist heat treated starch and having a product temperature of <0°C and hydrophilic emulsifier having an acyl group and sauce mixed with edible oil and fat and having a product temperature of ≥70°C in a container, and hermetically sealing the container followed by subjecting the mixture to heat sterilization. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

The present invention relates to a process for producing a pasta-containing processed food filled with pasta and sauce, wherein the pasta has an appropriate texture even when subjected to heat sterilization for improving the storage stability, in particular, retort treatment. The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing processed foods.

Retort sauce that has been subjected to retort processing on sauces such as pasta sauce, white sauce, tomato sauce, demiglace sauce, stew, curry, etc. can be stored for a long time at room temperature, and it is possible to eat simply by warming it, The taste of handmade and inferior products have come to the market, and in recent years their demand has increased. However, even with such a retort sauce, it was necessary to boil the pasta separately in order to make pasta dishes.

On the other hand, ready-made pasta dishes in trays are sold at lunch boxes and side dishes at convenience stores. The demand for pasta dishes in such trays is increasing because they can be eaten simply by heating them in a microwave oven. However, pasta dishes in such trays, like other lunch boxes and side dishes, had to be eaten within a few days at best and were not long-lasting.

Under these circumstances, if a pasteurized processed food filled with pasteurized sauce and pasta that has been heat sterilized to improve the shelf life, especially retort processing, is developed, it is even more convenient and has better storage stability. Because it has both, new demand expansion is expected. A pasta-processed processed food that has been subjected to such heat sterilization has been conventionally proposed, for example, in JP-A No. 58-16663 (Patent Document 1). The invention described in Patent Document 1 relates to a retort food consisting of an emulsion sauce and pasta mainly composed of fats and oils, water and an emulsifier, and examples of the emulsifier include sodium caseinate, soy protein, and processed wheat gluten. In the examples of the same document, a pasta-containing processed food is described in which boiled pasta and an emulsion sauce made at room temperature are simply filled and sealed in a heat-resistant retort pastry and then subjected to a retort treatment. However, when eating the obtained processed food with pasta, the pasta absorbs too much water, and it is a texture that is far from the original texture of pasta. What is pasta-processed food with moderate texture? I couldn't say anything. In particular, when gnocchi was used as pasta, it was not preferable because it had a tendency to have a noticeably greasy texture.

JP 58-16663 A

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is a method for producing a processed food containing pasta filled with pasta and sauce, and the pasta has an appropriate texture even when subjected to heat sterilization for improving storage stability, in particular, retort treatment. The present invention provides a method for producing a processed food containing pasta.

As a result of intensive studies to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present inventors have boiled pasta in a frozen, semi-frozen, or semi-thawed form containing processed starch, and hydrophilicity having an acyl group. After filling and sealing the container with a high-temperature sauce containing an emulsifier and fats and oils at the same time, surprisingly, even if heat sterilization, especially retort treatment, pasta had an appropriate texture It has been found that processed foods containing pasta can be obtained, and the present invention has been completed.

That is, the present invention
(1) Boiled pasta with a product temperature of less than 0 ° C blended with modified starch and / or wet heat-treated starch, and a sauce with a product temperature of 70 ° C or more blended with hydrophilic emulsifiers and edible oils and fats having acyl groups After filling and sealing, a method for producing pasta-containing processed food that is sterilized by heating,
(2) The method for producing a processed food containing pasta according to (1), wherein the total blending amount of the modified starch and / or wet heat-treated starch in the pasta is 0.5 to 20% in terms of dry matter,
(3) The method for producing a processed food containing pasta according to (1) or (2), wherein the blending amount of edible fats and oils is 0.5 to 25% with respect to the sauce,
(4) The method for producing a processed food containing pasta according to any one of (1) to (3), wherein the blending amount of the hydrophilic emulsifier having an acyl group is 0.05 to 5% with respect to the sauce,
(5) The method for producing a processed food containing pasta according to any one of (1) to (4), wherein the heat sterilization is a retort treatment,
(6) The method for producing a processed food containing pasta according to any one of (1) to (5), wherein the pasta is gnocchi,
It is.

