JPH1056957A - Full-ripe and frozen pineapple and shaved ice of frozen pineapple - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To taste a pineapple in a full-ripe state with a good appetite and promote the consumption of a raw pineapple by making consumers readily consume and easily eat the pineapple. SOLUTION: A full-ripe and frozen pineapple is obtained by removing an epidermal part, a core part and the top and bottom parts from a full-ripe pineapple, cutting the resultant cylindrical sarcocarp part into round slices, providing pineapple pieces 4A, individually independently packaging the pineapple pieces 4A with a packaging film 9 and freezing the packaged pineapple pieces 4A or packaging the plural pineapple pieces 4A with the packaging film 9 or placing the pineapple pieces 4A in a container 10, and then freezing the pineapple pieces 4A.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ripe frozen pineapple and a shaved ice of frozen pineapple, which can maintain freshness of pineapple (also called pineapple) in a ripe state and can be easily eaten.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As shown in FIG. 12, the structure of pineapple is composed of a skin portion 2 of a set of fruits and a fruit core 3 formed of a hard thread-like fiber bundle located at the center. ,
The brown eyes, which consist of the flesh portions 4 and 5 located between the skin portion 2 and the core portion 3 and the top and bottom portions 6 and 7 at the upper and lower ends, and which penetrate deeply into the flesh portion 5 from the skin portion 2 of each small fruit 1. There is a part 8.

[0003] In the case of canning or the like, the harvested pineapple is washed to remove deposits such as soil, and then cut out in a core direction with a round blade, so that the fruit core 3 is attached as shown by a broken line. It is separated into a columnar pulp portion 4 at the center and a skin portion 2 with a peripheral pulp portion 5. Next, the top and bottom portions 6 and 7 above and below the columnar pulp portion 4 are cut to obtain a columnar pulp portion 4 as shown in FIG. Next, the pulp portion 3 is removed, whereby a cylindrical pulp portion 4 as shown in FIG.
Get. Then, it is sliced to a predetermined thickness, sterilized in a sealed state in a can, and cooled to complete a canned pineapple.

[0004]

Pineapples are often consumed in cans in this way, but are also preferred in the raw state. However, raw pineapple,
Because it takes time to transfer from the production area to the consumption area, the crops are harvested and shipped in a blue state before ripeness, and ripened after reaching the consumption area. For this reason, there is a fatal drawback that ripened pineapple cannot be tasted in a consumption area.

[0005] On the other hand, it is also possible to harvest and wash after ripeness, then freeze it as it is, and ship it in a frozen state, but it is troublesome for an unfamiliar customer to peel off the skin and eat one pineapple. The problem is that there are too many to buy and eat the fruit. In addition, pineapples are only canned as described above or provided to customers as one raw pineapple fruit, and have a poor taste.

[0006] A first object of the present invention is to promote the consumption of raw pineapple by making it possible to taste a ripe pineapple deliciously and to make it easy for a customer to consume and to eat. It is in.

[0007] A second object of the present invention is to promote consumption of raw pineapple which is rich in family names.

[0008]

A first means of the present invention for solving the above-mentioned first problem is to remove the skin, the core, and the top and bottom of the ripe pineapple from the cylindrical pulp. The pineapple pieces are sliced into pineapple pieces, and the pineapple pieces are individually packaged and frozen, or a plurality of the pineapple pieces are put into a package or container and frozen.

A second means of the present invention for solving the above-mentioned first problem is to cut or cut radially a cylindrical flesh portion from which a skin portion, a fruit core portion and a top portion of a ripe pineapple have been removed. Then, the pineapple pieces are further cut into bite-sized pieces to form bite-sized pieces, and the bite-sized pieces are put into a container and frozen.

A third means of the present invention for solving the above first and second problems is to cut a cylindrical or columnar flesh portion of at least a skin portion and a top portion of a ripe pineapple into pieces. Make chopped pieces, mix this chopped piece with 100% juice of pineapple, put it in a commercial freezing container and freeze it to make a raw pineapple ice block,
The raw pineapple ice block is characterized in that it is shaved ice or sliced ice.

A fourth means of the present invention for solving the above first and second problems is to freeze a cylindrical or columnar flesh portion of at least a skin portion and a top portion of a ripe pineapple. Frozen raw pineapple, shaved ice and put in a container, or at least the cylindrical or columnar pulp portion of the ripe pineapple from which at least the epidermis and the top and bottom have been removed is roughly mixed by a mixer and put into a container. It is characterized by being frozen.

