JP2023051317A - Stick container containing composition for green juice - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a stick container containing a composition for green juice allowing for pouring a composition for green juice as a content into an opening of a PET bottle in a brief time without scattering.SOLUTION: A stick container containing a composition for green juice includes a container body having a cylindrical body having one end area and the other end area in an axial direction respectively sealed as a first seal area and a second seal area, and a longitudinal direction in the axial direction. The first seal area has a first seal portion and a second seal portion arranged along a container width direction, in which the first seal portion is longer in a sealing length in the longitudinal direction than the second seal portion. The container body has, in a non-seal portion positioned on the second seal area side of the second seal portion and laterally in the width direction with respect to the first seal portion, a tear guide portion allowing the non-seal portion to be torn along the width direction. By tearing the non-seal portion through the guide portion, an opening is formed to provide the opening with an opening width in a size of two-fifth or more of an entire width of the container, with a bulk density of 0.25 g/cm3 or less.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a stick container containing a green juice composition.

The green juice composition is in the form of a powder containing green foliage powder of barley or the like, and is usually eaten as green juice by dissolving or dispersing it in a liquid such as water. Aojiru compositions are known as health foods because they are rich in dietary fiber, minerals, vitamins, and the like.

Some green juice compositions are enclosed in a stick container for each amount used.
Here, various types of stick containers are known for use with foodstuffs and the like. Although not related to a composition for green juice, in Document 1, both ends of a long film in the long side direction are fused to form a tubular shape, and at least one end is fused into an inverted L shape. A container is described in which a pouch is formed by sealing with a fused part that is joined, and a tear line is formed connecting the tips of two sides of the inverted L-shaped fused part. Document 2 describes that there are two unsealing/sealing operation units, and that the opening operation unit can be selected according to the application. Further, in Document 2, a stepped portion is provided in the fused portion, the side edge of the container body is provided with a first opening operation portion on the side of the partial width storage portion, and a second opening operation portion on the side of the full width storage portion. A container is described in which the cross-sectional area of the accommodating portion in the direction orthogonal to the axis at the position where the container is torn from the first opening operation portion is smaller than the cross-sectional area in the direction perpendicular to the axis of the accommodating portion at the position where the container is torn from the second opening operation portion. there is

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In recent years, there have been various needs for green juice compositions in stick containers, among which there is a need to pour the composition into a PET bottle after opening and carry it as a green juice drink in a PET bottle.
However, when a green juice composition having a predetermined bulk specific gravity or less is stored in a conventional stick container, when the green juice composition is poured into the opening of the PET bottle, the content of the green juice, which is the content, cannot be obtained. The composition powder does not enter the opening and scatters. In addition, even if the entire opening of the stick is inserted into the opening of the PET bottle to prevent scattering, and the green juice composition is poured into the PET bottle, the tip of the container is squeezed and the green juice composition spills out of the container. don't come
On the other hand, conventional stick containers such as those disclosed in Patent Documents 1 and 2 do not consider the problem of pouring a green juice composition having a bulk specific gravity of a predetermined value or less into a PET bottle.

The present invention provides the following configurations.
<1> One end region and the other end region in the axial direction of a cylindrical body made of a flexible material are sealed by a first sealing region and a second sealing region, respectively, and the longitudinal direction is in the axial direction and a green juice composition-filled stick container, comprising:
The first sealing area has a first sealing portion and a second sealing portion arranged along the width direction of the container, the first sealing portion being closer to the longitudinal sealing portion than the second sealing portion. The fixing length is long, and the container body is located on the second sealing region side of the second sealing portion and on the width direction lateral side of the first sealing portion. Having a tear guide part capable of tearing the non-sealed part along the direction,
An opening is formed by tearing the unsealed portion by the tearing guide, and the opening width of the opening is two-fifths or more of the total width of the container,
A stick container containing a composition for green juice, wherein a composition for green juice having a bulk specific gravity of 0.25 g/cm ³ or less is contained in a container.

<2> The edge of the housing section side of the first sealing region is the longitudinal sealing length of the first sealing region from the first sealing section side toward the second sealing section side in the width direction of the container. The stick container containing the composition for green juice according to <1>, which has an inclined portion that is inclined so as to decrease the thickness.

<3> The first sealing region has a stepped shape in which the edges on the side of the accommodating portion extend outward in the width direction from both ends of the inclined portion, and the first sealing region extends from the inclined portion. The blue according to <2>, wherein the width of the portion located on the first sealing portion side is smaller than the width of the portion located on the second sealing portion side of the inclined portion A stick container containing a soup composition.