According to the production method of the present invention, a pasteurized processed food with an appropriate texture can be obtained even when subjected to heat sterilization for improving the storage stability, in particular, retort treatment. In addition, it can provide a new field of instant pasta cooking that also has storability.

The present invention will be described in detail below. In the present invention, “%” means “mass%” and “part” means “part by mass”.

The pasta-containing processed food of the present invention is one in which a pasta and a sauce are filled and sealed in a container, and the manufacturing method of the present invention is a product temperature of less than 0 ° C. in which modified starch and / or wet heat-treated starch are blended. Boiled pasta, and a sauce with an acyl group-containing hydrophilic emulsifier and edible oil and fat blended with a sauce having a product temperature of 70 ° C. or higher are sealed and heat-sterilized. And by the said characteristic, the obtained product is excellent in the convenience that a pasta dish can be cooked only by warming, and since it is sterilized, there exists an effect of having preservability.

Here, boiled pasta refers to a product obtained by subjecting raw pasta or dried pasta made according to a conventional method to a state where it can be eaten. Pasta is classified into spaghetti, fetocine, vermicelli, macaroni, ravioli, lasagna, gnocchi, etc., depending on its shape and the like. Any of these pasta may be used in the present invention, but gnocchi is easier to absorb water and has a greasy texture than other pasta, but according to the production method of the present invention, it is suppressed. Therefore, the present invention is particularly suitable when gnocchi is used as pasta.

In addition to using boiled pasta, the pasta used in the production method of the present invention should have a product temperature of less than 0 ° C., and that pasta is compounded with modified starch and / or wet heat-treated starch. is necessary. When the temperature of raw pasta is 0 ° C. or higher, or when pasta that is not compounded with modified starch and / or wet-heat-treated starch is used, even if a high-temperature sauce, which will be described later, is used, the resulting pasta is sloppy This is because the processed food with pasta having the desired moderate texture cannot be obtained.

The boiled pasta used in the present invention can be obtained at a temperature lower than 0 ° C. by, for example, freezing or semi-freezing the boiled pasta, or semi-thawing the frozen boiled pasta. .

Among the modified starch and / or wet heat-treated starch blended in boiled pasta used in the present invention, the modified starch is a starch used as a thickener that has been subjected to chemical treatment and is used as an edible material. If there is no particular limitation. For example, acetylated adipic acid cross-linked starch that is esterified by allowing acetic anhydride and adipic anhydride to act on starch, and esterifying by reacting starch with phosphorus oxychloride or sodium trimetaphosphate and then acetic anhydride or vinyl acetate. Cross-linked acetylated phosphate starch, acetylated oxidized starch that is esterified with sodium hypochlorite and acetic anhydride on starch, octenyl succinic acid starch sodium that is esterified with octenyl succinic anhydride on starch, acetic anhydride on starch Or starch acetate that is esterified by the action of vinyl acetate, oxidized starch that acts sodium hypochlorite on starch, hydroxypropyl starch that is etherified by acting propylene oxide on starch, or etherified by acting propylene oxide on starch In addition, phosphorus oxychloride or tri Hydroxypropylated phosphate cross-linked starch that reacts with sodium taphosphate and esterifies starch by reacting phosphorus oxychloride or sodium trimetaphosphate with starch, and then reacts with orthophosphoric acid or its potassium salt, sodium salt, sodium tripolyphosphate Phosphoric acid monoesterified phosphate cross-linked starch, phosphoric acid starch that is esterified with orthophosphoric acid or its potassium salt, sodium salt, sodium tripolyphosphate acting on starch, starch phosphochloride or sodium trimetaphosphate acting on starch The phosphoric acid cross-linked starch etc. which are converted are mentioned, It is good to use these 1 type (s) or 2 or more types.

Further, the wet heat-treated starch used in the present invention is not particularly limited as long as it is commercially available as “wet heat-treated starch”. For example, starch particles containing water that does not gelatinize even when the starch is heated. Is obtained by heating to about 100-125 ° C. in a sealed container at a relative humidity of 100%, or starch is placed in the container in the first stage, sealed and decompressed, and the raw steam is stored in the second stage. It is manufactured by a reduced pressure and heating method, which is a system for introducing and humidifying and heating.

