JP3219799U - Powdered sugar production equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a powdered sugar production apparatus capable of producing powdered sugar in which powdered sugar is mixed with inulin.
An apparatus 1 for producing powdered sugar includes a sugar crushing device 2 that crushes sugar to a predetermined particle size in a sealed state, and an inulin that crushes inulin derived from sugar in a sealed state to a particle size equal to or less than the particle size of the sugar crushing device. It comprises a pulverizer 3 and a stirring device 4 in which pure powder sugar obtained from the sugar pulverizer 2 and pulverized inulin powder obtained from the inulin crusher 3 are mixed at a predetermined ratio.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a novel powdered sugar production apparatus in which pure powdered sugar is mixed with inulin.

As an apparatus for producing powdered sugar, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2006-154534 relates to a method for producing non-condensed powdered sugar that can prevent caking without adding an anti-caking agent, and the relative humidity is less than 60%. The raw sugar is pulverized by a pulverizer into a powdered sugar in the powdered sugar manufacturing chamber held in the container, and the pulverized powdered sugar is mixed with a hygroscopic agent in the powdered sugar manufacturing chamber in which the relative humidity is kept below 60%. There has been proposed a method for producing a non-condensed powdered sugar comprising filling a non-water-permeable and moisture-permeable packaging bag and sealing the packaging bag.
However, in the above configuration, the caking can be prevented until packing, but there is a problem that the caking after opening cannot be prevented.

In addition, the current pure powdered sugar (powdered sugar with 100% granulated sugar) provides a clean and clear taste without miscellaneous taste, but the particles are so fine that they tend to absorb moisture and harden quickly, or with a little moisture There was a drawback that it was soluble in
Therefore, mixing powdered candy with pure powdered sugar makes it harder to solidify, but has a drawback that a miscellaneous taste remains.
Moreover, when baked confectionery etc. are heated, there exists a fault that a Maillard reaction occurs.
Even in the method of mixing corn starch or oligosaccharide with pure powdered sugar, the powdered sugar is hard to solidify, but there is a problem that the miscellaneous taste remains.
In addition, powdered sugar mixed with corn starch has a problem that iodine reaction or undissolved residue of corn starch occurs.
Furthermore, it is necessary to describe powdered candy, corn starch, etc. on the raw material label.

JP 2006-154534 A

The problem to be solved by this device is a powdered sugar produced from sugar, which is hard to solidify, and can be solved by mixing inulin which is a product made from sugar. Is to provide.
The powdered sugar obtained by mixing inulin with pure powdered sugar by the powdered sugar production apparatus of the present invention is as follows.
(1) More smooth and soft feeling of powdered sugar than before.
(2) A powdered sugar that does not harden as much as the powdered candy mixed type has been realized.
(3) There was no miscellaneous taste and a taste almost the same as that of pure powdered sugar was obtained.
(4) The raw materials for powdered candy and corn starch are those obtained by saccharifying starch such as corn, potato, sweet potato, etc. By using inulin made from sugar, powdered sugar made only from sugar was obtained.
(5) Maillard reaction does not occur.
(6) All-purpose powdered sugar was obtained regardless of the purpose of “baking <”, “kneading”, “dissolving”, and “topping”.
(7) Ensure the safety of non-GMO foods.
As described above, it was confirmed that the powdered sugar can compensate for the respective disadvantages of the conventional pure powdered sugar, powdered sugar (powdered starch candy mixed type), and powdered sugar (corn starch mixed type).

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention
In the invention of claim 1, a sugar crusher for crushing sugar to a predetermined particle size in a sealed state, an inulin crusher for crushing inulin derived from sugar to a particle size equal to or less than the particle size of the sugar crusher, and the sugar It is characterized by comprising a stirrer obtained by mixing pure powder sugar obtained from a pulverizer and pulverized inulin powder obtained from an inulin crusher at a predetermined ratio.
In the device of claim 2,
It is characterized by comprising a stirring device for mixing and stirring sugar and inulin at a predetermined ratio, and a sugar / inulin crushing device for crushing the mixed mixture to a certain size in a sealed state.

According to this powdered sugar production apparatus, inulin powders having a particle size almost the same as that of pure powdered sugar can be obtained, and by stirring them with a stirrer, powdered sugar mixed with sugar-derived inulin can be easily generated. be able to.
As a result, a powdered sugar with an improved feeling of fluffy sugar and a softer feeling than before can be obtained.
In addition, it is a powdered sugar that is hard to solidify equivalent to the powdered candy mixed type, has no miscellaneous taste, and has a taste almost the same as that of pure powdered sugar, and a powdered sugar using only sugar as a raw material is obtained.
Furthermore, the Maillard reaction does not occur, and a versatile and highly safe powdered sugar can be obtained regardless of the intended use.

