JP4371915B2 - Salad manufacturing method - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an aerated oil-in-water emulsified food and a method for producing a salad using the same.

Conventionally, in order to obtain a light oil-in-water emulsified food with a light mouthfeel or to allow a salad made using the same to maintain freshness, an oil-in-water emulsified food with bubbles has been proposed ( For example, Patent Document 1 and 2).
By the way, recently, salads such as egg salad and potato salad are usually sold as supermarkets at supermarkets, etc., but these salads are mass-produced at vendors and other side dish factories and packed in small containers. It is common. Such retail salads have come to be favored with light taste and handmade styles due to changes in consumer preferences.

Therefore, it is conceivable to produce salads that meet such consumer preferences using the above-mentioned aerated oil-in-water emulsified foods at a prepared vegetable factory or the like.
However, when salad materials and the above-mentioned aerated oil-in-water emulsified foods are mixed, even if the aerated oil-in-water emulsified foods are light in mouth, the bubbles break in the process of soaking and the air content is insufficient. For this reason, there is a problem that the obtained salad does not feel lightly, and the appearance of the salad tends to be a smooth paste, which is far from handmade.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 8-11275 JP-A-11-32722

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an aerated oil-in-water emulsified food that can produce a salad that is not only light in taste but also has a handmade feeling, and a method for producing a salad using the same.

The purpose of the present invention is to
(1) Oil-in-water emulsification after 72% to 92% edible oil and fat, 2 to 15% lysed egg yolk, 6 to 15% egg white, and aerated oil-in-water emulsified food that has not been aerated (2) Addition of a salad, characterized in that a bubble-in-water emulsified food aerated so that the mass ratio of the food is 0.7 to 0.9 and a salad material are mixed under pressure. Achieved by the method for producing a salad according to (1), wherein the pressure is 0.07 MPa or more, and (3) the method for producing a salad according to (1) or (2), wherein the lysification rate of lysed egg yolk is 10% or more. Is done.

The aerated oil-in-water emulsified food of the present invention has a light mouthfeel and is not only soft, but also has a good setability. be able to.
In addition, according to the salad manufacturing method of the present invention, a salad can be obtained without missing the air bubbles contained in the oil-in-water emulsified food, so that the mouthfeel is remarkably good, and a salad with a handmade feeling is reliably manufactured. be able to.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail. In the present invention, “%” means “% by mass” and “parts” means “parts by mass” unless otherwise specified. The pressure is a gauge pressure.

  In the present invention, the “oil-in-water emulsified food” refers to a food in which the oil phase is dispersed and emulsified in the water phase, and representative examples include mayonnaise and salad dressing. Bubbles are fine gas particles having a size of several tens to several thousand microns, and nitrogen gas or the like is used as this gas.

  The “enzyme-treated lysed egg yolk” in the present invention refers to egg yolk obtained by lysing phospholipids bound to egg yolk protein by the action of phospholipase A, which is a phospholipid-degrading enzyme. Phospholipase A is an enzyme that hydrolyzes the binding moiety at the 1- or 2-position of the glycerol part and fatty acid group of the phospholipid molecule. The degree of degradation can be known from the substitution rate (%) of egg yolk phosphatidylcholine (hereinafter referred to as “PC”) existing before phospholipase treatment to replace lysophosphatidylcholine (hereinafter referred to as “LPC”) produced by enzyme treatment. it can. Therefore, the substitution rate of enzyme-treated lysed egg yolk (hereinafter referred to as “lysation rate”) is expressed as a mass percentage of LPC after substitution with respect to the total mass of PC and LPC after substitution. It is convenient to use as an index of the degradation rate of the enzyme-treated lysed egg yolk used in the above, and this can be easily determined by the eartroscan method (TLC-FID method).

  Further, in the present invention, “egg white” means egg liquid obtained by separating egg yolk from whole egg, and raw egg white, sterilized egg white, frozen egg white, thawed dried egg white, etc. may be used.

  The aerated oil-in-water emulsified food of the present invention contains 72 to 92% edible fats and oils. The reason is that when a salad is made using a larger amount of oil and fat than normal mayonnaise or salad dressing, it has a rich taste and a delicious salad can be obtained. If the content is less than 72%, it is difficult to obtain a rich salad, while if it exceeds 92%, it becomes difficult to aerate and an oil-in-water emulsified food with a specific gravity of 0.9 or less is produced. Difficult to do.