Moreover, the total blending amount of the modified starch and / or the wet heat-treated starch in the boiled pasta is preferably 0.5 to 20%, more preferably 1 to 15% in terms of dry matter. If the total blended amount of the modified starch and / or the heat-moisture treated starch is less than the above range, even if raw pasta having a product temperature of less than 0 ° C. and a high-temperature sauce to be described later are used, It tends to be difficult to obtain a product having an appropriate texture, which is not preferable. On the other hand, if the blending amount of the thermocoagulable protein is more than the above range, it is not preferable because it has a flavor peculiar to the above-mentioned starch and tends to impair the flavor of pasta.

The raw pasta used in the present invention includes the above-mentioned thermocoagulable protein, wheat flour as the main ingredient, and whole egg, egg yolk, egg white, soy protein, etc. as long as the effects of the present invention are not impaired. Thickeners such as heat-coagulable protein, gums, grains other than wheat flour, potatoes, potatoes such as pumpkin, beans, seeds, fruits, vegetables, spices, edible oils, pigments, etc. It can be manufactured according to

Next, the sauce used in the present invention is a blend of a hydrophilic emulsifier having an acyl group and an edible oil and fat. Due to such an essential component, the nature of the oil and fat is almost oily like white sauce. It is uniformly dispersed and has a cream-like appearance, or a semi-emulsified form in which cream-like portions and oil droplets of a size that allows oils and fats to be visually recognized are mixed. Here, the oils and fats used may be any of those used in pasta sauce, such as butter (lipid part), fresh cream (lipid part), rapeseed oil, corn oil, cottonseed oil, safflower Such as oil, olive oil, safflower oil, soybean oil, palm oil, fish oil, egg yolk oil, etc. or refined oils (salad oil), or MCT (medium chain fatty acid triglycerides), diglycerides, hardened oils, transesterified oils, etc. And fats and the like obtained by performing chemical and enzymatic treatments. Moreover, 0.5 to 25% is preferable with respect to a sauce, and, as for the compounding quantity of fats and oils, 1 to 20% is more preferable. If the blended amount of fats and oils is less than the above range, the pasta-containing processed food obtained tends to be difficult to obtain pasta with an appropriate texture, while if it exceeds the above range, the whole sauce is oily. It is not preferable. Moreover, the addition method of fats and oils is although it does not specifically limit, You may add as emulsified fat emulsified with the raw material which has the emulsifier mentioned later later and the other emulsifying power.

The hydrophilic emulsifier having an acyl group is an emulsifier having an acyl group and usable for foods having a property of being easily dispersed in water or warm water. Specifically, for example, diacyl glyceroline. Phospholipids that are lipids, lysophospholipids that are monoacylglycerophospholipids in which the acyl group at position 1 or 2 is hydrolyzed to a hydroxyl group by hydrolysis of the phospholipase A ₁ or phospholipase A ₂ enzyme, or HLB Examples thereof include sucrose fatty acid esters or polyglycerin fatty acid esters having a (hydrophilic / lipophilic balance) of 10.0 or more. In the present invention, when phospholipid or lysophospholipid is used, it may be used, but generally contains egg yolk lecithin, soybean lecithin, egg yolk oil containing other lipid components such as triglyceride and cholesterol. Egg yolk lysolecithin, soybean lysolecithin, enzyme-treated egg yolk lecithin, enzyme-treated soybean lecithin, enzyme-treated egg yolk oil and the like may be used. In this case, the phospholipid or lysophospholipid portion in the lipid mixture corresponds to the phospholipid or lysophospholipid of the present invention.

Further, the blending amount of the hydrophilic emulsifier having an acyl group is preferably 0.05 to 5%, more preferably 0.1 to 4% with respect to the sauce. When the blending amount of the hydrophilic emulsifier is less than the above range, in the obtained processed food containing pasta, it tends to be difficult to obtain a pasta having an appropriate texture. The derived flavor tends to impair the flavor of the whole sauce, which is not preferable.

