JP2009189278A - Method for producing ume flesh extract - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for very easily and efficiently producing ume flesh extract without the need of grinding down ume fruits when producing the ume flesh extract. <P>SOLUTION: This method for producing the ume flesh extract comprises soaking ume in honey, and causing the honey to absorb fruit juice of the soaked ume using action of an osmotic pressure so as to obtain ume fruit juice-containing honey, heating the ume fruit juice-containing honey, and removing a prescribed amount of water from the ume fruit juice-containing honey, thereby obtaining the ume flesh extract. Alternatively, the method for producing the ume flesh extract comprises soaking ume in an aqueous solution in which sugar is dissolved, causing the aqueous solution to absorb fruit juice of the soaked ume using action of an osmotic pressure so as to obtain ume fruit juice-containing syrup, heating the ume fruit juice-containing syrup, and removing a prescribed amount of water from the ume fruit juice-containing syrup, thereby obtaining the ume flesh extract. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a method for producing a plum meat extract, and in particular, in the production process of a plum meat extract, there is no need to grate the fruit of the plum, and a method capable of producing the plum meat extract very simply and efficiently. About.

  The “plum meat extract” is a simmered plum juice and is one of the foods that have been used for medicinal purposes since ancient times. And this plum meat extract is generally manufactured by the following methods.

  First, pour the plum fruit with a grater and strain it with a cloth or gauze to get the plum juice. Next, the obtained fruit juice is put into a pan etc. and boiled until it becomes a black candy shape. In this way, the plum meat extract is produced.

  By the way, in the manufacturing method of the conventional plum meat extract as demonstrated above, it is necessary to grate the fruit of a plum in the process of obtaining a plum juice. For this reason, there is a problem that it takes time to grind and it is difficult to produce a plum extract easily and efficiently.

  Under such circumstances, the present inventor has intensively studied a method for producing a plum extract more easily and efficiently while having nutrients and the like that are the same as the conventional ones. As a result, the present inventor obtained the knowledge that a plum extract equivalent to the conventional one can be produced without grated the plum fruit by a method completely different from the conventional method, and the present invention It came to create.

  In addition, when filing an application for the present invention, the applicant investigated the past patent documents and the like. As a result, the following documents were found for the technique related to the method for producing ume meat extract. I couldn't find anything that detailed my thoughts.

Japanese Patent No. 3452263 JP-A-6-153848 JP 2004-81198 A JP 2005-87025 A JP 2005-237372 A

  It is an object of the present invention to provide a method capable of producing a plum meat extract very simply and efficiently without the need to grate the plum fruit when producing the plum meat extract.

  As a means for this, the method for producing plum extract according to the present invention comprises immersing plums in honey, and using the action of osmotic pressure to absorb the soaked plum juice into the honey, thereby adding honey with plum juice After that, the honey with ume juice is heated, and a predetermined amount of water is removed from the honey with ume juice to obtain a plum extract.

  In addition, the method for producing the ume meat extract according to the present invention comprises immersing plums in an aqueous solution in which sugar is dissolved, and using the action of osmotic pressure, the soaked plum juice is absorbed into the aqueous solution to contain plum juice. After obtaining a syrup, the syrup containing plum juice is heated, and a predetermined amount of water is removed from the syrup containing plum juice to obtain a plum extract.

  According to the present invention, the plum extract can be produced without grate the plum fruit, so that the production process can be omitted, and the production cost of the plum extract can be greatly reduced. In addition, even when industrially producing a large amount of plum meat extract, since a device such as a grinder or a filter is not required, the manufacturing cost can be suppressed from this point.

  Hereinafter, the best mode for carrying out the method for producing a plum extract according to the present invention will be described.

  First, a plum that has been appropriately cut to expose the plum flesh and honey having a weight corresponding to 70% to 100% of the plum are prepared. And the prepared plum and honey are put into arbitrary containers, and plum is immersed in honey for predetermined time. From the soaked plum, plum juice flows out by the action of osmotic pressure and is absorbed into honey.

