JP2008099633A - Finely processed food and method for producing the same - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a food product processed to have properties suitable for eating an edible portions of fruits, vegetables or the like which have been conventionally discarded, to provide a food product obtained by processing generally eatable fruits or vegetables to give any other texture, and to provide a method for producing the same. <P>SOLUTION: The food product is prepared by processing edible portions 25 such as leaves, barks or cores of general fruits or vegetables or their waste foods into uniform fine granules 25b of several millimeter square. The fine particles 25b usually have a size of 3 mm square or less. The food product is directly served or is mixed into other foods and then eaten. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a food obtained by finely processing an edible portion of food waste such as general fruit vegetables or fruit vegetables that have been conventionally discarded, and a method for producing the same.

  As a raw material for feed, fertilizer, etc., the amount of food waste generated in large quantities in the food manufacturing process due to unsold food, leftover food, or food production is reduced by reducing the occurrence and reducing the amount of food waste. In order to recycle, a law (so-called Food Waste Recycling Law) has been enacted and enacted to promote the recycling of food recycling resources by food-related businesses (manufacturing, distribution, dining out, etc.).

  Along with the enforcement of this law, various efforts to recycle food waste have been made. According to the statistics of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in 2005, the annual occurrence of food waste in the food manufacturing industry in 2004 The amount reaches 4.9 million tons, but the recycling rate is only 72%. The main uses for recycling are fertilizer (55%) and feed (42%).

JP 2006-50987 A JP 2006-42790 A JP 2004-65184 A JP 2002-325547 A

  As mentioned above, various efforts have been made to recycle food waste, but most of them are directed to fertilizer or feed, not to food. . Needless to say, many food wastes can be eaten by humans.

  In view of such a current situation, the present inventor has been disposed of as food waste in the past, and completed the present invention through repeated research with the intention of reusing the portion that can be eaten by humans. Thus, the problem to be solved by the present invention is that foods processed into properties suitable for eating edible parts such as fruit vegetables that have been discarded conventionally, and fruits and vegetables generally eaten. An object of the present invention is to provide a food processed so as to obtain another texture and a method for producing the same.

  The invention according to claim 1 for solving the above-mentioned problems is obtained by processing edible parts such as leaves, rough skin, and cores in general fruit vegetables or food waste thereof into uniform fine grains of several millimeters square. It is food. Usually, the fine grains are 3 mm square or less in size. The food is used as it is or mixed with other foods.

  The invention according to claim 4 for solving the above-mentioned problem is to process edible parts such as leaves, rough skin, and cores in general fruit vegetables or food waste thereof into uniform fine grains of several millimeters square. It is the manufacturing method of the foodstuff characterized. Usually, the fine grains are 3 mm square or less in size.

  It may be seasoned before the grain refinement process, or may be seasoned after the grain refinement process. Further, the fine granules may be dried to obtain food.

  Since the finely divided food according to the present invention is a uniform granule having a size of 3 mm square or less, it can be eaten without any resistance even in waste parts such as fruit vegetables that are difficult to eat and have not been used for food. It can be used and can be used as a high-grade food because it has an unprecedented texture (grainy texture) and umami, and has the effect of greatly contributing to the recycling of food waste and the reduction of food waste. is there. Moreover, since this foodstuff can be utilized in various aspects, it has the effect of becoming a new food material and creating a new foodstuff.

  The best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described below. In the following explanation, food waste such as fruit vegetables is mainly processed. However, the object of the present invention is not limited to this, and fruits and vegetables that have been conventionally eaten and processed products thereof ( For example, pickles such as Nozawana) can also be targeted.

  The food using the food waste according to the present invention is obtained by processing edible portions such as leaves, rough skin, and core in food waste such as fruit vegetables into uniform fine particles of several millimeters square. The size of the fine particles is 3 mm square or less, preferably 2 mm square, and the fine particles are uniformly refined.

  By uniformly finely pulverizing in this way, radish and carrot skin, apple and mandarin skin, cabbage rough skin and core, etc., which are not suitable for eating themselves, are suitable for eating without any resistance. .

  By the way, the skin of radish contains about twice as much vitamin C as the body, and contains a lot of vitamin P which helps the antioxidant action of vitamin C and suppresses neutral fat. In addition, carotene, the main nutrient of carrot, is the most abundant immediately under the skin, and the skin of apple is rich in tannin and pectin, which have calming action. Fruit skins and the like containing many useful nutrients as described above have been discarded in vain. However, according to the present invention, these nutrients can be ingested.