The source used in the production method of the present invention needs to have a product temperature of 70 ° C. or higher, preferably 75 ° C. or higher. When the sauce is lower than the above product temperature, even if boiled pasta with a product temperature of less than 0 ° C. blended with modified starch and / or wet heat-treated starch is used, the pasta has a savory texture in the processed food containing pasta. This is because it is not possible to obtain the desired moderate texture.

The sauce used in the present invention is used in pasta sauce in addition to the oils and fats described above, for example, dairy products such as flour, milk, cheese, tomatoes, spinach, onions, peppers, parsley and other vegetables, meat, sugar, Seasonings such as soy sauce, salt, sodium glutamate, animal and plant extracts such as bonito and kombu, sugarcane, dextrin, reduced dextrin, cyclodextrin, sorbitol, trehalose and other sugars, modified starch, wet heat-treated starch, xanthan gum, locust bean gum, gellan gum , Carrageenan, fercellan, tara gum, sodium alginate, pectin, and tamarind gum, thickeners such as gelatin, emulsions such as egg yolk, monoglycerin fatty acid ester, sorbitan fatty acid ester, organic acids such as vinegar, citric acid or the like Salt, ascorbic acid or its , Antioxidants such as vitamin E, colorants, flavors, sweeteners, a raw material of preservatives such as, suitably selected within a range that does not impair the effects of the present invention may be made pursuant to the conventional method.

In the present invention, the above-described boiled pasta and sauce are filled and sealed in a container, and then heat sterilized. The heat sterilization may be performed at a temperature at which bacteria are killed for food hygiene. Specifically, the heat sterilization is preferably performed at 70 ° C. or higher, more preferably 75 ° C. or higher. Furthermore, according to the manufacturing method of the present invention, even if the retort treatment is performed as heat sterilization, the pasta has an appropriate texture, so the present invention is suitable for the retort treatment that enables long-term storage. Any container can be used as long as it can withstand heat sterilization. Particularly, in a retort treatment that requires heat resistance, for example, cans, retort pouches, preferably aluminum foil, organic resin-coated polyethylene terephthalate ( It is preferable to use a heat-resistant pouch having a gas barrier layer manufactured by Kureha Chemical Co., Ltd. (trade name “Bessera”) or a heat-resistant standing pouch having self-supporting property. In addition, the retort treatment means that the heat treatment at the central part of the sealed food is performed at 120 ° C. for 4 minutes or under the conditions that have the same or higher efficacy. As a specific setting condition of the retort device, for example, it may be performed under conditions of 110 to 130 ° C. and 90 to 10 minutes. ,

Hereinafter, the manufacturing method of the pasta containing processed food of this invention is demonstrated concretely based on an Example, a comparative example, and a test example. The present invention is not limited to these.

[Preparation Example 1] Frozen boiled gnocchi formulated with modified starch. Crush the potatoes with the prepared potato, add soft flour, raw egg yolk, modified starch (“Colflo 67” manufactured by Nippon SC) and salt. After mixing until uniform, it was formed into a rod shape with a diameter of about 1.5 cm and cut to a weight of about 5 g to produce a raw gnocchi. The resulting raw gnocchi was boiled and then frozen at -20 ° C. In addition, the compounding quantity of the modified starch in boiled gnocchi is 5.5% in terms of dry matter.

<Ratio of raw gnocchi>
Potato 65 parts Soft flour 27 parts Raw egg yolk 5 parts Modified starch 2.5 parts Salt 0.5 parts ―――――――――――――
100 copies in total

[Preparation Example 2]: Preparation of frozen boiled gnocchi that does not contain modified starch and wet heat-treated starch In Preparation Example 1 of modified gnocchi, the modified starch was replaced with starch and produced in the same manner.