[0012]

1 and 2 show a first embodiment of the present invention. To process ripe frozen pineapple, first harvest and wash the ripe pineapple,
With the top and bottom portions 6 and 7 shown in FIG. 12 cut off, the skin portion 2 is cut by a pineapple puller having a blade at one end of the cylindrical body.
And the pulp portion 3 are punched and separated to form a cylindrical pulp portion 4 as shown in FIG. Note that FIG.
(A) shows the pulp part 4 with the pulp part 3. Next, as shown in FIG. 1, the cylindrical pulp portion 4 is cut into a plurality of pieces to form a donut-shaped pineapple piece 4A. Then, it is blanched for about 3 minutes in hot water and sterilized. Next, as shown in FIG. 2A, each pineapple piece 4A is individually wrapped in a transparent packaging film 9 and frozen.

As described above, the pineapple pieces 4A cut into a suitable size that is easy to eat are individually wrapped in the transparent wrapping film 9, frozen and shipped to the consumption area. In the consumption area, the pineapple pieces 4A are sold in units of wrapped pineapple pieces, so that the customer can purchase the required number of pieces and peel off the wrapping film 9 to eat. Moreover, it is possible to taste ripe pineapple, and it is easy to eat without having to peel the skin. For this reason, consumption of raw pineapple can be promoted. In this case, if you eat it frozen, you can feel as if you were eating sherbet. It goes without saying that you can defrost and eat it.

The pineapple piece 4A shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 2B, a plurality of sheets are stacked and wrapped in a transparent packaging film 9 and frozen, or as shown in FIG. 2C, put in a transparent container 10 and frozen. In this case, it is preferable to a customer who purchases the pineapple pieces 4A in a lump.

FIGS. 3 to 5 show a second embodiment of the present invention. In the present embodiment, each pineapple piece 4A sliced as shown in FIG. 1 is further cut into bite-sized pieces as shown in FIG. 4 to form bite-sized pieces 4C. Or FIG.
The cylindrical pulp portion 4 shown in FIG.
Cuts are made in the radial direction at intervals of 0 degrees, and cut into 6 to 12 equal parts as shown in FIG. Then, similarly to the above embodiment, the rod-shaped pineapple pieces 4B divided into 6 to 12 equally are blanched in hot water for about 3 minutes and sterilized as shown in FIG. 5 (b). Cut into bite-sized pieces to make bite-sized pieces 4C. The bite-sized piece 4C thus formed is placed in the container 11 shown in FIG.
1 is sealed with a transparent film or covered with a transparent lid 12 and frozen. Even in this case, the same effects as in the above embodiments can be obtained.

FIG. 6 shows a third embodiment of the present invention.
This embodiment is different from the above embodiments in that a frozen pineapple is used for shaved ice products. FIG. 11B
11A, or a cylindrical pulp portion 4 having a pulp portion 3 without removing the pulp portion 3 shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 6, the raw pieces 15 are cut into pieces. And 15 pieces of chopped pieces and 100 pieces of pineapple
% Fruit juice 16 is mixed at a ratio of 1: 1 wt%, and the mixture is placed in a commercial freezing container 17 and frozen to produce a raw pineapple ice block 18.

The raw pineapple ice block 18 is supplied to a shaved ice store. At a shaved ice store, for example, as shown in FIG. 7, the raw pineapple ice block 18 is cut into an appropriate size to obtain a raw pineapple ice block 18A.
The raw pineapple ice block 18A is set in a shaved ice machine 20 to produce frozen raw pineapple shaved ice 22 in a container 21 for sale. As shown in FIG. 8, the raw pineapple ice block 18 is chopped into frozen raw pineapple chopped ice 23, which is put in a container 24, covered with a lid 25, and sold as chopped ice.

As described above, the ripe pineapple can be supplied to the customer as shaved ice, so that the ripened pineapple can be tasted and the frozen raw pineapple shaved ice 22 or the frozen raw pineapple can be tasted in the same manner as in the above embodiments. Since it can be tasted as the pineapple chopped ice 23, it is rich in taste and can further promote consumption of raw pineapple.

FIGS. 9 and 10 show a fourth embodiment of the present invention. In the present embodiment, a cylindrical pulp portion 4 with a pulp portion 3 without removing the pulp portion 3 shown in FIG. 11 (b) or a pulp portion 3 shown in FIG. 11 (a) is frozen. The frozen raw pineapple 30 shown in FIG. The frozen raw pineapple shaved ice 31 made into shaved ice is put in a container 32, covered with a lid 33, and sold. Alternatively, additives 34 such as condensed milk, melon syrup, strawberry syrup, red beans, fresh cream, vanilla ice cream, etc. are put on frozen fresh pineapple shaved ice 31 placed in a container 32 and sold with a lid 33. The cylindrical pulp portion 4 shown in FIG. 11B or the pulp portion 3 with the pulp portion 3 from which the pulp portion 3 shown in FIG. 11A is not removed is roughly mixed by a mixer, and this mixing is performed. The pineapple thus obtained may be frozen in the container 32 after the lid 33 has been placed thereon. Even in this case, the same effect as in the third embodiment can be obtained.

