JPH05168414A - Scarcely soluble tablet food and its preparation - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prepare the subject food giving hard feeling to the palate, resistant to dissolution in the mouth, having excellent durability and foul breath preventing effect and useful for sparkling candy, etc., by mixing a raw material containing dietary fiber and starch in the presence of water, drying and pulverizing the mixture and compression-molding the product. CONSTITUTION:The objective food can be prepared by mixing a raw material containing (A) preferably >=0.1wt.% of dietary fiber such as whole grain corn flour and (B) preferably >=5wt.% of starch such as corn starch in the presence of water, drying and pulverizing the mixture and compression-molding the powder by tabletting, etc.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a tableting food which is poorly soluble in the mouth and a method for producing the same, and more specifically, it has a hard texture and is difficult to dissolve in the mouth and retains its form for a long time. The present invention relates to an obtained tablet food and a method for producing the same.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Tablet confectioneries such as ramune confectionery and tablets are generally manufactured by compression molding (tabletting) raw material powders such as sugars, starches, flavors and pigments. In performing this compression molding, two types of methods are used: a wet granulation method and a direct compression method.

In the wet granulation method, first, a solution of a binder such as gum arabic powder, pullulan, gelatin or the like is added to raw material powders such as sugars, flavors and pigments, and the mixture is moistened. Next, the wet mixture is granulated while being stirred and mixed by a granulator and dried to obtain granules. Then, the granules are compression molded by a compression molding machine to obtain tablet confectionery. Also,
The direct compression method is a method in which a binder such as gum arabic powder, pullulan, or gelatin is added to and mixed with the raw material powder, and compression molding is performed by the pressure required for tablet molding.

In any of the above methods, conventional tablet confectionery is desired to have resistance to breakage and crushing in the manufacturing process and distribution stage, and to have a suitable disintegration property during eating. In other words, it is the current situation that not only hard physical properties at the time of eating but also softness and easy solubility that lightly disintegrate in the mouth are required, and various innovations have been made in that aspect, and this type of product is the mainstream in the market. there were.

However, recently, in terms of diversification of taste and addition of functionality, such as a bad breath preventing candy, a throat candy, a sleep preventive candy, and a tranquilize candy, the tablet candy has unprecedented physical properties. That is, there is a need for a durable and sparingly soluble tablet confectionery which has hard physical properties, retains its shape in the mouth for a long time, and can exert the above effects.

[0006] As a technique for making tablet confectionery insoluble, for example, there is a method for producing a solid food as disclosed in JP-B-57-43225. This method mixes raw umeboshi with a lot of water and freeze-dried umeboshi, molds it, and heat-drys it at 60-70 ° C for 10 hours,
This is a method of evaporating water. However, this method has the drawback that it takes a long time to dry and the flavor is impaired.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to have a hard texture and to be hardly soluble in the mouth, The shape can be retained for a long time, and the flavor is good,
To provide a poorly soluble tablet food. Still another object is to provide a method for producing a tableting food, which can produce such a poorly soluble tableting food in a short time.

[0008]

[Means for Solving the Problems] The above object is a tableting food containing dietary fiber and starch, the dietary fiber being 0.1% by weight or more and the starch being 5% by weight or more in the total weight. A sparingly soluble tableting food containing the above, and a raw material containing a dietary fiber and a starch, mixed in the presence of water, dried and powdered, and the powder is compression-molded This is achieved by the method of manufacturing tableted food.

That is, the present inventor does not simply press-mold a dried raw material, but mixes a poorly soluble raw material in the presence of water and then powderizes the raw material.
The present invention has been completed based on the finding that it can be made into a tablet food that is hardly soluble in the mouth and has a hard texture.

Next, the present invention will be described in detail. The sparingly soluble tablet food of the present invention contains dietary fiber and starch.
Examples of the dietary fiber used in the present invention include whole-grain corn powder, polydextrose, apple fiber, corn fiber and the like. Among them, whole-grain corn powder is preferable because it is hardly soluble. In addition to the above-mentioned dietary fibers,
For example, a paste-like product of a food containing a large amount of fiber such as fruits, vegetables, beans, and seeds may be used.

Examples of the starch used in the present invention include corn starch, rice starch, wheat starch, phosphoric acid cross-linked starch and the like which are usually used in foods. Above all, cornstarch and rice starch are also flavorful,
It is also preferable in terms of physical properties.

The content of the dietary fiber and the starch is 0.1% by weight (hereinafter referred to as%) or more, preferably 0.1-5%, 5% or more, based on the total weight of the tablet food. It is preferably 5 to 40%.