  It is important that the edible portion is finely divided. Of course, it is possible to reduce the particle size to some extent by manual operation using a knife, but it is impossible to make it uniform. In addition, in the case of using a general vegetable shredding machine that is commercially available, even if it can be made uniform, it cannot be finely divided to 3 mm square or less while maintaining a grainy feeling. In the present invention, it is possible to reduce the size to 3 mm square or less while maintaining the graininess by using the apparatus described below.

  1 to 4 are perspective views showing a configuration example of an apparatus for carrying out a method according to the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a gantry with casters, and a cylindrical charging chamber 2 is disposed on the gantry 1. The upper surface and the lower surface of the charging chamber 2 are closed by an upper surface plate 3 and a lower surface plate 4 connected via a plurality of support bars 5.

  A charging port 6 is formed in the upper surface plate 3, and a motor case 7 is installed in the lower surface plate 4. A motor (not shown) for driving a rotating body is disposed in the motor case 7, and an output shaft thereof extends through the lower surface plate 4 into the charging chamber 2 and is disposed in the charging chamber 2. Thus, the rotating body 8 is driven to rotate. The rotating body 8 rotates at a high speed, imparts a centrifugal force to an edible portion such as fruit vegetables input from the input port 6, and acts to rub this against the inner surface of the input chamber 2 at a high speed.

  The rotating body 8 shown in FIG. 6 is provided with a plurality of partition plates 9 extending radially from the center thereof to the vicinity of the inner peripheral surface of the input chamber 2, and the fruit vegetables put into the door-shaped section between the partition plates 9 are As the rotating body 8 rotates, it is pushed by the partition plate 9 and is moved at high speed along the inner peripheral surface while being pressed against the inner peripheral surface of the charging chamber 2 by centrifugal force.

  The rotating body 8 shown in FIG. 7 is obtained by assembling the partition plates 9 so as to surround the central axis, and each partition plate 9 acts on the input workpiece in the same manner as described above.

  An opening 11 is formed on the side surface of the input chamber 2, and a cutting mechanism is installed so as to close the opening 11. The cutting mechanism includes a motor 12a (see FIG. 8) built in the motor case 12, and a composite blade installed on the front side of the motor case 12 (the side facing the opening 11). The composite blade includes a round blade 13 that is rotationally driven by a motor 12 a in the motor case 12, a rotary comb blade 14 formed by arranging a large number of cutting blades 18 in an annular shape, and a part of the outer periphery of the round blade 13. The stationary comb blade 15 is disposed on the front side of the motor case 12.

  2 to 4 show the three types of blades 13 to 15 by pivoting the motor case 12 and pulling out the composite blade from the loading chamber 2. As is apparent from the figure, the motor case 12 is pivotally supported on the outer surface of the charging chamber 2 via a pivot shaft 22. The round blade 13 is slightly smaller in diameter than the inner diameter of the opening 11, and is fixed to a motor shaft 16 protruding from the motor case 12 so as to be parallel to the surface facing the opening 11 of the motor case 12 and driven to rotate.

  A large number of rotary comb blades 14 are arranged at appropriate intervals between the peripheral portions of the blade mounting plates 17 and 17 that are fixed to the motor shaft 16 in pairs. The rotary comb blade 14 is installed by passing a cutting blade 18 such as a blade of a stationery cutter between insertion slits 19 and 19 formed at the peripheral edge portions of the blade mounting plates 17 and 17 (particularly FIG. 4, see FIG. The blade mounting plates 17 and 17 are preferably detachable from the motor shaft 16 together with the round blade 13.

  The stationary comb blade 15 is formed on a blade forming box 20 disposed on the front surface of the motor case 12, and maintains a stationary state during cutting. The surface of the blade forming box 20 where the stationary comb blade 15 is formed is a surface that is parallel or nearly parallel to the round blade 13. The stationary comb blades 15 are arranged in an arc shape so as to extend in the horizontal direction at appropriate intervals and along the outer periphery of the round blade 13. In the illustrated embodiment, they are arranged in a staggered manner (see in particular FIG. 3), but may be single or triple.

  Since the cutting width of the workpiece is determined by the interval between the comb blades 21 constituting the stationary comb blade 15, several blade forming boxes 20 having different intervals between the comb blades 21 are prepared and can be selectively exchanged. On the downstream side of the composite blade, that is, on the side opposite to the stationary comb blade 15 installation side, a hood 23 is installed for guiding fine particles generated by cutting to a collection container (not shown).