  Moreover, the aerated oil-in-water emulsified food of the present invention contains 2-15% (more preferably 3-12%) of lysed egg yolk. From this, the oil-in-water emulsified food is improved by improving the setability of the oil-in-water emulsified food by interacting with the egg white, which will be described later. Since the emulsified food and the salad material can be mixed in a slightly non-uniform state, the prepared salad has a handmade feeling. If the content of the lysed egg yolk is less than 2%, the setability becomes weak and it is difficult to obtain a salad with a handmade feeling. On the other hand, if it exceeds 15%, the emulsified food becomes unpleasant. If lysed egg yolk with a low lysogenic rate is used as a raw material, it is necessary to use a large amount of lysed egg yolk in order to improve the setability of oil-in-water emulsion foods, and a quantitative balance with other ingredients Therefore, it is desirable to use a lysed egg yolk having a lysification rate of 10% (more preferably 30%) or more.

  The aerated oil-in-water emulsified food of the present invention contains 6 to 15% egg white. As described above, this improves the setting property of the oil-in-water emulsified food by coexisting with the lysed egg yolk, and at the same time, increases the air content of the emulsified food and finishes the specific gravity to 0.9 or less. Because. When the content is less than 4%, the air content cannot be increased, so that the specific gravity of the emulsified food cannot be reduced to 0.9 or less, and only the emulsified food having poor setting properties can be obtained. On the other hand, if it exceeds 15%, the setability of the obtained emulsified food becomes too strong, and it becomes difficult to blend with the salad material. In order to set the emulsified food moderately and to make the air content moderate, it is desirable to make the emulsified food contain 8 to 12% of egg white.

Furthermore, the aerated oil-in-water emulsified food of the present invention is aerated to have a specific gravity of 0.7 to 0.9. Here, the specific gravity refers to the ratio of the mass of the oil-in-water emulsified food after aeration with respect to the oil-in-water emulsified food that has not been aerated. In the present invention, an emulsified food having a specific gravity with a large air content provides a mild flavor with a soft and light mouthfeel, a good melt-dissolving feeling, and reduced acidity and saltiness. At the same time, since the emulsified food has physical properties such that it is crumbled, when the salad is made with the salad material, the resulting salad is in an appropriately non-uniform kneaded state and can be made into a salad with a handmade feeling. If the specific gravity exceeds 0.9, the air content is too small, so that not only does not the mouth-feel become a soft emulsified food, but it is also unsuitable because it does not easily exhibit physical properties that cause it to collapse. The smaller the specific gravity, the softer the mouth and the better the physical properties of crumble, but there is a limit to the air content in the composition of the aerated oil-in-water emulsified food of the present invention, and the emulsified food of less than 0.7 Is difficult to manufacture.
In addition, the gas to be contained in the aerated oil-in-water emulsified food of the present invention is preferably an inert gas such as nitrogen gas from the viewpoint of preventing deterioration of the oil-in-water emulsified food and maintaining the flavor.

  To produce the aerated oil-in-water emulsified food of the present invention, lysed egg yolk and egg white as raw materials and egg yolk which is a general raw material for oil-in-water emulsified foods, egg liquids such as whole eggs, acidic seasonings such as vinegar Powder, salt, sugar and other powder seasonings and edible fats and oils are emulsified by conventional methods. Then, the target product can be obtained by adding nitrogen gas or the like to the obtained emulsion by a conventional method. For example, the product is forcibly aerated by applying pressure using a CR mixer (manufactured by VOTATOR DIVISION CHEMETRON CO). It is desirable to let them.

The aerated oil-in-water emulsified food of the present invention has a good meltability in the mouth and good setability, so if you mix it with a salad material such as boiled eggs or vegetables, it will make a salad with a light mouthfeel and handmade feeling be able to.
By the way, according to the present inventors, it has been found that when this aerated oil-in-water emulsified food is mixed with a salad material, a salad with a much better taste can be obtained when performed under pressure. This is because the gas contained in the oil-in-water emulsified food is difficult to escape by being softened under pressure, and the characteristics of the oil-in-water emulsified food with bubbles such as soft and light mouthfeel, good mouth-melting feeling and mild feeling are lost. It is thought that the salad can be made without letting it go.