If the dietary fiber content is less than 0.1%, the tableted food will be dissolved quickly, and when powdered, it will be a powder having a high hygroscopicity. Further, when the dietary fiber content exceeds 5%, the feature of poor solubility is obtained, but the flavor and texture (smoothness) tend to deteriorate.

When the amount of the above-mentioned starch is less than 5%, the flavor is delicious, but when powdered, a dry feeling is not obtained, and when compressed, the uniformity is poor, and the obtained striking is obtained. The tablet food will be more soluble. If the starch content exceeds 40%, the cost will be low, but the physical properties will be very hard,
It tends to have a brittle texture.

Next, the production of the sparingly soluble tablet food of the present invention using the above dietary fiber and starch is carried out, for example, as follows. That is, first, if necessary, sugar sweeteners, pigments, flavors, acidulants, binders, emulsifiers, stabilizers, functional ingredients, etc. are added to dietary fiber and starch, preferably in the total weight of the mixed raw materials. Mix in the presence of 50-95% water.
At this time, a water-containing raw material such as fruit or vegetable paste is used as dietary fiber, and when the water content is in the above range, water may not be added. In addition, as the water, fruit juice, Western liquor, milk or the like may be substituted.

When the water content is less than 50%, the added raw material is not uniformly dissolved, and the water distribution of the finished powder tends to be non-uniform. Conversely, if the water content exceeds 95%,
The finished powder is in good condition, but it tends to take a long time to be pulverized.

Next, the mixture of the above-mentioned raw materials is dried and powdered by freeze-drying, fluidized-granulation drying, etc. so that the water content becomes 2-3%. At this time, if the water content is less than 2%,
When it is tableted, it tends to have a crunchy texture. On the contrary, if the water content exceeds 3%, a problem may occur such that it adheres to a machine such as a tableting machine during continuous compression molding. .. The particle size of the powder is preferably 20 to 40 mesh.

Next, the powder obtained as described above is
Using a tablet press, for example, 500-700 kg / cm
The sparingly soluble tablet food of the present invention can be obtained by compression molding at a pressure of ² .

The poorly soluble tableting food thus obtained has a hard texture and is poorly soluble in the mouth, and can retain its form for a long time. Therefore, tablet foods such as tablet confectionery and tablets to which an aroma component, a deodorant component, a sedative component, an anti-sleep component, an anti-throat throat component, an anticaries component, an anti-periodontal disease component, an anti-hay fever component, etc. have been added. Then,
Various components are gradually dissolved in the mouth, and the effect can be maintained for a long time. In addition, fruit juice products, dairy products, and other components that are prone to thermal denaturation can be added, and the flavor retention is good.

[0020]

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY As described above, the poorly soluble tablet food of the present invention has a hard texture and is poorly soluble, and can retain its shape in the mouth for a long time. Therefore, when a component having functionality is contained, the effect can be maintained for a long time, and the effect can be satisfactorily exhibited. Moreover, the manufacturing method of this invention is a manufacturing method which can provide the above-mentioned hardly soluble tablet food, and is a method which can be manufactured in a short time.

Next, the present invention will be specifically described with reference to examples. [Examples 1 to 3 and Comparative Examples 1 to 4] With the composition shown in Table 1, raw materials were mixed and supplied to a reusable vacuum freeze dryer RL30NB to adjust the water content to 2%, and then pulverized. Next, this powder was weighed at 4 g / grain and compression-molded at a pressure of 700 kg / cm ² to give a tablet candy.

Two pieces of the obtained tablet confectionery were placed in a 200 ml Erlenmeyer flask, 80 ml of tap water (water temperature 17 ° C.) was added, and the time until the end of dissolution was measured under the condition of 120 shakers / min. .. In addition, the solubility and flavor were evaluated by 12 expert panelists. The above results are also shown in Table 1.

Comparative Example 5 Powder raw materials having the composition shown in Table 1 were mixed, 4 g / grain was weighed, and compression-molded at a pressure of 700 kg / cm ² to give a tablet candy. The obtained tablet confectionery was evaluated in the same manner as in Example 1. The results are also shown in Table 1.

[0024]

[Table 1]

From the above results, the tablet confectionery of the Examples is poorly soluble in the mouth, retains its form for a long time, has a hard texture, has a long-lasting flavor in the mouth, and has a bad breath. The preventive effect was recognized. On the other hand, the tablet confectionery of the comparative example had a soft texture, was easily disintegrated in the mouth, and was easily melted, so that the fragrance lasted poorly.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A tableting food containing dietary fiber and starch, which is a sparingly soluble tableting food containing 0.1% by weight or more of the dietary fiber and 5% by weight or more of starch. .. 2. A method for producing a poorly soluble tableting food, which comprises mixing raw materials containing dietary fiber and starch in the presence of water, drying and pulverizing the mixture, and compressing the powder.