JPH11346660A - Decorated food and its production and production device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain decorated foods having elegant patterns, excellent in texture, taste and palatability such as chocolate, etc., by treating plural fluid food materials having different colors under a specific condition. SOLUTION: This production of decorated food is to simultaneously fill fluid raw materials M, N of two or more fluid food materials such as chocolate, jelly or the like having different colors into the hollow part 4 of a mold 3, eccentrically rotate the mold 3 having simultaneously filled fluid raw materials M, N, solidify the fluid raw materials M, N of the fluid food material in the mold 3, taking out the solidified materials from the mold 3 and obtain decorated food having a spiral pattern of different colors. It is preferable to make plural hollow parts 4 in the mold 3 and produce the decorated food by eccentrically rotating the mold.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a decorative food, and more particularly, to a decorative food in which a pattern is formed by two or more different fluid food materials, a method of manufacturing the same, and a manufacturing apparatus therefor.

[0002]

[0002] Jelly, ice cream, candy, Kamaboko, and the like are known as colored foods using a fluid food material of two or more colors.

[0003]

However, although the above two or more kinds of fluid foods are tasteful in the texture and flavor of eating in the mouth at the same time, the area occupied by each food is different in each area. The texture in the mouth changed every time one bite was eaten, and there was no stability in taste. Moreover, above all, the decorative pattern showing the external appearance was a simple, collective and identical pattern that has not been used for a long time.

[0004] An object of the present invention is to eliminate these drawbacks. A stable texture can be obtained by mixing two or more kinds of fluid foodstuffs into a food at a predetermined ratio substantially uniformly. We will not provide decorative foods that give a taste.

[0005] Another object of the present invention is to provide a more decorative food product with different patterns of the portion in contact with the mold and the other portions of the inside of the mold.

[0006]

Means for Solving the Problems and the Forms Thereof
It has been made in view of the above-mentioned object, and one of the gist thereof is a form of a decorative food made of two or more kinds of fluid food materials having different colors, and a concave portion provided in a mold with an outer shape of the form. The pattern at the location that matches the inner surface shape excluding the opening and the opening, and that matches the inner surface shape of the recess, pushes out the fluid raw material of the fluid food material of two or more colors from the nozzle for each color from the nozzle and within the recess. The swirl of each color formed by eccentrically rotating the fluid raw material of two or more colors of fluid food material extruded from the nozzle by extruding a pattern inside the pattern that matches the inner surface shape of the recess with the striped pattern in the extrusion direction occupied. In decorative foods that are patterned.

[0007] Two or more fluid food materials of different colors are
This includes the case where the color is different between different food materials and the case where the color is different between the same food materials due to edible natural pigments or synthetic coloring agents.

The mold is made of wood, metal, plastic plate such as polycarbonate or styrene, etc.
A mold in which one recess is formed in one mold, a mold in which two or more recesses are provided in each mold, or a mold in which the mold is divided into two may be considered.

Liquid food materials include those solidified by forced cooling or natural cooling, such as chocolate, yokan, candy, ice cream, cheese, and jelly, as well as heated materials such as kamaboko and castella materials. Also includes those that solidify.

In order to form a spiral pattern, each concave portion is not rotated around an axis like a top without changing the vertical and horizontal positions of the entire mold (centrifugal force acts on the outer periphery when rotated concentrically). The eccentric cam rotates to rotate the entire mold in the same cycle for each concave portion. However, the entire mold is configured to be gradually larger or smaller, or to rotate together. Is also good. Therefore, the vortex in the present invention means that two or more kinds of fluid food materials having different colors are gradually and horizontally rotated inward for each color.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a step of simultaneously filling two or more fluid food materials having different colors with fluid material from different nozzle openings into a concave portion of a mold; And a process of solidifying the fluid raw material of the fluid food material in the mold and taking it out of the mold.

By providing a plurality of concave portions in the mold and rotating the entire mold eccentrically, each concave portion can be rotated eccentrically.

According to still another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a filling device for forming a pattern in an extruding direction by simultaneously filling a fluid material of a fluid food material of two or more colors into a concave portion of a mold, and a filled mold. A pattern forming device that turns the pattern inside the pattern facing the concave portion into a spiral pattern of each color, a solidifying device that solidifies the fluid raw material in the mold, and a separating device that takes out the solidified fluid food material from the mold. There is also an apparatus for producing decorative food, which comprises a mold apparatus.

