JPH089887A - Rodlike crunch candy and its production - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain a rodlike easily edible crunch candy crunchable by holding thereof in a hand with a sense of a snack confectionery, etc., and provide a method for producing the crunch candy. CONSTITUTION:This crunch candy contains a candy layer and a filling layer such as a cream alternately mixed in a laminated state in the interior of a slender rodlike material having the outer periphery covered with a candy sheet. Furthermore, this method for producing the candy is to carry out the extrusion molding of a previously prepared candy dough 2 into a tubular shape, inject the filling such as the cream 3 into the hollow part thereof, continuously fold and superpose the resultant tubular material 4, wind the candy sheet around the outer periphery thereof, form a ropy material 7, previously roll the ropy material 7 with rolling rolls 8, roll the material 7 into sheetlike materials 11 and 11' having a prescribed thickness with contact bonding plates 10, divide the rolled sheetlike materials 11 and 11' into plural slender rodlike materials 17 with grooved rolls 15, cut the materials 17 to a prescribed length and cool the cut materials.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a rod-shaped crunch candy and a method for producing the same.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, crunch candy is a candy containing a hard candy layer and a relatively soft filling layer such as cream, and when chewed, the texture of the candy layer and filling layer are different from each other. It is comfortable and the taste is obtained by mixing the candy and the filling. Conventionally, this type of crunch candy has been formed into a spherical shape like a normal hard candy, and its manufacturing method is almost the same as that of a normal hard candy making.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a thin rod-shaped crunch candy which can be held in a hand and chewed like a snack and can be easily eaten. Another object is to provide a manufacturing method suitable for efficiently mass-producing the rod-shaped crunch candy.

[0004]

Means for Solving the Problems As a means for technically solving the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a candy layer and a filling layer such as cream inside a thin rod-like material whose outer periphery is covered with a candy sheet. The gist is a bar-shaped crunch candy in which are alternately mixed in a layered manner. The candy dough prepared in advance is extruded into a tube, and a filling such as cream is poured into the hollow portion. The tube is continuously folded and a candy sheet is wound around the tube to form a rope. Then, the rope-shaped material is pre-rolled by a rolling roll, and at the same time, is rolled into a sheet-shaped material having a predetermined thickness by a pressing plate. The sheet-shaped material is divided into a plurality of thin rods by a grooved roll. The present invention provides a method for producing a rod-shaped crunch candy, which is cut into a predetermined length and then cooled. Further, the candy dough prepared in advance is extruded into a tube shape, and a filling such as cream is injected into the hollow portion thereof. The tube-shaped material is continuously folded, and a candy sheet is wound around its outer periphery to form a rope-shaped material. The rope-shaped material is divided into spheres of a predetermined size by a ball cutter, stamping, or the like, and the spheres are gradually narrowed in the feed direction, and the upper and lower belts are arranged at different feed speeds. The gist of the present invention is a method of manufacturing a rod-shaped crunch candy that is rolled on a conveyor, stretched into a thin rod shape, and then cooled.

[0005]

[Operation] The crunch candy is formed in a thin stick shape, so that it can be held in your hand like a snack to enjoy the unique texture and taste, and it is easier to eat because it is easier to chew than a candy shape. Further, the production method of the present invention can efficiently mass-produce rod-shaped crunch candy which cannot be molded by the conventional candy production method.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 is an extruder in a material forming step, which is supplied with a candy dough 2 and a cream 3 which have been adjusted to have a predetermined composition, temperature, and viscosity in advance, and at the same time extruding the candy dough 2 into a tube shape,
Cream 3 is injected and filled in the hollow portion.

The tube-shaped material 4 filled with the cream 3 is continuously folded by a rotating batch former 5 and a candy sheet 6 is wound around the outer circumference thereof to form a rope shape.

[0008] The rope-like material 7 formed in the material forming step is sent to a pre-rolling step, and a plurality of upper and lower rolling members provided with ridges 8a extending in the axial direction at regular intervals around a circular drum. The roll 8 forms a mat-like material 9 which is pressed with an appropriate pressure and spreads horizontally.