In addition, if the mixing process to soften the salad material using the aerated oil-in-water emulsified food is stopped to the extent that the oil-in-water emulsified food and the salad material are mixed appropriately and unevenly, a salad with a more handmade feeling will be obtained. It turns out that it becomes easy to obtain. The mixing process time is preferably about 1 to 5 minutes, although it depends on the stirring speed of mixing.
Further, it is desirable that the pressure applied during the mixing process is 0.07 MPa (more preferably 0.1 MPa) or more. This is because the above-described mixing process can be performed in a short time because the gas solubility in the salad is high at 0.07 MPa or more. In addition, as gas used for pressurization, inert gas, such as nitrogen gas, is preferable from a viewpoint of deterioration prevention of the manufactured salad and a flavor maintenance.

Hereinafter, examples and test examples will be described to further explain the present invention.
[Example 1]
3 kg of enzyme-treated egg yolk with a lysification rate of 50% and 8 kg of raw egg white are put into a mixer (300 liter capacity) and stirred at a low speed (100 rpm), to which 1 kg of fresh water, 3 kg of vinegar with an acidity of 11%, salt 1 kg and 1 kg of sugar were added to mix each raw material.
Next, while stirring this at medium speed (350 rpm), 78 kg of salad oil was gradually added to coarsely emulsify.
Next, with respect to the obtained rough emulsion, a pressure of 0.6 MPa was applied by a CR mixer to forcibly send nitrogen gas into the crude emulsion, and after it was aerated, a colloid mill (3560 rpm) was further added. The oil-in-water emulsified food product with bubbles of the present invention was produced by final emulsification.

[Example 2]
The following raw materials were prepared.
(Part)
Boiled egg (16 x 16mm dice cut) 81
Aerated oil-in-water emulsified food (made in Example 1) 17
Sugar 0.05
Salt 0.05
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  Next, an oil-in-water emulsified food containing the above-described raw material and sugar and salt previously dissolved in fresh water are added to a pressure kneader (“Leonida KQ-SPO6L” manufactured by Ebara Industries Co., Ltd.), and salad Boiled eggs were added as ingredients. Next, while supplying nitrogen gas into the pressure kneader and pressurizing to 0.2 MPa, stirring and mixing (10 rpm) was continued for 120 seconds, and then the pressure was released to return to normal pressure to obtain an egg salad. .

[Example 3]
The following raw materials were prepared.
(Part)
Potatoes (cooked for 1 hour at 100 ° C) 62.0
Carrot (cooled after boiling and diced to 5 x 5 mm) 4.8
Onion (cooled after boiling and diced to 5 x 5 mm) 4.8
Cucumber (sliced to 5mm) 6.8
Ham (cut slices into 6x6mm) 4.8
Aerated oil-in-water emulsified food (made in Example 1) 15.5
Salt 0.5
White pepper 0.1
Isogo 0.2
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  Next, the above-mentioned aerated oil-in-water emulsified food, salt, white pepper, eggplant and fresh water are put into a pressure kneader (the same as that used in Example 2), and stirred and mixed (50 rpm). ), Making a uniform mixture, stirring and mixing, adding potato, carrot, onion, cucumber and ham as salad materials to this, stirring and mixing while supplying nitrogen gas into the kneader and pressurizing to 0.2 MPa (10 rpm) was continued for 90 seconds, and then the pressure was released to return to normal pressure to obtain a potato salad.