<4> The stick container containing the green juice composition according to any one of <1> to <3>, wherein the opening width of the opening is 15 mm or more and 20 mm or less.

<5> Any one of <1> to <4>, wherein the bulk specific gravity of the green juice composition is 0.10 g/cm ³ or more, and the opening width of the opening is 90% or less of the total width of the container. A stick container containing the green juice composition according to the above item.

<6> The stick container containing the composition for green juice according to any one of <1> to <5>, wherein the composition for green juice has an average particle size of 5 μm or more and 300 μm or less.

<7> The oral composition according to any one of <1> to <6>, wherein the proportion of green stems and/or leaves in the green juice composition is 20% by mass or more.

<8> The stick container containing the composition for green juice according to <7>, wherein the green stems and/or leaves are dried powder of barley stems and/or leaves.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a stick container containing a composition for green juice that can be poured into the opening of a PET bottle in a short period of time without scattering the composition for green juice.

FIG. 1 is a front view of the stick container of the present invention. 2 is a partially enlarged view of FIG. 1. FIG. FIG. 3 is a back view of the stick container of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a state in which the stick container of the present invention is opened. FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing a state of pouring a composition for green juice, which is the content, into a PET bottle after opening the stick container of the present invention. 6 is a front view of stick containers of Comparative Examples 3 and 4. FIG. FIG. 7 is a diagram in which the corners C1 and C2 of the edge portion 10 in FIG. 2 are rounded.

The present invention will be described below based on its preferred embodiments.

1 to 5 show a stick container 8 containing a green juice composition (hereinafter also referred to as "container 8") of the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 1, in this embodiment, one end region and the other end region in the axial direction X of a tubular body made of a flexible material are sealed by a first sealing region 10 and a second sealing region 20, respectively. A green juice composition-filled stick container 8 having a container main body 1 having a longitudinal direction X in the axial direction and a green juice composition contained in the container main body 1 . Hereinafter, when the container body 1 is used, it refers to a portion formed of a flexible material, including the sealing regions 10, 20 and a sealing portion 30, which will be described later. The stick container 8 is composed of a container body 1 and an accommodating portion 13 .

First, the green juice composition contained in the container 13 will be described. The green juice composition is powdery. In the present invention, powdery includes granular.

The composition for green juice has a bulk specific gravity of 0.25 g/cm ³ or less. A green juice composition having a bulk specific gravity of 0.25 g/cm ³ or less is likely to scatter. The present invention has the technical significance of preventing scattering of the composition for green juice, which has a bulk specific gravity that tends to scatter, by using a stick container 8 having a specific shape. The amount of the green juice composition sealed in the stick container 8 is the amount for one drink and is usually within ^a certain range. The volume of the stick container 8 is relatively large, and the stick container 8 for containing it also requires a certain width W (see FIG. 1) in order to secure the volume of the containing portion 13 . Based on these facts, the present inventors have studied and found that in the stick container 8 containing the green juice composition having a bulk specific gravity of 0.25 g/cm ³ or less, the opening width W4 of the opening 16 (see FIG. 2, The Y direction length of the opening 16 (see FIG. 4) in the folded state as shown in FIG. It was found that the composition could be injected in a short period of time without scattering into the opening of the PET bottle. From these points of view, the bulk specific gravity of the green juice composition is preferably 0.24 g/cm ³ or less, more preferably 0.23 g/cm ³ or less. The lower limit of the bulk specific gravity is preferably, for example, 0.10 g/cm ³ or more in terms of suppressing scattering and facilitating transfer. In order to obtain the above bulk specific gravity of the green juice composition, it can be prepared by a method for preparing green stems and/or leaves contained in the green juice composition, selection of other materials, water content, and the like.

The bulk specific gravity in the present invention can be measured using, for example, a powder property evaluation device (Powder Tester (R) PT-X; Hosokawa Micron Corporation).

The amount of the green juice composition contained in one stick container 8 is preferably 0.1 to 10 g, and more preferably 1 to 5 g, because it is suitable for eating as a single use amount. preferable.

The green juice composition contains green stem and/or leaf powder as green juice ingredients. Hereinafter, the stems and/or leaves are also simply referred to as “stems and leaves”. The green foliage used as green juice material includes barley, kale, Angelica keiskei, mulberry, sweet potato, kumazasa, mugwort, long-life grass, moringa, and the like, and these can be contained alone or in combination of two or more. As for the green foliage, barley stems and/or leaves are desirable in terms of dietary fiber, minerals, vitamins, and palatability.