[0020]

According to the first and second aspects of the present invention, since the ripe pineapple is frozen, the ripe pineapple can be tasted deliciously. In addition, since only the flesh portion is cut into a size that is easy to eat, the customer does not need to peel the skin, and can easily purchase and eat immediately. As a result, consumption of raw pineapple is promoted. According to Claims 1 and 2, a ripe raw pineapple ice block or a ripe frozen raw pineapple is provided, which is supplied as ripe frozen raw pineapple shaved ice.
In addition to the above effects, the effect of being rich in the family name is obtained, and the consumption of raw pineapple is further promoted.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a sliced ripe frozen pineapple piece showing a step in the middle of the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 shows a first embodiment of the present invention, wherein (a) is a perspective view of a packaged ripe frozen pineapple piece, (b) is a perspective view of a plurality of packaged ripe frozen pineapple pieces,
(C) is a perspective view of a plurality of ripe frozen pineapple pieces put in a container.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a bite-sized piece of ripe frozen pineapple placed in a container according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing an example of processing the bite-size piece shown in FIG. 3;

5A and 5B are perspective views showing another example of processing the bite-size piece shown in FIG. 3;

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing the production of a ripe raw pineapple ice block according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory view in the case of making frozen raw pineapple shaved ice from the raw pineapple ice block of FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram in the case of making frozen raw pineapple ice from the raw pineapple ice block of FIG. 6;

FIGS. 9 (a) and 9 (b) are perspective views of ripe frozen raw pineapples showing intermediate steps of a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIGS. 10A and 10B show ripe frozen raw pineapple shaved ice according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention, wherein FIG. 10A is an explanatory diagram before the lid is closed, and FIG. 10B is a state diagram with the lid closed.

11A and 11B show a flesh portion of a pineapple, wherein FIG. 11A is a perspective view of a flesh portion having a flesh portion, and FIG. 11B is a perspective view of a flesh portion having the flesh portion removed.

FIG. 12 is a longitudinal sectional view and a transverse sectional view showing a tissue structure of a pineapple.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 skin part 3 fruit core part 4, 5 pulp part 4A, 4B pineapple piece 4C bite size piece 6, 7 top and bottom part 9 packaging film 10, 11 container 12 lid 15 chopped piece 16 fruit juice 17 container 18 raw pineapple ice block 21 container 22 Frozen Raw Pineapple Shaved Ice 23 Frozen Raw Pineapple Sliced Ice 24 Container 25 Lid 30 Frozen Raw Pineapple 31 Frozen Raw Pineapple Shaved Ice 32 Container 33 Lid

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[Submission date] August 29, 1996

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Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A pineapple piece obtained by cutting a cylindrical pulp portion from which a skin portion, a fruit core portion and a top portion of a ripened pineapple are removed, and pineapple pieces are individually packaged and frozen, or the pineapple piece is frozen. A ripe frozen pineapple, wherein a plurality of pieces are packed or frozen in a container. 2. A cylindrical pulp portion of the ripe pineapple from which the skin portion, the core portion and the top and bottom portions have been removed is sliced or radially cut into pineapple pieces, and the pineapple pieces are further cut into bite-size pieces. A ripe frozen pineapple, characterized in that it is made into size pieces, and the bite-size pieces are put into a container and frozen. 3. A cylindrical or cylindrical flesh portion from which at least the skin portion and the top and bottom portions of the ripe pineapple have been removed, cut into chopped pieces, and the cut piece and 100% juice of pineapple are mixed and frozen. A frozen pineapple shaved ice, wherein the frozen pineapple ice block is made into shaved ice or chopped ice by placing it in a container for freezing and forming a raw pineapple ice block. 4. A ripe pineapple, wherein at least the skin portion and the top and bottom portions of which are removed from the cylindrical or columnar pulp portion are frozen to obtain frozen fresh pineapple, which is then shaved ice and put into a container, or a ripened pineapple is prepared. A shaved ice of frozen pineapple, characterized in that at least a cylindrical or cylindrical pulp portion from which at least a skin portion and a top and bottom portions have been removed is roughly mixed by a mixer, and this is put into a container and frozen.