The above-mentioned mold is used as a sales container, and the raw material liquids of the first and second fluid food materials are filled into the recesses of the container by a filling device, and the raw material liquid is horizontally rotated by a pattern forming device to form a spiral pattern. By forming and solidifying with a solidifying device, it is also conceivable to provide a manufacturing device in which the decorative food is packaged in a mold / sales container without using the release device.

The filling device comprises two or more storage tanks for separately storing two or more fluid food materials of different colors and a predetermined amount below the storage tank, for adjusting the stroke amount of the cylinder, or Depending on the difference in the cylinder inner diameter, a predetermined amount of each fluid raw material can be discharged from the nozzle into the mold. The fluid raw materials may be the same or different.

As the solidifying device, a device usually called a cooling tunnel is used. However, when the fluid food material is made of Kamaboko or castella, a heating device such as a heating chamber or a heating tunnel is prepared.

The release device is a device for releasing solidified decorative food from a mold, and the opening of the mold is lowered by an endless conveyor that rotates vertically, or the mold is lifted and beaten with the opening downward. The decorative food may be taken out of the mold by dropping.

In the case where the mold is used as a sales container, this mold release device is unnecessary since a decorative food solidified in the concave portion of the sales container can be obtained.

In the pattern forming apparatus, the mold containing the fluid food material is rotated by an eccentric cam by a motor equipped with a speed reducer, thereby rotating each concave portion of the mold without changing the vertical position.

[0020]

[Function] By simultaneously injecting two or more colors of fluid food material into the mold, the liquid food material is filled and arranged in a predetermined area in the mold along the injection direction (the direction of extrusion from the nozzle),
Then, when the mold is rotated, the fluid raw material of the fluid food material having a viscosity of two or more colors remains at that position due to its large resistance at the place where it comes into contact with the mold due to hydrodynamics. Each fluid raw material contained in the region moves in an inward spiral shape with rotation, so that the pattern of each fluid raw material located on the inner surface of the mold remains substantially the same as that at the time of extrusion, but each fluid raw material inside it is Has a spiral shape. Of course, it is an essential condition that the fluid raw material of the fluid food material exhibiting the above-mentioned action is not satisfied if it is not fixed at a fixed position on the inner surface of the mold, such as water, and can be rotationally moved with a certain degree of viscosity or more. .

[0021]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention, that is, as a representative example of two or more fluid food materials having different colors, filling based on fluid raw materials of white and brown chocolate materials → cooling and solidifying → release and endless conveyor A decorative chocolate obtained by a mold provided with a plurality of concave portions provided at the same distance as a moving distance intermittently moving above will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. <Example 1> First, in the filling device A, the white and brown fluid chocolate materials were stored in the respective storage tanks by separate cylinders (not shown). And the brown (chocolate-colored) chocolate material fluid raw material (a) and (b) are individually placed in a plurality of recesses 4 (the openings are reversely tapered so that the mold can be cut out) formed in the mold 3 according to the dotted lines. Filled simultaneously. The filled fluid raw material is discharged from the nozzle hole 2 at the same speed with the same amount, the same viscosity, the same nozzle diameter and the same distance from the mold 4 even if there is no partition in the mold 4. , If the mold is coin-shaped,
The fluid raw material flows laterally from the dropped state, and the adjacent fluid raw materials collide with each other at a point where they are equidistant from each other, where a so-called struggle occurs, and the fluid raw material from the four holes 4 eventually turns white and brown. It is evident from the applicant's experiment that the pattern remains in an arcuate pattern as shown in FIG.

Next, before the fluid raw material of the chocolate material has been solidified in the mold, the mold 3 sent by the endless conveyor is dropped into the pattern forming apparatus.
The mold is eccentrically rotated by the pattern forming apparatus. The pattern forming apparatus B is connected to the rotating plate 8 on which the mold 3 is mounted and the rotational position 8 so that the entire mold 3, that is, each recess 4 moves circularly in the arrow direction, as shown in FIGS. The eccentric cams 5, 5 'are configured to rotate the chain 7 by a motor 6 with a speed reducer (FIG. 2 showing a vertical cross section along XX in FIG. 1).