Next, the mat-like material 9 is sent to a rolling step and rolled by a plurality of pressure plates 10 to form a sheet-like material 11.
Is formed. In this rolling process, a plurality of crimping plates 10 are arranged in parallel along the feed direction, the pressing force of each crimping plate 10 is set appropriately, and the moving means 12 can move the crimping plates 10 respectively. The belt conveyor 13 is arranged corresponding to.

The crimping plate 10 is moved together with the belt conveyor 13 by the moving means 12 while pressing the mat-like material 9, and the operation is sequentially repeated by the plurality of crimping plates 10 to form the mat-like material 9 into the sheet-like material 11. I do. At this time, the pressing force of the pressure-bonding plates 10 arranged in parallel is properly adjusted, and the feeding speeds of the plurality of belt conveyors 13 are also set respectively. In other words, the extended sheet-like material 11 is prevented from stagnation and hindering continuous work.

As described above, the reason why the rope 7 is gradually thinned in the pre-rolling step and the rolling step is that the rope-shaped material 7 is rolled into a thin sheet by applying a strong pressure.
This is because the cream 3 filled in the tubular material 4 is squeezed out and the layer structure becomes inconvenient.

The sheet material 11 formed by the rolling step is sent to an adjusting step, and the surface is leveled by a plurality of adjusting rolls 14 and the sheet 11 has a predetermined thickness (for example, 5 mm).
mm). Also in this case, instead of applying a strong pressure at once to make it uniform, the pressure is adjusted by a plurality of adjusting rolls and the pressure is gradually leveled to a predetermined thickness.

Sheet-like material 11 'adjusted to a predetermined thickness
Is sent to the dividing step and divided into thin rod-shaped objects. That is, as shown in FIG. 1, a grooved roll 15 having a large number of semicircular arc-shaped concave grooves 15a arranged in the circumferential direction on the outer periphery is arranged vertically so that the concave grooves face each other, and between them, the aforementioned By passing the sheet-like material 11 ', it is divided into thin rod-shaped materials having a substantially circular cross section. However, it is preferable that the rods are connected to each other in a thin layer so as not to be completely separated from each other, because the subsequent treatment is easy.

Next, the thin rod-like material is cut into a predetermined length (for example, about 10 cm) in a cutting process. In the illustrated example, the rotary blade 16 provided in parallel with the drum is used for this cutting step, but a normal cutter-type cutting blade can also be used.

In this cutting, the rods are not completely separated from each other but are slightly connected before and after, and are sent to a cooling step (not shown) by a belt conveyor 17 and cooled to a predetermined temperature. 18 to obtain a rod-shaped crunch candy 19.

In the rod-shaped crunch candy 19 thus formed, the candy layers A and the cream layers B are alternately mixed and laminated in a laminated manner as shown in the cross section of FIG. When chewed, the candy layer A has a hard chewy texture and the cream layer B has a relatively soft chewy texture. Due to the synergistic effect of these, a unique chewing comfort is obtained, and both tastes are mixed to give a unique taste. . Although FIG. 2 is shown as a schematic diagram in which all are aligned in the length direction for ease of understanding, in reality, the appearance is complicatedly entangled in various directions (however, the length direction is generally oriented). . In this case, since it is formed in a thin rod shape,
Crunch candy can be enjoyed like a snack, and it is easier to chew and eat than conventional spherical crunch candy.

FIG. 3 shows another method for producing a bar-shaped crunch candy according to the present invention, which is an extrusion molding of a tube-shaped product containing cream by an extruder and folding the tube-shaped product with a batch former together with a candy sheet on the outer periphery. A series of material forming steps for winding a thick rope-like material is the same as the above-mentioned manufacturing method, but the subsequent steps are different and will be described.

In the above-mentioned manufacturing method, the rope-like material is rolled and formed into a sheet shape. In this case, the rope-like material 7 is gradually thinned by a plurality of pairs of rolls 20, and the ball cutting machine 21 is used.
(Stamping is also possible) and divide into small spheres. Next, the spherical objects 22 are arranged with gradually decreasing intervals in the feeding direction, and upper and lower belt conveyors 23, 2 with different feeding speeds.
Rolled at 3 'to extend into a thin rod of about 5 mm in diameter, and the rod 24 is sent to a cooling step (not shown in the drawing) by a belt conveyor 25 and cooled to a predetermined temperature to produce a rod-shaped crunch candy. I do.

