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- JPS6343074B2 JPS6343074B2 JP57186858A JP18685882A JPS6343074B2 JP S6343074 B2 JPS6343074 B2 JP S6343074B2 JP 57186858 A JP57186858 A JP 57186858A JP 18685882 A JP18685882 A JP 18685882A JP S6343074 B2 JPS6343074 B2 JP S6343074B2
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- Prior art keywords
- retort
- sterilization
- air
- pressurized
- plastic containers
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- 230000001954 sterilising effect Effects 0.000 claims description 24
- 238000004659 sterilization and disinfection Methods 0.000 claims description 22
- IJGRMHOSHXDMSA-UHFFFAOYSA-N Atomic nitrogen Chemical compound N#N IJGRMHOSHXDMSA-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 claims description 16
- 239000004033 plastic Substances 0.000 claims description 15
- 229920003023 plastic Polymers 0.000 claims description 15
- 235000013305 food Nutrition 0.000 claims description 10
- 239000003814 drug Substances 0.000 claims description 9
- 238000000034 method Methods 0.000 claims description 8
- 229910052757 nitrogen Inorganic materials 0.000 claims description 8
- 239000011261 inert gas Substances 0.000 claims description 3
- QVGXLLKOCUKJST-UHFFFAOYSA-N atomic oxygen Chemical compound [O] QVGXLLKOCUKJST-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 11
- 239000001301 oxygen Substances 0.000 description 11
- 229910052760 oxygen Inorganic materials 0.000 description 11
- XLYOFNOQVPJJNP-UHFFFAOYSA-N water Chemical compound O XLYOFNOQVPJJNP-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 4
- 238000010438 heat treatment Methods 0.000 description 3
- 239000005022 packaging material Substances 0.000 description 3
- 238000002845 discoloration Methods 0.000 description 2
- 229940079593 drug Drugs 0.000 description 2
- 241001553178 Arachis glabrata Species 0.000 description 1
- 239000004677 Nylon Substances 0.000 description 1
- 239000004743 Polypropylene Substances 0.000 description 1
- 238000007796 conventional method Methods 0.000 description 1
- 230000006866 deterioration Effects 0.000 description 1
- 239000008157 edible vegetable oil Substances 0.000 description 1
- 230000000694 effects Effects 0.000 description 1
- 239000007789 gas Substances 0.000 description 1
- 238000004817 gas chromatography Methods 0.000 description 1
- 239000000463 material Substances 0.000 description 1
- 239000000203 mixture Substances 0.000 description 1
- 229920001778 nylon Polymers 0.000 description 1
- 235000020232 peanut Nutrition 0.000 description 1
- 230000035699 permeability Effects 0.000 description 1
- 239000012466 permeate Substances 0.000 description 1
- -1 polypropylene Polymers 0.000 description 1
- 229920001155 polypropylene Polymers 0.000 description 1