Before the step of forming a spiral pattern of the fluid raw material, bubbles in the fluid raw material can be removed by applying fine vibration with a vibrator that moves vertically up and down.

Thereafter, the mold 3 is moved by a conveyor (not shown) in a cooling tunnel, which is the next step, to cool and solidify the fluid material of the chocolate material in a state in which the pattern is formed in the recess 4. .

Further, when the mold 3 of the endless conveyor that has moved intermittently moves downward, the solidified chocolate material is released from the decorative chocolate in the recess 4 of the mold 3 by applying vibration.

According to the above embodiment, the decorative chocolate as the finished decorative food has a pattern on the side corresponding to the inner surface shape of the concave portion 4 as shown in FIG. When filled, four arcuate patterns of white and brown formed in the opposite extrusion directions formed by the interference remain. The reason is that even if the concave portion 4 is rotated by the pattern forming apparatus B, the fluid raw material is viscous and remains at the filling position due to friction with the surface of the concave portion 4. On the other hand, each fluid raw material other than the portion in contact with the concave portion is formed into a spiral shape as shown in FIG. 4 by rotation, and its MM longitudinal section has a upwardly rising (tornado shape) pattern as shown in FIG. It was also found as a result of the experiment. <Embodiment 2> Next, the filling device A 'with the nozzle 11 is the same as that of the embodiment 1, and the shape of the concave portion 14 for filling the mold 13 with the fluid raw materials a and b of white and brown chocolate material from the nozzle hole 12 is shown. The experimental results will be described for a square opening.

When the same viscosity and the same amount of the fluid raw material (a) and (b) are filled into the concave portion (14) at the same discharge speed from the same nozzle hole (12), the four dropped positions correspond to the adjacent fluid raw material and the inner wall of the concave portion (4). If the distances are the same, the fluid raw materials collide with each other and the adjacent boundary is linearly divided (FIG. 6).

Next, FIG. 7 showing a YY vertical section of FIG.
From the state described above, each recess 1 is formed by the same pattern forming apparatus B as in the first embodiment.
Rotate 4. FIGS. 8 to 10 show the shapes of the decorative chocolate cut out through the rotation and cooling and solidification processes. That is, the pattern at the position facing the inner surface shape of the concave portion 14 is the same alternating white and brown square pattern as at the time of filling, but the other patterns are, as shown in FIG.
It becomes a spiral shape flowing inward from each color. N in FIG.
The -N vertical section is as shown in FIG. <Embodiment 3> Further, under the same conditions as in Embodiments 1 and 2,
From the same filling device A ", this time the thick mold 23
The case where the container-shaped concave portion 24 deep from the opening in FIG.

The method for producing the decorative chocolate is the same as in Examples 1 and 2, but the finished chocolate pattern is as shown in FIGS. That is,
FIG. 12 is a vertical sectional view taken along line PP of FIG. 11, and FIG.
3 shows the pattern of the inner surface shape of the concave portion 24, which matches the inner surface shape along the deep container-shaped concave portion 24,
The patterns appearing there are basically the same as those of the above embodiments. Further, as shown in FIG. 14, the pattern on the opening side of the recess 24 is turned upside down in FIG. 13, so that the pattern on the opening side of the recess 24 is not much different from that of the above embodiment. . However, it can be seen that the upward spiral in FIG. 14 is more remarkable than in the above embodiment because the concave portion is deep and the side wall is tapered upward. This also appears in the QQ longitudinal cross section of FIG. 14 in FIG.

Finally, the formation of the spiral pattern by the rotation of the concave portion in the first to third embodiments is supported by the movement of the fluid material of the chocolate material as shown in FIGS. That is, the side that comes into contact with the concave portion due to the rotation of the concave portions 4, 14, and 24, that is, the pattern of the inner surface remains the filled pattern, and the other internal patterns are at the openings of the concave portion as shown in FIG. The spiral shown by the arrow works greatly, and appears in the patterns shown in FIGS. 4, 9 and 14. Also,
Under these movements, as shown in FIG. 19, as shown in FIG. 19, by rotation, it slightly rotates upward along the taper and rises to the upper surface, and then, by rotation, moves to the center portion where it encounters the flow opposing each other, It can be seen that convection has occurred, such as moving downward and further rising along the taper of the side wall.