The green foliage powder, which is a raw material for green juice, is a dry powder (hereinafter also referred to as "dry pulverized powder") obtained by drying and pulverizing green stems and/or stems, or granules thereof. It is preferable in that the bulk specific gravity is small and the technical significance of using the container of the specific shape of the present invention is large. point is preferable. In addition, dry pulverized powder is preferable in that it is superior in dietary fiber, minerals, and vitamins to squeezed juice powder and extract powder.

A conventionally known method can be used to obtain a dried pulverized powder of green foliage. As such a method, a method combining drying treatment and pulverization treatment can be used for green foliage. Either the drying treatment or the pulverizing treatment may be performed first, but it is preferable to perform the drying treatment first in terms of production efficiency. In the step of dry pulverization, a method of combining drying treatment and pulverization treatment may be combined with one or more treatments selected from blanching treatment, sterilization treatment and the like, if necessary. Further, the pulverizing treatment may be performed once, or two or more treatments may be combined. However, it is preferable in terms of production efficiency to combine the coarse pulverizing treatment with a fine pulverizing treatment for finer pulverizing.

The blanching treatment is a treatment for keeping foliage bright green, and examples of the blanching treatment include hot water treatment and steaming treatment.

Although the drying treatment is not particularly limited, for example, it is preferable to dry the green foliage so that the water content is 10% by mass or less, particularly 5% by mass or less. This drying treatment can be performed by any method known to those skilled in the art, such as hot air drying, high-pressure steam drying, electromagnetic wave drying, and freeze drying.

Further, the pulverization treatment includes, for example, a treatment of pulverizing by any method commonly used by those skilled in the art using a pulverizing device or instrument such as a crusher, a mill, a blender, a stone mill, or a jet mill. The crushed green foliage is sieved as needed.

As a granulation process for the green foliage powder obtained above, the green foliage powder pulverized as described above is subjected to a fluid bed granulation method, an extrusion granulation method, a rolling granulation method, a stirring granulation method, or the like. A method of granulating with

The green juice composition usually has a ratio of green stems and/or leaves of 20% by mass or more. The fact that the ratio of green stems and/or leaves in the green juice composition is high makes it more likely to scatter in conventional containers when poured into a PET bottle or the like. , is preferred in terms of high palatability and excellent nutritional function. From this point of view, the proportion of green stems and/or leaves in the green juice composition is preferably 25% by mass or more, more preferably 30% by mass or more, and may be 100% by mass.

When the green juice composition contains other components than green stems and/or leaves, the other components include, for example, protein, dietary fiber such as water-soluble dietary fiber and insoluble dietary fiber, vitamins, Minerals, plants or processed plant products, algae, lactic acid bacteria, microorganisms such as yeast, and the like can be blended. Furthermore, if necessary, sugars such as dextrin and starch, oligosaccharides, sweeteners, acidulants, coloring agents, thickeners, brighteners, excipients, nutritional supplements, binders, and lubricants that are usually used in the food field. Lubricants, stabilizers, diluents, bulking agents, emulsifiers, food additives, seasonings and the like.

The particle size of the composition for green juice is the volume cumulative particle size at 50% of the cumulative volume (hereinafter also referred to as “average particle size”) from the viewpoint of preventing scattering and enabling transfer to a PET bottle in a short time. ) is preferably 3 μm or more, more preferably 5 μm or more, and particularly preferably 7 μm or more. The volume cumulative particle diameter at 50% of the cumulative volume is preferably 300 µm or less, more preferably 280 µm or less, and particularly preferably 250 µm or less from the viewpoint of dispersibility in liquids such as water.

In addition, when the green juice composition is dry pulverized powder, the particle size distribution of the green juice composition is defined as D10, which is the particle size at 10% of the cumulative volume measured by the laser diffraction particle size distribution method, and 50% of the cumulative volume. % is D50, and the particle size at 90% of the cumulative volume is D90. It is more preferable to have Such a green juice composition with a sharp particle size distribution is more fluid and can be easily poured into a PET bottle or the like.
The volume cumulative particle size can be measured, for example, by a particle size distribution measuring apparatus based on a laser diffraction/scattering method.

When the green juice composition is not a granulated product, the particle size distribution of the green juice composition is obtained by using a micro-type electromagnetic vibration sieve shaker (model number: M-2 type, Tsutsui Rikagaku Kiki Co., Ltd.) separately from the above. is preferably 50% by mass or more, more preferably 60% by mass or more, and particularly preferably 70% by mass or more.
Further, when the green juice composition is granulated, the particle size distribution of the green juice composition is measured using an electric sieve vibrator (MICRO VIBRO SIFTER M-2; Tsutsui Rikagakuki Co., Ltd.). The particle size distribution with a particle size of 300 μm or less is preferably 50% by mass or more, more preferably 60% by mass or more, and particularly preferably 70% by mass or more.