- 238000010186 staining Methods 0.000 description 1
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- Food Preservation Except Freezing, Refrigeration, And Drying (AREA)
- Apparatus For Disinfection Or Sterilisation (AREA)
Description
この発明はプラスチツク容器包装食品及び医薬
品のレトルト殺菌方法の改良に関するものであ
る。
従来、プラスチツク容器包装食品及び医薬品を
加熱殺菌する方法として、レトルト内に前記プラ
スチツク容器包装食品及び医薬品を収容し高温の
加熱殺菌媒体による加熱と加圧空気による加圧と
を行ない加圧条件下に高温加熱殺菌する方法が一
般に行なわれている。
この加熱殺菌方法を具体的に説明すると、上記
プラスチツク容器包装食品及び医薬品をレトルト
内に収容した後、まず加熱殺菌媒体として水蒸気
を送り込みならが該レトルト内の空気を排出し、
レトルト内に存在していた空気と置換し、次に加
圧媒体として加圧空気をレトルトに送り込むと共
に排出量を少なくしてレトルト内圧を上げ該レト
ルト内雰囲気を100℃以上の所定殺菌温度と所定
圧力まで上昇させ、その後は水蒸気および空気か
らなる混合物の供給量を適切にコントロールし
て、前記殺菌温度と圧力とを所定時間維持させて
殺菌を完了させるものである。
しかし前述した方法で加熱殺菌を行なう場合、
100℃を超えるような高温中ではプラスチツクに
本来微小のガス透過性が免がれないこと及び酸素
の分子運動が活発になること、またレトルト内は
加圧状態である等のことからレトルト雰囲気中の
空気が薄いプラスチツク容器包装材を透過し易く
なり、包装材を透過してプラスチツク容器中に侵
入した空気に含まれている酸素により内容物が酸
化され変敗、変色が生じるといつた問題が免がれ
なかつた。
ここに発明者等はかかる問題を解決すべく研究
を重ねた結果、上述した加圧媒体として窒素等の
不活性ガスを使用することにより上述した問題が
解決されることを見出しこの発明を完成したので
ある。即ちこの発明は、レトルト内にプラスチツ
ク容器包装食品及び医薬品を収容し高温の加熱殺
菌媒体による加熱と加圧空気による加圧とを行な
い加圧条件下に高温加熱殺菌するプラスチツク容
器包装食品及び医薬品のレトルト殺菌方法におい
て、前記加圧を窒素等の不活性ガスによる加圧媒
体の導入により行なうことを特徴とするプラスチ
ツク容器包装食品及び医薬品のレトルト殺菌方法
である。
具体的にこの発明において、プラスチツク容器
包装食品とはプラスチツク成形容器、プラスチツ
ク成形袋等の所謂レトルトパウチと呼ばれる包装
体に内容物が封入されたものである。
この発明において加熱殺菌媒体は一般には水蒸
気を使用し、レトルト内に前記レトルトパウチを
収容した後、先ず常法により該水蒸気を送り込み
ながら該レトルト内の空気を排気し空気を水蒸気
と置換する。このためレトルト内に残存する空気
即ち酸素は微量でありこれは概ね無視できる量で
ある。
そしてこの発明では前記レトルトに例えば圧力
150Kg/cm2程度の窒素ボンベを接続し、この加圧
窒素を前記水蒸気置換後、適宜の時期にレトルト
内に送り込み排出量を少なくしてレトルト内圧を
上げ、常法と同様の手段により該レトルト内雰囲
気を100℃以上で最も一般的には120℃の所定殺菌
温度とこれに相当する圧力まで上昇させる。そし
てその後は水蒸気および窒素の供給量を適切な供
給量にコントロールし、これを所定時間維持させ
殺菌を完了させるものである。
以下この発明を実施例により説明する。
実施例
肉厚が0.015〜0.025mmのエバール(商品名)を
中間層とし、その両側にポリプロピレンを積層し
た包装材料、また多層ナイロン材料によるいずれ
も肉厚0.5mm、内容量680c.c.のボトルを作成した。
このボトルに水または食用油は510c.c.、また他の
ぬれ甘納豆、ピーナツはこれらを適量充填した。
次にこれらを加熱殺菌媒体を水蒸気とし、110
℃、40分のレトルト条件で通常の空気加圧による
レトルト殺菌と窒素による加圧(2.5Kg/cm2)す
る本発明のレトルト殺菌をそれぞれ行なつた直
後、ガスクロマトグラフ法で容器内のヘツドスペ
ース中の酸素濃度をそれぞれ測定し、その結果を
次表に示す。
尚レトルト殺菌前のヘツドスペース中の酸素濃
度は0.004%であつた。
This invention relates to improvements in retort sterilization methods for foods and pharmaceuticals packaged in plastic containers. Conventionally, as a method for heat sterilizing foods and medicines packaged in plastic containers, the food and medicines packaged in plastic containers are placed in a retort, heated with a high-temperature heat sterilization medium, and pressurized with pressurized air under pressurized conditions. High-temperature heat sterilization is commonly used. To explain this heat sterilization method in detail, after placing the food and medicine packaged in plastic containers in a retort, first, water vapor is introduced as a heat sterilization medium, and the air inside the retort is exhausted.