  In such a configuration, when the edible portion 25 such as skin and core is inserted from the insertion port 6 and the rotator driving motor is driven, the rotator 8 rotates at a high speed and the partition plate 9 boosts the edible portion 25. . The edible portion 25 pushed at high speed moves outward by centrifugal force and is rubbed along the inner peripheral surface of the charging chamber 2.

  And when it arrives at the position of the composite blade in this state, first, it hits the stationary comb blade 15 and passes there, so that a row of cuts having a depth corresponding to the height of the comb blade 21 is put in the horizontal direction. The interval (cut width) between the cuts is determined by the interval between the comb blades 21.

  Next, the edible portion 25 hits the round blade 13 and the contact portion thereof is bent (flat cutting) to be cut into pieces. The shredded edible portion 25a is guided between the back side of the round blade 13 and the blade mounting plate 17 located on the round blade 13 side. It is finely divided by a large number of cutting blades 18 of the rotating rotary comb blade 14 (fine particles 25b), guided by the hood 23, and collected in a collection container.

  According to this apparatus, the cutting size can be adjusted by changing the rotation speed of the motor 12a for driving the composite blade and / or the motor for driving the rotating body, which is not possible with the conventional apparatus. The following die cuts are possible. Since the cutting is performed by drawing without applying a load to the material, the fine grain 25b is not crushed, maintains its graininess, and moisture does not flow out, so that the original taste and flavor of fruit vegetables are lost. There is nothing.

  The edible fine granules 25b, which have been preferably refined to 2 mm square using the above-mentioned apparatus, are used for food as food by some kind of seasoning, or other foods such as for example Eat mixed with pickles and ingredients such as hamburger, croquettes and gyoza. It can also be dried and eaten as flicker. In addition, it is also conceivable to season the edible portion before the fine graining process.

  Thus, according to the present invention, edible parts such as fruit vegetables that have been conventionally discarded can be effectively used as new food or ingredients, and nutrients contained in edible parts that have been wasted can be ingested. It is very useful because it is effective and greatly contributes to the reduction of food waste.

  In addition, the present invention is also intended for those that have been eaten in the past, for example, to produce pickles with an unprecedented texture and taste by, for example, blending Nozawana and Takuan after fine grain processing It is possible to create a new food by various combinations.

  Although the present invention has been described in some detail with respect to its most preferred embodiments, it will be apparent that a wide variety of different embodiments can be constructed without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, the invention being defined by the appended claims. It is not restricted to the specific embodiment other than limiting in.

1 is a perspective view of an apparatus for carrying out a method according to the present invention. It is a perspective view of the state where the compound blade of the device for carrying out the method concerning the present invention was exposed. It is a perspective view which shows the composite blade of the apparatus for enforcing the method based on this invention, and its installation part. It is a principal part perspective view which shows the composite blade of the apparatus for enforcing the method which concerns on this invention. It is a front view which shows the blade mounting plate | board of the rotary comb blade in the apparatus for enforcing the method which concerns on this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the structural example of the rotary body in the apparatus for enforcing the method which concerns on this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the other structural example of the rotary body in the apparatus for enforcing the method which concerns on this invention. It is a figure which shows the effect | action of the apparatus for enforcing the method based on this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Stand 2 Input chamber 3 Upper surface plate 4 Lower surface plate 5 Support rod 6 Input port 7 Motor case 8 Rotating body 9 Partition plate 11 Opening 12 Motor case 12a Motor 13 Round blade 14 Rotary comb blade 15 Stationary comb blade 16 Motor shaft 17 Blade mounting Board 18 Cutting blade 19 Insert slit 20 Blade forming box 21 Comb blade 23 Hood 25 Edible part 25a Shredded edible part 25b Fine grain

Claims (9)

  Food produced by processing edible parts such as leaves, rough skin, and cores of general fruit vegetables or food waste thereof into uniform fine grains of several millimeters square.   The food according to claim 1, wherein the fine particles have a size of 3 mm square or less.   A food comprising the food according to claim 1 or 2 mixed therein.   A method for producing a food, characterized by processing edible portions such as leaves, rough skin, and cores in general fruit vegetables or food waste thereof into uniform fine grains of several millimeters square.   The method for producing a food according to claim 3, wherein the granulation is performed to a size of 3 mm square or less.   The manufacturing method of the foodstuff of Claim 4 which seasons before performing the said fine graining process.   The manufacturing method of the foodstuff of Claim 4 which seasons after the said refinement | pulverization process.   The manufacturing method of the foodstuff of Claim 4 which dries the said fine grain.   The manufacturing method of the foodstuff of Claim 4 which mixes the said fine grain in another foodstuff.

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