In addition, the angle of repose of the green juice composition is preferably 35° or more, more preferably 40° or more, in that the composition for green juice can be easily poured into a PET bottle or the like in a short time. The angle of repose can be measured by the method described in Examples below.

The green juice composition having the above average particle size, angle of repose, particle size distribution, and bulk specific gravity can be prepared by a method for producing green foliage powder or granules using it, for example, in the case of dry pulverized powder, pulverization conditions such as a jet mill. can be obtained by adjusting

The stick container 8 will be explained in more detail.
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the container 8, which is a stick-type packaging container, has a first sealing region 10 and a second sealing region 20 at one end region and the other end region in the axial direction X of the cylindrical body, respectively. , the container main body 1 having the longitudinal direction X in the axial direction is provided, and a housing portion 13 is formed therein. The tubular body is made of a flexible material. A flexible material is one that can be easily bent without breaking. The flexible material preferably has a thickness of 1 μm to 1000 μm, more preferably 10 μm to 500 μm. The flexible material may be a polymeric film material and can be made of a single layer material or a laminate comprising two or more layers, eg a polymeric material film. The flexible material preferably includes one or more layers of a polymer film material having thermoplasticity as at least the inner surface exposed to the housing portion 13 in order to form a sealed portion by heat sealing. The polymeric film material must be sterilizable and desirably gamma-resistant, ie, substantially maintaining its properties after gamma-irradiation. Suitable materials may be conventional film materials used in the packaging industry, e.g. single or multi-layer PE (polyethylene), ULDPE (ultra low density polyethylene), LLDPE (linear low density polyethylene), EVOH (ethylene vinyl alcohol), PA (polyamide), and PET (polyethylene terephthalate) can be mentioned, and a laminate film of one or more of these materials and aluminum foil may be used.

As shown in FIG. 3, the container body 1 is a cylindrical body formed by joining both sides of a sheet of flexible film in a palm-to-palm shape. In the example shown in FIG. 3, a back-side sealing portion 30 is located at the center of the back side of the stick container 8 in the width direction Y and is heat-sealed by overlapping both sides of the flexible film in a palm-to-arm shape. . Also, the first sealing region 10 and the second sealing region 20 can be formed by heat sealing or the like.

In order to accommodate a green juice composition with a specific bulk density and to facilitate enclosing the green juice composition in the container at the time of production, the container full width W (FIG. 1) is preferably 5 mm or more and 100 mm or less. , 10 mm or more and 50 mm or less.

The total length L (FIG. 1) of the container 8 is preferably 50 mm or more and 300 mm or less, more preferably 100 mm or more and 200 mm or less, in terms of ease of use, aesthetic appearance, size of the storage portion, etc. of the container 8 .

For example, the ratio (L/W) between the total length L and the total width W of the container is not limited. 3 or more are preferred.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, a tubular container body 1 is made by folding a tubular body made of a flexible film into two on a plane parallel to the axial direction (the same direction as the longitudinal direction X), and Both end regions in the X direction are sealed with the first sealing region 10 and the second sealing region 20 . The first sealing region 10 and the second sealing region 20 are each formed over substantially the entire width direction Y of the container 8 . The first sealing region 10 and the second sealing region 20 are continuous in the longitudinal direction X from the edge 10a and the edge 20a on the side of the container 13 to the edge 8c and the edge 8d in the longitudinal direction X of the container 8, respectively. (Fig. 1).

As shown in FIG. 2, the first sealing area 10 has a first sealing portion 11 and a second sealing portion 12 arranged along the width direction Y of the container 8, and the first sealing portion 11 is The sealing length in the longitudinal direction X is longer than the second sealing portion 12 . It is preferable that the first sealing portion 11 and the second sealing portion 12 are continuously present in the width direction Y of the container. In this embodiment, the container body 1 has a front surface 1A and a rear surface 1B of the cylindrical container body 1 folded in two at a position between the first sealing region 10 and the second sealing region 20 in the longitudinal direction X. There are no other seals to glue or fuse between.