[Preparation Example 3]: Preparation of frozen boiled spaghetti blended with wet-heat-treated starch Strong powder, raw whole egg, wet-heat-treated starch (manufactured by NSC Japan, "Novation 2600") and salt until uniform After mixing, the mixture was left for 30 minutes and molded with a pasta machine to produce a raw spaghetti. Next, the obtained raw spaghetti was boiled and then frozen at -20 ° C. In addition, the blending amount of the wet heat-treated starch in the boiled spaghetti is 2.7% in terms of dry matter.

<Rate of raw spaghetti>
Powerful powder 485 parts Raw whole egg 200 parts Wet heat-treated starch 15 parts Salt 10 parts ―――――――――――
710 copies in total

[Example 1]
A creamy sauce with gnocchi that was subjected to retort treatment with the following composition was prepared. That is, 48 kg of fresh water is put into a spherical kneader, 30 kg of milk with stirring and heating, 1 kg of white sucrose, 1 kg of sodium glutamate, 1 kg of salt, enzyme-treated egg yolk oil (manufactured by QP Corporation, “yolk lecithin LPL-20”: lysophospholipid concentration 20%) 0.3 kg, 0.2 kg of sucrose fatty acid ester (HLB16) and 5 kg of soybean salad oil, 0.2 kg of xanthan gum dispersed in 3 kg of soybean salad oil and 10 kg of fresh water, modified starch (manufactured by NSC Japan, Colflo 67) 2 kg dispersed was added and the temperature reached 90 ° C., and then the heating was stopped. 6 kg of fresh cream was added, and the mixture was stirred and finished to obtain 100 kg of creamy sauce with a product temperature of 85 ° C. On the other hand, the frozen boiled gnocchi of Preparation Example 1 was half-thawed to a product temperature of -5 to -3 ° C. Next, 90 g of creamy sauce with a product temperature of 85 ° C. and boiled gnocchi with a product temperature of −5 to −3 ° C. and 50 g (5 g × 10 pieces) were filled and sealed in an aluminum pouch, and then 30 ° C. at 120 ° C. A creamy sauce with gnocchi that was retorted for minutes, cooled and retorted was made. In addition, the compounding quantity of the edible fat and oil and the hydrophilic emulsifier which has an acyl group is 10.7% and 0.26% with respect to a sauce, respectively.

<Combination ratio of creamy sauce>
30% milk
Soy salad oil 8%
Fresh cream (lipid: about 45%) 6%
Modified starch 2%
Super white sugar 1%
Sodium glutamate 1%
Salt 1%
Enzyme-treated egg yolk oil 0.3%
Sucrose fatty acid ester 0.2%
Xanthan gum 0.2%
Shimizu Residue ――――――――――――――――――――
Total 100%

<Filling amount of one bag>
Raw gnocchi (Preparation Example 1) 50g (5g x 10)
Creamy sauce 90g
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140g total

[Comparative Example 1]
In Example 1, the retort was prepared in the same manner as in Example 1 except that the frozen boiled gnocchi of Preparation Example 2 not blended with the modified starch was used instead of the frozen boiled gnocchi of Preparation Example 1 blended with the modified starch. A creamy sauce with gnocchi was prepared.

[Comparative Example 2]
In Example 1, the frozen boiled gnocchi was thawed in the same manner as in Preparation Example 1 except that the thawing process of the frozen gnocchi was not completely half-thawed and the product temperature was about 20 ° C. A sauce was made.

[Comparative Example 3]
In Example 1, a cream sauce with gnocchi that was retorted in the same manner except that the cream sauce was cooled to room temperature (30 ° C.) and filled.

[Comparative Example 4]
A separated gnocchi-containing sauce with the following retort treatment was prepared. In other words, 9 kg of salad oil and 2 kg of garlic mince were put in a spherical kneader, heated and stirred, and after reaching 85 ° C., 5 kg of soy sauce, 2 kg of super white sugar, 1.5 kg of salt, wet-heat-treated starch (Japan) NSC Co., Ltd., "Novation 2600") 0.5kg and fresh water 50kg mixture, stirred and mixed, then boiled about 6mm square diced 20kg onion, 10kg hiratake , 5 kg of shiitake mushrooms, and 5 kg of eringi were added and heated with stirring to obtain 100 kg of a separated sauce at 85 ° C. On the other hand, the frozen boiled gnocchi of Preparation Example 1 was half-thawed to a product temperature of -5 to -3 ° C. Next, 90 g of the obtained separated sauce with a product temperature of 85 ° C. and boiled gnocchi with a product temperature of −5 to −3 ° C. and 50 g (5 g × 10 pieces) were filled and sealed in an aluminum pouch, and then 30 ° C. at 120 ° C. A separate sauce with gnocchi that was retorted for minutes, cooled and retorted was produced. In addition, although the compounding quantity of edible fats and oils is 5% with respect to a sauce, the hydrophilic emulsifier which has an acyl group is not mix | blended.