[Test Example 1]
The following three types of oil-in-water emulsified food samples were prepared.
・ Inventive product: Oil-in-water emulsified food with foam obtained in Example 1 ・ Control product: obtained by mixing 5 kg of vinegar with 15% acidity, 9 kg of egg yolk hydrolyzed with trypsin, 1 kg of salt and 42.9 kg of fresh water The resulting slurry was heated to 43 ° C., and vigorously stirred in a mixer (500 rpm), and the melted liquefied palm hardened oil (2.5 ° C. and 20 ° C. having been heated to 45 ° C.) SFC (Solid Fat Content) adjusted to 48 and 26, respectively) Oily raw material in which 2 kg of pregelatinized starch and 0.1 kg of xanthan gum were added to 40 kg was emulsified to obtain an emulsion. Further, an oil-in-water emulsified food containing air bubbles obtained by whipping this emulsion for 5 minutes and adjusting the overrun value to 70% (specific gravity about 0.59) (emulsified food of Example 2 of Patent Document 1).
-Control product 2: 3 kg of enzyme-treated egg yolk with a lysification rate of 50% is put into a mixer (300 liter capacity) together with 2 kg of sterilized egg yolk and 6 kg of raw egg white. After mixing, the mixer was filled with nitrogen gas and stirred (350 rpm), containing 5% of the total amount, gradually adding 77 kg of salad oil, coarsely emulsified, and colloid A foamed oil-in-water emulsified food obtained by final emulsification through a mill (3560 rpm) (emulsified food of Example 1 of Patent Document 2).

Next, the specific gravity of each sample was measured, and 5 well-trained panelists were sampled to observe the texture. Then, in addition to 18 parts of the emulsified food of each sample, 0.05 part of sugar and 0.05 part of salt may be placed in a pressure kneader (the same as that used in Example 2) and stirred (50 r.p.). M) to obtain a uniform mixture, and 81.9 parts of boiled eggs (same as used in Example 2) were added thereto, followed by stirring and mixing (10 rpm) without pressurization with nitrogen gas. m) was performed for about 100 seconds, and three kinds of egg salads with different emulsified foods were obtained.
About the obtained salad, after having made 5 well trained panelists observe an external appearance, when it was made to sample and the texture was observed, the result of Table 1 was obtained.

  From Table 1, it can be understood that by using the inventive oil-in-water oil-in-water emulsified food, a salad with a light taste and handmade feeling can be obtained for the first time.

[Test Example 2]
The following three kinds of egg salad were prepared.
Invented product: Egg salad obtained in Example 2 (oil-in-water emulsified food and salad material were added under a pressure of 0.2 MPa).
Control product 1A: Egg salad obtained using the same ingredients and the same production method as in Example 2 except that the oil-in-water emulsified food of Control Product 1 of Test Example 1 was used.
Control product 2A: Egg salad obtained using the same ingredients and the same recipe as in Example 2 except that the oil-in-water emulsified food of Control Product 2 of Test Example 1 was used.
When this egg salad was tested in the same manner as in Test Example 1, the results shown in Table 2 were obtained.

  According to Table 2, an oil-in-water emulsified food according to the present invention is not obtained even if a salad is prepared under pressure using a conventional oil-in-water emulsified food, but an egg salad with good taste and handmade feeling cannot be obtained. It can be understood that if the salad is made under pressure by using, an egg salad that is remarkably excellent in mouthfeel and handmade feeling can be obtained.

  For potato salad, a sample similar to the above was made in accordance with Example 3 and tested in the same manner as above, but almost the same result as in Table 2 was obtained.

[Test Example 3]
In Example 2, when the supply amount of nitrogen gas was changed and the pressurizing conditions were as shown in Table 3, the oil-in-water emulsified food of the present invention and the salad material were mixed under the same conditions as in Example 2. Six types of egg salad with different pressure conditions were made.
And when each egg salad was tested same as Test Example 1, the result of Table 3 was obtained.

From Table 3, it is understood that if the salad material and the oil-in-water emulsified food are mixed while pressurizing at 0.07 MPa or more, more preferably 0.1 MPa or more, an egg salad that is remarkably excellent in mouthfeel and handmade feeling can be obtained. it can.
For the potato salad, a sample similar to the above was made in accordance with Example 3, and the same test as described above was performed, but almost the same result as in Table 3 was obtained.

Claims (3)

Mass of oil-in-water emulsified food after 72% to 92% edible fat and oil, 2-15% lysed egg yolk, 6-15% egg white A method for producing a salad, characterized in that a bubble-in-water emulsified food that is aerated so as to have a ratio of 0.7 to 0.9 and a salad material are mixed under pressure. The method for producing a salad according to claim 1, wherein the pressure of the pressurization is 0.07 MPa or more. The method for producing a salad according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein the lysed egg yolk has a lysogenic rate of 10% or more .