As shown in FIG. 2 , in the container body 1 , the first sealing portion 11 has a longer sealing length in the X direction than the second sealing portion 12 . It has a non-sealed portion 14 positioned on the side of the sealed region 20 and positioned laterally in the width direction Y with respect to the first sealed portion 11 . The non-sealed portion 14 is present at a position facing in the width direction Y a portion of the first sealed portion 11 on the housing portion 13 side. Here, the edge of the second sealing portion 12 on the side of the second sealing region 20 (the edge of the second sealing region 20 of the second sealing portion 12 in FIG. In the example, the edge shown by the code|symbol 12a) and the part contact|connected at the substantially same position in the longitudinal direction X are also included.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the stick container 8 has a tear guide portion 15 capable of tearing the non-sealed portion 14 along the width direction Y. As shown in FIG. The tear guide portion 15 has a linear shape extending in the width direction Y of the container 8 from the edge 8a on the side of the second sealing portion 12 toward the edge 8b on the side of the first sealing portion 11 in the width direction Y. As shown in FIG. The tear guide portion 15 is a portion in which the tubular body is given a predetermined processing to impart easy tearability. In this embodiment, the tear guide portion 15 is an easily tearable portion extending from the edge 8a on the side of the second sealing portion 12 of the container 8 to the edge 8b on the side of the first sealing portion 11, and the non-sealing portion 14 and the first sealing portion 11 adjacent to it on the lateral side in the width direction. The tear guide part 15 may be, for example, a cut line, or a notch-shaped groove such as a V-shape, or a small hole through which the green juice composition powder does not pass. A large number of openings may be provided along Y. Preferably, it is of the type in which a large number of small holes are formed as described above, because it is easy to tear. In FIG. 1 and the like, arrows are printed on the surface to guide the cutting position of the cutting guide portion 15 .

The container body 1 of the stick container 8 has a tear guide portion 15 capable of tearing the unsealed portion 14 along the width direction Y, and by tearing the unsealed portion 14 with the tear guide portion 15, the An opening 16 is formed as follows.

As shown in FIG. 2, the first sealing region 10 extends along the width direction Y from the first sealing portion 11 side to the second sealing portion 12 side, in other words, the first sealing portion side edge. The width of the edge 10a on the side of the housing portion 13 is such that the sealing length in the longitudinal direction X of the first sealing region 10 gradually decreases from the side of the edge 8b toward the side of the edge 8a on the side of the second sealing portion. It has an inclined portion 17a inclined with respect to the Y direction. Since the end edge 10a of the first sealing region 10 on the accommodating portion 13 side has the inclined portion 17a, the green juice composition can be smoothly discharged from the opening portion 16 without forming a pool. Therefore, it is preferable.

The inclined portion 17a preferably has a linear shape extending obliquely with respect to the width direction Y in that the green juice composition is easily discharged. In the example shown in FIG. 2, the second sealing portion 12 is a portion having a width W2 on the edge 8a side of the inclined portion 17a, and the first sealing portion 11 has a width W5 corresponding to the inclined portion 17a. and a portion having a width W1 on the edge 8b side of the inclined portion 17a.

As shown in FIG. 2, the edge 10a of the first sealing region 10 on the side of the accommodating portion 13 has the inclined portion 17a and linear portions 11a and 12a extending outward in the width direction from both ends of the inclined portion 17a. As a result, as shown in FIG. 2, the first sealing region 10 has a stepped shape at the edge 10a on the housing portion 13 side. The linear portions 11a and 12a extend linearly outward in the width direction from both ends of the inclined portion 17a. More specifically, the edge 10a of the first sealing area 10 on the side of the container is composed of two straight lines 11a and 12a extending parallel to the edge 8c in the longitudinal direction X of the container and approaching each other. Ends of two straight lines that are close to each other are connected to form a stepped portion 17a that is an oblique straight line portion forming an obtuse angle with the two straight lines. When the end edge 10a of the first sealing region 10 on the housing portion side has a stepped shape extending outward in the width direction Y from both ends of the inclined portion 17a, the inclined portion 17a is aligned with the linear portions 11a and 12a. The corners C1 and C2 (see FIG. 2) forming the two may be rounded. In this case, the step-shaped edge portion 10a from the linear portion 11a to the inclined portion 17a and the linear portion 12a may be rounded and streamlined. Such a streamlined shape includes, for example, the edge portion 10a in FIG.
Such a stepped shape allows the green juice composition to flow smoothly into the PET bottle or the like without causing pooling while increasing the sealing strength, compared to the case where the inclined portion 17a extends to the edge 8b, for example. It has the advantage of being injectable.

It is preferable that the angle α (FIG. 2) of the inclined portion 17a with respect to the width direction Y is 10° or more and 80° or less, in that the green juice composition is easily discharged without forming a puddle. From this point, the angle α is preferably 15° or more and 60° or less, more preferably 20° or more and 45° or less.