It should be noted that the above-mentioned Examples 1 to 3 correspond to fluid raw materials A,
B) The case where the same viscosity and the same amount are discharged from the same nozzle diameter at the same discharge speed has been described, but even if these conditions are different for each fluid raw material, if the respective conditions are fixed, substantially the same pattern will be applied to the decorative food. Can be expressed.

[0032]

As described above, in the decorative food of the present invention, the pattern on the side facing the mold and the pattern on the inner side thereof are different from each other, so that the pattern can be made more interesting.

Further, since the fluid food material is finely and substantially uniformly mixed into the food by the swirl pattern, a stable and uniform texture and taste can be obtained from the beginning to the end.

Further, by using a mold having a concave portion as a sales container, a mold release device can be omitted, and the device and the process can be simplified.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially broken sectional view of a filling device and a mold of the device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken along line XX of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a pattern on the concave side of the mold of the decorative food obtained from FIGS. 1 and 2;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a pattern in which the upper and lower surfaces of FIG. 3 are reversed.

FIG. 5 is a vertical sectional view taken along line MM of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a partially broken sectional view of a filling device and a mold, showing another embodiment different from FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a vertical sectional view taken along the line YY of FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 shows a pattern on the concave side of the mold of the decorative food made in FIG. 6;

FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing a pattern in which FIG. 8 is turned upside down.

FIG. 10 is a vertical sectional view taken along the line NN of FIG. 9;

FIG. 11 is still another embodiment different from FIGS. 1 and 6, and is a partially broken sectional view showing a partially filling device and a mold.

FIG. 12 is a vertical sectional view taken along line PP of FIG. 11;

FIG. 13 is a perspective view showing a pattern of the decorative food on the inner surface side of the concave portion of FIG.

FIG. 14 is a perspective view showing a pattern in which the upper and lower surfaces of FIG. 13 are reversed.

FIG. 15 is a vertical sectional view taken along line QQ of FIG. 14;

FIG. 16 is a plan view of the pattern forming apparatus.

FIG. 17 is a front view from the arrow side of FIG. 16;

FIG. 18 is a plan view showing a state in which the patterns of FIGS. 13 to 15 are formed.

FIG. 19 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a state in which the patterns shown in FIGS. 13 to 15 are formed.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A, A ', A "Filling device B Pattern forming device A White chocolate material (fluid raw material) B Brown chocolate material (fluid raw material) 1,11,12 Nozzle 2,12,22 Nozzle hole 3,13,23 Mold 4, 14, 24 Mold recess 5 Eccentric cam

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A form of a decorative food made of two or more fluid food materials having different colors, wherein an outer shape of the form is adapted to an opening of a concave portion provided in a mold and an inner surface shape excluding the opening. In addition, the pattern at the location corresponding to the inner surface shape of the recess is extruded for each color from the fluid raw material of the fluid food material of two or more colors to form a striped pattern in the extrusion direction occupied in the recess, and A decorative food in which a swirl pattern of each color formed by eccentrically rotating fluid raw materials of two or more colors of a fluid food material extruded from the nozzle with a pattern inside the pattern conforming to the inner surface shape is extruded from the nozzle. 2. A step of simultaneously filling fluid components of two or more fluid food materials having different colors into the recesses of the mold from different nozzle ports, and eccentrically rotating the mold containing the fluid components which have been simultaneously filled. And a step of solidifying the fluid raw material of the fluid food material in the mold and removing the fluid material from the mold. 3. The method for producing a decorative food according to claim 2, further comprising the step of providing a plurality of concave portions of said mold and rotating them eccentrically. 4. A filling device for forming a pattern in an extrusion direction by simultaneously filling a fluid material of two or more colors of fluid food material into a concave portion of a mold, and rotating the filled mold to face the concave portion. Production of decorative food comprising: a pattern forming device that turns a pattern inside a pattern into a spiral pattern of each color; a solidifying device that solidifies the fluid raw material in the mold; and a release device that removes the solidified fluid food material from the mold. apparatus. 5. The method according to claim 5, wherein the mold is a sales container, and the recesses of the container are filled with the first and second fluid food material fluid raw materials, and are horizontally rotated to form a pattern. The apparatus for producing a decorative food according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the release material is not used by solidifying the fluid raw material.