<Combination ratio of separated sauce>
Onion 20%
Hiratake 10%
5% salad oil
Shiitake 5%
Elingi 5%
Soy sauce 5%
Garlic mince 2%
Super white sugar 2%
Salt 1.5%
Wet heat-treated starch 0.5%
Shimizu Residue -----------
Total 100%

<Filling amount of one bag>
Raw gnocchi (Preparation Example 1) 50g (5g x 10)
Separated sauce 90g
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140g total

[Example 2]
In Comparative Example 4, a semi-emulsified sauce containing gnocchi that was retorted in the same manner except that 0.2% of polyglycerol stearate (HLB15) was added and mixed as a hydrophilic emulsifier having an acyl group. In addition, the compounding quantity of the edible fat and oil and the hydrophilic emulsifier which has an acyl group is 5.1% and 0.2% with respect to a sauce, respectively.

[Comparative Example 5]
In Example 2 in which a hydrophilic emulsifier having an acyl group was added to Comparative Example 4, a gnocchi-containing sauce retort-treated in the same manner except that edible fats and oils were removed was produced.

[Example 3]
In Example 1, a creamy sauce containing spaghetti subjected to retort treatment in the same manner except that the frozen raw spaghetti of Preparation Example 3 was used instead of the frozen raw gnocchi of Preparation Example 1 used Made.

[Test example]
Each pasta-containing processed food obtained in Examples 1 to 3 and Comparative Examples 1 to 5 was heated in hot water for 5 minutes while being put in a pouch, and then eaten to evaluate the texture of the pasta. The results are shown in Table 1.

According to Table 1, filled with boiled pasta with a product temperature of less than 0 ° C blended with modified starch and / or heat-moisture treated starch, and sauce with a product temperature of 70 ° C or more blended with hydrophilic emulsifiers and edible oils and fats having acyl groups Processed foods with pasta of Example 1, Example 2 and Example 3 produced by sealing are processed with non-pasta processed foods, specifically, non-modified starch and / or wet heat-treated starch. Processed food containing pasta in Comparative Example 1 using pasta, boiled food having a temperature of 0 ° C. or higher, Processed food containing pasta in Comparative Example 2 using pasta, and Comparative Example 3 using sauce having a product temperature of less than 70 ° C. Compared with the processed food with pasta, the processed food with pasta of Comparative Example 4 using a separated sauce, and the processed food with pasta of Comparative Example 5 using a sauce not containing edible fats and oils, the texture of the pasta is moderate With Obtained it is to be understood.

Claims (6)

Boiled pasta with a product temperature of less than 0 ° C blended with modified starch and / or wet heat-treated starch, and a sauce with a product temperature of 70 ° C or more blended with a hydrophilic emulsifier having acyl group and edible oil and fat was sealed in a container. Then, the pasteurized processed food manufacturing method characterized by performing heat sterilization. The process for producing a processed food containing pasta according to claim 1, wherein the total blending amount of the modified starch and / or the wet heat-treated starch in the boiled pasta is 0.5 to 20% in terms of dry matter. The method for producing a processed food containing pasta according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the amount of the edible oil / fat is 0.5 to 25% based on the sauce. The method for producing a processed food containing pasta according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the blending amount of the hydrophilic emulsifier having an acyl group is 0.05 to 5% based on the sauce. The method for producing a processed food containing pasta according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the heat sterilization is a retort treatment. The method for producing a processed food containing pasta according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the pasta is gnocchi.