When the first sealing region 10 has a stepped shape extending widthwise outward from both ends of the inclined portion 7a at the end edge 10a on the side of the accommodating portion 13, the first sealing region is the inclined portion. The width W1 of the portion located on the first sealing portion side, that is, the edge 8b side of the inclined portion 17a is the width W2 of the portion located on the second sealing portion side, that is, the edge 8a side of the inclined portion 17a. formed to be smaller than the By doing so, it is possible to maximize the volume of the accommodating portion, increase the area of the first sealing region, and maintain the sealing strength while facilitating the discharge of the green juice composition having a predetermined bulk specific gravity or less. can be done.

The ratio W5/W of the width W5 of the inclined portion 17a to the width W of the container is preferably 0.1 or more and 0.5 or less from the viewpoint of widening the containing portion and maintaining the strength of the sealing portion.

The ratio W1/W2 of the width W1 of the portion of the first sealing portion other than the inclined portion to the width W2 of the second sealing portion 12 is 0.1 or more and 0.8 or less. The ratio of the width W4 to the total width W is preferably 0.15 or more and 0.7 or less, since it is easy to set the ratio between the width W4 and the total width W in the above range while maintaining a balance between the sealing strength and the capacity of the storage portion.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, the container body 1 of the stick container 8 has a tear guide portion 15 capable of tearing the non-sealed portion 14 along the width direction Y. As shown in FIGS. As shown in FIG. 4, the opening 16 is formed by tearing the unsealed portion 14 of the container 8 with the tear guide 15, and the opening width W4 (see FIG. 2) of the opening 16 is It is designed to be more than two-fifths of the full width. In the example shown in FIG. 2, the tear guide portion 15 is formed at a height position that intersects the inclined portion 17a. The tear guide portion 15 is located at a portion in contact with, for example, the edge of the second sealing portion 12 on the side of the second sealing region 20 (the edge indicated by reference numeral 12a in the example of FIG. 2) at substantially the same position in the longitudinal direction X. may be The opening width W4 is the width (Y-direction length) of the tear guide portion 15 at the X-direction position of the unsealed portion 14 when the container 8 is viewed from the front before being torn as shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 5, in the stick container 8 having the above configuration, the unsealed portion 14 is torn by the tear guide portion 15 as shown in FIG. 5(1), and the plastic bottle 50 is cut as shown in FIG. With the lower end of the opening 16 of the container 8 positioned inside the opening inner edge 51 of the opening 52 , the opening 16 of the container 8 faces the opening 52 of the PET bottle 50 as shown in FIG. Tilt the container 8 so as to approach the opening 52 . Since the opening width W4 is two-fifths or more of the total width W of the container and is suitable for the opening width of the PET bottle, the green juice composition 60 in the container scatters even if the bulk specific gravity is equal to or less than a specific value. can be injected into the PET bottle 50 in a short time. From this point of view, the opening width W4 is more preferably 0.43 or more, particularly preferably 0.46 or more, of the total width W of the container. In the example shown in FIG. 5, the end of the container edge 8a is located at the lower end of the opening 16. In the example shown in FIG.

The ratio W4/W of the opening width W4 to the container full width W is preferably 0.9 or less, more preferably 0.7 or less, in order to more reliably prevent scattering. It is preferable that the opening width W4 of the opening 16 is 15 mm or more and 20 mm or less in terms of preventing scattering and shortening the time required for pouring the green juice composition into a PET bottle.

The ratio W4/W2 of the opening width W4 to the width W2 of the second sealing portion 12 is preferably 1 or more and 1.7 or less in order to more reliably prevent scattering, and is preferably 1 or more and 1.5 or less. more preferred. When W4/W2 is 1, the tear guide portion 15 is at substantially the same position in the longitudinal direction X as the edge of the second sealing portion 12 on the side of the second sealing region 20 (the edge indicated by reference numeral 12a in the example of FIG. 2). It refers to the state of being in contact with

Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 2, the ratio L2/L1 between the sealing length L1 of the first sealing portion 11 and the sealing length of the second sealing portion 12 is 0.2 or more and 0.8 or less. However, it is preferable in that both the sealing strength and the volume of the housing portion 13 can be easily achieved and the opening is easy, and it is more preferably 0.3 or more and 0.7 or less.

In addition, the length L4 from the upper edge 8c of the first sealing region 10 to the height of the tear guide portion 15 has a ratio L4/L1 to the sealing length L1 of the first sealing portion 11 of 0.3 or more and 0.9. It is preferable that the opening width is less than or equal to 0.4 or more and 0.8 or less is more preferable because the setting of the opening width is easy.

EXAMPLES The present invention will be described in more detail below with reference to examples. However, the scope of the invention is not limited to such examples. Hereinafter, unless otherwise specified, "%" means % by mass, and "part" means part by mass.