  The honey with plum juice obtained in this way is put in a pan or the like, set on fire, and heated while mixing. And by this heating, honey with plum juice is boiled down, a predetermined moisture content is removed from this honey with plum juice, and a plum extract is obtained. In this way, the plum extract according to this embodiment is produced.

  In addition, in the above embodiment, honey is used as what immerses plums, However, You may use the aqueous solution which saccharide | sugar melt | dissolved instead of the honey. Even with such an aqueous solution, it is possible to obtain a syrup containing plum juice using the action of osmotic pressure, boil the obtained syrup containing plum juice, remove a predetermined amount of water from this syrup containing plum juice, It is because a plum extract can also be manufactured.

  As the “sugar” used in an aqueous solution in which sugar is dissolved, any sugar may be used as long as the aqueous solution exhibits sweetness by dissolving the sugar. Examples include sucrose, glucose, fructose and the like. In addition, the aqueous solution in which sugar is dissolved includes a solution in which honey is dissolved. This is because honey contains a lot of fructose.

  Moreover, in the above case, it is preferable that the time for immersing plums in honey is at least 6 hours. This is because it is recognized that a sufficient amount of plum juice is absorbed into the honey when the time is 6 hours or longer. This is the same when an aqueous solution in which sugar is dissolved is used instead of honey.

  Furthermore, in the above case, honey with plum juice is boiled, and when removing a predetermined amount of water from this honey with plum juice, boil until it becomes 25% to 45% of the mass of honey with plum juice before heating. Is preferred. This is because the plum extract with the highest quality can be produced in accordance with the present invention by simmering to this range. This also applies to the case where an aqueous solution in which sugar is dissolved is used instead of honey.

  In addition, in the above cases, we use plums that have been cut appropriately to expose the plum pulp, but besides this, the whole plums that have been harvested, those that are crushed plum plums, The thing which crushed the pulp of the plum, the thing which made the hole and the damage | wound in the skin of the plum, etc. can be used suitably. Furthermore, the plum used in the present invention may be either an unripe green plum or a fully-ripened yellow plum.

  In the present invention, honey includes not only 100% natural honey but also so-called “sweetened honey” in which natural honey is mixed with a mixture of sugar and moisture.

  Conventionally, there is also a so-called “plum meat extract containing honey” in which honey is added to a plum extract, which is completely different from the “plum extract” obtained by the present invention. It is. This is because a plum extract is made in advance and honey is added to it.

  In general, the “plum meat extract” refers to a product obtained by grated plums to obtain plum juice and boiled, but in the present invention, plums are grated in the production process. Even if it is not present, this is called “plum meat extract” for convenience.

  According to the present invention, plum juice and sugar (honey fructose and other sugars, etc.) are heated together, so that the plum containing a lot of “Mumefural” which is said to be highly effective in improving blood flow. A meat extract can also be produced. In addition, since the description about "Mumefural" is described in detail particularly in Patent Document 1, the description here is omitted.

  Next, the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the following examples.

  1 kg of unripe ome and 1 kg of honey were prepared, and these were put in an arbitrary container, and the ume was immersed in honey for 8 hours. From the soaked ome, ume juice flowed out by the action of osmotic pressure, and this was absorbed into honey.

  The honey with plum juice obtained in this way was put in a enamel pan and heated to heat for 2 hours with mixing to remove moisture. Thus, 450 cc of plum meat extract boiled in black was obtained.

  The umefural content of the plum extract obtained here was measured by high performance liquid chromatography. As a result of the measurement, in the plum extract according to the present example, it was confirmed that the content of umefural was 316.8 mg (0.3168%) per 100 g.

Claims (2)

  Immerse the ume in honey and use the action of osmotic pressure to absorb the soaked plum juice into the honey to obtain honey with plum juice, then heat the honey with plum juice, A method for producing a plum extract, which comprises removing a predetermined amount of water from honey containing to obtain a plum extract.   Plums are immersed in an aqueous solution in which sugar is dissolved, and by utilizing the action of osmotic pressure, the soaked plum juice is absorbed into the aqueous solution to obtain a syrup containing plum juice, and then the syrup containing plum juice is heated. A method for producing a plum extract, characterized in that a plum extract is obtained by removing a predetermined amount of water from the syrup containing plum juice.