In the step of forming rods by the belt conveyors 23 and 23 ', rods 24 of substantially the same size are obtained because the size of the spherical bodies 22 to be fed is substantially uniform. There is no need for a cutting step for trimming.

The bar-shaped crunch candy formed by such a method is also unique in that it has a unique texture such as caulipoly because the hard candy-like candy layer and the relatively soft cream layer are mixed alternately in the same manner as described above. The chewy texture is obtained, and both flavors are mixed and very delicious. Further, since it is formed in the shape of a bar, it can be held and chewed like a snack confection, and is easy to eat.

The filling of the hollow portion of the tubular material is not limited to the cream of the above-mentioned embodiment, but can be carried out with powder, jelly or any other suitable filling. Also, if you add a lot of vitamin C in the filling,
Alternatively, it is also possible to attach freeze dried granules such as pulp to the outer surface of the crunch candy.

[0022]

As described above, according to the present invention,
It is possible to provide a stick-shaped crunch candy that can be chewed by hand like a snack confection and that is easy to chew and eat. Further, according to the present invention, rod-shaped crunch candy can be efficiently mass-produced, and since the rope-shaped material is gradually flattened into a sheet-shaped material, a filling material such as cream filled in the tubular candy layer is obtained. Is not squeezed out, and an effect of finally producing a bar-shaped crunch candy having excellent quality in which candy layers and cream layers are alternately laminated is produced. Furthermore, according to the method of gradually thinning the rope-like material and separating it into spheres with a ball breaker, etc., and extending the sphere-like material into a rod shape by the upper and lower conveyors, the length of the rod-like material becomes almost constant, so that after molding The effect that a cutting process for trimming the lengths is unnecessary is achieved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view showing a manufacturing process of a bar-shaped crunch candy according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic sectional view of a rod-shaped crunch candy.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing another manufacturing process of the bar-shaped crunch candy according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1. Extruder 2. Candy dough 3. Cream 4. Tubular material 5. Batch former
6: Candy sheet 7: Lobe 8: Rolling roll 8a: Ridge 9: Matte
10 ... Crimping plate 11, 11 '... Sheet-like material 12 ...
Moving means 13: Belt conveyor 14: Adjusting roll 15: Roll with groove 15a: Groove 16:
Rotary blade 17 ... Rod-shaped material 18 ... Belt conveyor
19 ... Crunch candy 20 ... Roll 21 ...
Ball cutter 22 ... Spherical object 23, 23 '... Belt conveyor 24 ... Rod-like object 25 ... Belt conveyor

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A rod-shaped crunch candy in which a candy layer and a filler layer such as cream are alternately mixed in a laminating manner inside a thin rod-shaped material whose outer periphery is covered with a candy sheet. 2. A candy dough prepared in advance is extruded into a tube, and a filling material such as cream is injected into the hollow portion of the tube. The tube is continuously folded and a candy sheet is wound around the tube. A rope-shaped object is formed, the rope-shaped object is pre-rolled by a rolling roll, and at the same time, is rolled into a sheet-shaped object having a predetermined thickness by a pressing plate, and the sheet-shaped object is divided into a plurality of thin rods by a grooved roll. And
A method for producing a stick crunch candy, which comprises cooling the stick to a predetermined length and then cooling. 3. A candy dough prepared in advance is extruded into a tube shape, and a filling such as cream is injected into the hollow part of the candy material. The tube-shaped material is continuously folded and a candy sheet is wound around its outer periphery. A rope-shaped material was molded, and the rope-shaped material was divided into spherical pieces of a predetermined size by a ball cutting machine, stamping, etc., and the spherical objects were arranged with gradually narrowing intervals in the feeding direction and the feeding speed was changed. A method for producing a bar-shaped crunch candy, which comprises rolling with upper and lower belt conveyors to form a thin bar shape and then cooling.