(Method for measuring bulk specific gravity)
Powder tester (R) PT-X; manufactured by Hosokawa Micron Corporation was used and determined according to the following procedures a to d.
a. A cup with a capacity of 100 cm ³ attached to the powder tester was weighed.
b. The powder was set in a powder tester, vibrated for 30 seconds with an amplitude of 1.5 mm, and dropped into a cup with a capacity of 100 cm ³ .
c. In step b, the powder overflowing from the cup was scraped off, and the total weight was measured.
d. The mass of the powder filled in the cup was calculated from the difference between the weight measured in c and the weight measured in a, and the weight of the powder per 1 cm ³ was determined as the bulk specific gravity.

(Method for measuring particle size)
The average particle size of the green juice composition is determined by using a laser diffraction/scattering particle size distribution measuring device: Laser Micron Sizer LMS-3000 manufactured by Seishin Enterprise Co., Ltd. when the green juice composition is a dried pulverized powder. and measured under the following conditions. Ethanol was used as the dispersion medium.
Particle refractive index: 1.330
Dispersion medium refractive index: 1.360

(Method for measuring particle size distribution)
The particle size distribution was determined by stacking sieves of 200 mesh (opening: 75 µm), 150 mesh (opening: 106 µm), 60 mesh (opening: 250 µm), and 32 mesh (opening: 470 µm) in order from the bottom. After placing 10 g of the sample on the upper sieve and covering it with a lid, the sieve was shaken for 5 minutes using a micro-type electromagnetic vibration sieve shaker (model number: M-2, Tsutsui Rikagaku Kiki Co., Ltd.). The weight of the granules remaining on each sieve was then measured and expressed as a percentage of the total weight.

(Method for measuring angle of repose)
Powder tester (R) PT-X; manufactured by Hosokawa Micron Corporation was used for measurement. The sample powder was deposited on a circular table with a height of 7.5 cm and a diameter of 8 cm with an amplitude of 0.5 mm using a funnel with a diameter of 75 mm at the top and 7 mm at the bottom. At this time, the sample was deposited to such an extent that the deposit overflowed from the edge of the table. was taken as the angle of repose of the powder.

(Production example 1)
Barley stems and leaves cut at a height of about 30 cm were used. This was washed with water to remove adhering mud and the like, and then cut into pieces of about 2 to 10 cm in size for pretreatment. The pretreated foliage was blanched only once in hot water at 80-100° C. for 90-180 seconds and then cooled with cold water. Subsequently, the obtained foliage was dried with hot air at 80° C. to 135° C. in a dryer for 20 minutes to 180 minutes until the water content was 5% by mass or less.
The dried stems and leaves were coarsely pulverized to a size of about 1 mm using a mixer, and then finely pulverized using a jet mill pulverizer to produce barley green foliage powder (dry pulverized powder). The bulk specific gravity was 0.205 g/cm ³ , the average particle diameter was 21 μm, the value of (D90−D10)/D50 was 1.5 or more and 4 or less, the particle size distribution was 98% by mass with a 106 μm pass, and the angle of repose was 56°. . Moisture content was 3.7% by mass.

(Example 1)
In the stick container 8 shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, the width W2 of the second sealing portion 12 is 17 mm, the sealing length L2 of the second sealing portion 12 is 9 mm, and the inclined portion 17a of the first sealing portion 11 is The width W1 of the portion on the edge 8b side is 5 mm, the sealing length L1 of the first sealing portion 11 is 17 mm, the longitudinal direction X length L of the stick container 8 is 140 mm, and the total width W of the stick container 8 is 35 mm. , the length L3 in the longitudinal direction X of the second sealing region 20 is 9 mm. The X-direction length L4 from the upper edge to the tear guide portion 15 was approximately 9 mm (more specifically, more than 9 mm and 9.2 mm or less). The container body of the stick container 8 was a laminated film of PET film/PE film/aluminum foil/PE film, and the thickness of the laminated film was 79 μm.
The stick container 8 contained 3 g of the barley foliage powder produced in Production Example 1 in the container.

(Comparative example 1)
The stick container shown in FIGS. 1 to 5 was the same as Example 1, except that the width W2 of the second sealing portion 12 was 10 mm.

(Comparative example 2)
The stick container shown in FIGS. 1 to 5 was the same as Example 1 except that the width W2 of the second sealing portion 12 was 5 mm.

(Comparative Example 3)
Instead of the stick containers shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, divided packages having the shape shown in FIG. 6, which does not have the first sealing portion and the second sealing portion with different sealing lengths in the X direction, were prepared. The longitudinal direction X length L of the stick container 8' is 140 mm, the total width W of the stick container 8' is 35 mm, the longitudinal length L5 of the first sealing area 10 is 9 mm, and the tear guide part is cut from the upper edge. The X-direction length L4 up to 15 was approximately 9 mm (more specifically, more than 9 mm and 9.2 mm or less). 3 g of the same green barley foliage powder as in Example 1 was enclosed.