1 is a schematic diagram showing an apparatus for producing powdered sugar of Example 1. FIG. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing an apparatus for producing powdered sugar of Example 2.

  A preferred embodiment of the device for producing powdered sugar of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the powdered sugar production apparatus 1 of Example 1 includes a sugar crusher 2 that crushes sugar into a predetermined particle size in a sealed state, and the sugar crusher 2 that seals inulin derived from sugar in a sealed state. The inulin crushing device 3 for crushing to a particle size equal to or less than the above, the pure powder sugar obtained from the sugar crushing device 2 and the pulverized inulin powder obtained from the inulin crushing device 3 are mixed at a predetermined ratio. It consists of a stirring device 4.

[Sugar crusher]
The sugar crusher 2 uses, as a raw material sugar, white sand, more preferably sugar having a high sucrose purity and containing almost no invert sugar (granulated sugar, etc.) as a raw material. This is a device that is pulverized into a predetermined particle size in a sealed state to obtain pure powder sugar.
In this example, it is pulverized into particles of about 100 to 150 μm that are generally used, but may be pulverized to 93.5% <200 mesh (75 μm) for confectionery, and other uses of powdered sugar to be used The size can be arbitrarily changed according to the case.

[Inulin grinding equipment]
Next, the inulin pulverizing apparatus 3 is an apparatus that pulverizes the inulin in a sealed state to a particle size substantially equal to or smaller than the particle size of the pulverized sugar.
Here, inulin is derived from sugar.
That is, for inulin derived from sugar, inulin (for example, Japanese Patent No. 4307259) produced by adding fructose to sugar with inulin synthase using sugar as a raw material is used.

  Then, the inulin as a raw material is filled in an inulin crushing device 3 that is sealed in the same manner, and pulverized into particles having a size substantially the same as or smaller than that of the sugar crushing device 2.

Then, by mixing and stirring the pulverized (pure) sugar powder and the pulverized inulin at a predetermined ratio by the stirring device 4, it is possible to produce powdered sugar having a substantially uniform particle size.
Here, the size of the particles generated by each of the pulverizers 2 and 3 is not all uniform, and the size of most of the particles only needs to be uniform. When using powdered sugar, the size of the particles should be uniformed using a sieve. If you can.

  In the powdered sugar production apparatus 1 of Example 1 above, a sugar crushing apparatus 2 that crushes sugar into a predetermined particle diameter, and an inulin crushing apparatus 3 that crushes inulin derived from sugar to a particle diameter equal to or less than that of the sugar crushing apparatus 2. In the production apparatus 10 of Example 2, the sugar and inulin are pulverized by the configuration comprising the stirrer 4 that mixes pure powdered sugar obtained therefrom and the pulverized inulin powder at a predetermined ratio. Is divided by the single pulverizer 12 without being divided by the pulverizers 2 and 3, and the mixing and agitation of the two are performed by the agitator 11; It has become.

  That is, it may be composed of a stirring device 11 that mixes and stirs sugar and inulin at a predetermined ratio, and a sugar / inulin crushing device 12 that pulverizes the mixed mixture to a certain size.

In this case, the stirring device 11 is uniformly mixed and stirred in a state where the sugar and inulin are filled in a certain ratio and sealed.
And the powdered sugar which a raw material consists of sugar is obtained by grind | pulverizing this mixed and stirred mixture to the predetermined magnitude | size with the sugar and inulin crushing apparatus 12 in the sealed state.

In the above embodiment, each device may or may not be an independent device, and any device having each function may be used.
Moreover, it is preferable to use a sealed pipe line for the transfer between the apparatuses.
The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various design changes can be made without changing the gist of the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Powdered sugar manufacturing apparatus 2 Sugar grinding apparatus 3 Inulin grinding apparatus 4 Stirring apparatus 10 Powdered sugar manufacturing apparatus 11 Stirring apparatus 12 Sugar / inulin crushing apparatus

Claims (2)

  A sugar crusher that crushes sugar to a predetermined particle size in a sealed state, an inulin crusher that crushes inulin derived from sugar to a particle size equal to or less than the particle size of the sugar crusher, and a pure product obtained from the sugar crusher An apparatus for producing powdered sugar comprising a powdered sugar and a stirring device prepared by mixing pulverized inulin powder obtained from an inulin crushing apparatus at a predetermined ratio.   An apparatus for producing powdered sugar, comprising: a stirrer for mixing and stirring sugar and inulin at a predetermined ratio; and a sugar / inulin crusher for crushing the mixed mixture to a certain size in a sealed state.

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