(Comparative Example 4)
Starch was used instead of Production Example 1, which is a composition for green juice, and sealed in a stick container 8 . The starch had a bulk specific gravity of 0.59 g/cm ³ , an average particle size of 28 μm, a particle size distribution of 99% by mass at a 106 μm pass, and an angle of repose of 52°. Moisture content was 15.5% by mass.

<Evaluation>
For the containers of Examples and Comparative Examples, an opening was formed by tearing the entire width of the container along the tear guide portion 15 in the width direction. Table 1 shows the ratio between the length W4 of the opening and the overall width W of the container.
Further, the containers of Examples and Comparative Examples were transferred as they were to PET bottles (inner diameter of opening 21 mm) in the manner shown in FIG. Table 1 shows the scattering results of the green juice composition and the time (seconds) required to transfer the entire contents.

As the evaluation results of Example 1 shown in Table 1 show, the composition for green juice having a bulk specific gravity of 0.25 g/cm ³ or less was able to be petted in a short time without scattering by the stick container of the present invention of Example 1. It can be seen that it is possible to transfer the barley green foliage powder into the bottle. On the other hand, in Comparative Example 1, which has a smaller opening width than the present invention, it takes a long time to inject the green juice composition. When the stick container 8' was put into the container 8', the opening of the stick container 8' was narrowed, and the green juice composition could not be discharged out of the container 8'. In Comparative Example 3, in which the entire width of the container was used as the opening, the green juice composition was scattered outside the opening of the PET bottle when the content was poured. In addition, in Comparative Example 4, in which starch was used in place of young barley leaf powder as a composition for green juice, transfer to a PET bottle was not possible. From the above results, it can be seen that the stick container of the present invention allows the green juice composition to be transferred to a PET bottle in a short period of time without scattering.

The present invention relates to a composition for green juice having a bulk specific gravity of 0.25 g/cm ³ or less. By using a stick container having a ratio of 2/5 or more to the total width of the container, it is possible to transfer the barley green foliage powder to the PET bottle in a short time without scattering.

1 container body 8 stick container 10 first sealed region 10a edge 11 on the side of the container 11 first sealed portion 12 second sealed portion 13 container 14 non-sealed portion 15 tear guide portion 16 opening 17a inclined portion 20 Second sealing area

Claims (8)

A container body formed by sealing one end region and the other end region in the axial direction of a cylindrical body made of a flexible material with a first sealing region and a second sealing region, respectively, and having a longitudinal direction in the axial direction. and a green juice composition contained in the container body, the stick container containing the composition for green juice,
The first sealing area has a first sealing portion and a second sealing portion arranged along the width direction of the container, the first sealing portion being closer to the longitudinal sealing portion than the second sealing portion. The stop length is long,
The container body is located on the second sealing region side of the second sealing portion and on the lateral side in the width direction of the first sealing portion. Having a tear guide part capable of tearing the stop part,
An opening is formed by tearing the unsealed portion by the tearing guide, and the opening width of the opening is two-fifths or more of the total width of the container,
A stick container containing a composition for green juice, wherein a composition for green juice having a bulk specific gravity of 0.25 g/cm ³ or less is contained in a container. At the end edge of the first sealing region on the side of the housing portion, the sealing length in the longitudinal direction of the first sealing region decreases from the first sealing portion side toward the second sealing portion side in the width direction of the container. 2. The stick container containing a composition for green juice according to claim 1, which has a slanted portion slanted so as to form a shape. The first sealing region has a step shape in which an end edge on the housing portion side extends outward in the width direction from both ends of the inclined portion. 3. The green juice according to claim 2, wherein the width of the portion located on the side of the sealing portion is smaller than the width of the portion located on the side of the second sealing portion with respect to the inclined portion. Stick container with composition. The composition-containing stick container for green juice according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the opening width of the opening is 15 mm or more and 20 mm or less. The green juice composition according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the bulk specific gravity of the green juice composition is 0.10 g/cm ³ or more, and the opening width of the opening is 90% or less of the total width of the container. A stick container containing a soup composition. The stick container containing the composition for green juice according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the composition for green juice has an average particle size of 5 µm or more and 300 µm or less. The stick container containing a green juice composition according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the ratio of green stems and/or leaves in the green juice composition is 20% by mass or more. 8. The stick container containing a green juice composition according to claim 7, wherein the green stems and/or leaves are dried powder of barley stems and/or leaves.

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