The air that was present in the retort is replaced, and then pressurized air is sent into the retort as a pressurizing medium, reducing the amount of discharge and increasing the internal pressure of the retort. After that, the sterilization temperature and pressure are maintained for a predetermined period of time by appropriately controlling the supply amount of a mixture of steam and air to complete sterilization. However, when heat sterilization is performed using the method described above,
In high temperatures exceeding 100°C, plastics naturally have minute gas permeability, the molecular movement of oxygen becomes active, and the inside of the retort is under pressure, so the retort atmosphere The problem is that air easily permeates the thin plastic container packaging material, and the oxygen contained in the air that penetrates the packaging material and enters the plastic container oxidizes the contents, causing deterioration and discoloration. I couldn't escape it. As a result of repeated research to solve this problem, the inventors discovered that the above-mentioned problem could be solved by using an inert gas such as nitrogen as the pressurized medium, and completed this invention. It is. That is, this invention provides a method for storing foods and pharmaceuticals packaged in plastic containers in a retort, heating them with a high-temperature heat sterilization medium and pressurizing them with pressurized air, and sterilizing them by heating at high temperatures under pressurized conditions. This is a retort sterilization method for foods and pharmaceuticals packaged in plastic containers, characterized in that the pressurization is performed by introducing a pressurized medium using an inert gas such as nitrogen. Specifically, in the present invention, a food packaged in a plastic container is one in which the contents are sealed in a package called a so-called retort pouch, such as a plastic molded container or a plastic molded bag. In this invention, steam is generally used as the heating sterilization medium, and after the retort pouch is housed in the retort, the air in the retort is evacuated and replaced with steam while the steam is fed in by a conventional method. Therefore, the amount of air, ie, oxygen, remaining in the retort is very small and can be generally ignored. In the present invention, the retort is subjected to pressure, for example.
A nitrogen cylinder of approximately 150 kg/cm 2 is connected, and after replacing the steam with the pressurized nitrogen, the pressurized nitrogen is fed into the retort at an appropriate time to reduce the discharge amount and increase the internal pressure of the retort. The internal atmosphere is raised to a predetermined sterilization temperature of 100°C or higher, most commonly 120°C, and the corresponding pressure. Thereafter, the amount of water vapor and nitrogen supplied is controlled to an appropriate amount, and this is maintained for a predetermined period of time to complete the sterilization. This invention will be explained below with reference to Examples. Examples Packaging material made of EVAL (trade name) with a wall thickness of 0.015 to 0.025 mm as an intermediate layer and polypropylene laminated on both sides, and a bottle made of a multilayer nylon material with a wall thickness of 0.5 mm and a content capacity of 680 c.c. It was created.
This bottle was filled with 510 c.c. of water or edible oil, and an appropriate amount of wet amanatto and peanuts. Next, these were heated and sterilized using water vapor as the medium, and 110
Immediately after retort sterilization using normal air pressure and the retort sterilization of the present invention using nitrogen pressure (2.5Kg/cm 2 ) under retort conditions of 40 minutes at ℃, the head space inside the container was determined using gas chromatography. The oxygen concentration in each was measured and the results are shown in the table below. The oxygen concentration in the head space before retort sterilization was 0.004%.
【表】
このように空気加圧とN2加圧によるレトルト
殺菌直後のヘツドスペース中酸素濃度を測定した
ところ、空気加圧に較べN2加圧によるレトルト
殺菌後の酸素濃度は1/10以下に激減しており本発
明が著しく優れていることが明らかである。
この発明は上記説明および実施例から明らかな
ように、レトルト殺菌による上述した酸素侵入を
抑制しレトルトパウチ中の酸素濃度を著しく下げ
ることができるため、該レトルトパウチ中の内容
物が酸素により変敗、変色するといつたおそれが
なく、特に酸素の存在を嫌う内容物の入つたレト
ルトパウチに適する等その工業的効果は非常に大
である。[Table] When we measured the oxygen concentration in the head space immediately after retort sterilization by air pressurization and N2 pressurization, we found that the oxygen concentration after retort sterilization by N2 pressurization was less than 1/10 compared to air pressurization. It is clear that the present invention is extremely superior. As is clear from the above description and examples, this invention can suppress the above-mentioned oxygen intrusion caused by retort sterilization and significantly lower the oxygen concentration in the retort pouch, so that the contents in the retort pouch are spoiled by oxygen. It has very great industrial effects, such as being free from the risk of discoloration and staining, and being particularly suitable for retort pouches containing contents that dislike the presence of oxygen.
Claims (1)
医薬品を収容し高温の加熱殺菌媒体による加熱と
加圧空気による加圧とを行ない加圧条件下に高温
加熱殺菌するプラスチツク容器包装食品及び医薬
品のレトルト殺菌方法において、前記加圧を窒素
等の不活性ガスによる加圧媒体の導入により行な
うことを特徴とするプラスチツク容器包装食品及
び医薬品のレトルト殺菌方法。1. In a retort sterilization method for food and medicine packaged in plastic containers, the food and medicine packaged in plastic containers are housed in a retort, and heated with a high-temperature heat sterilization medium and pressurized with pressurized air. . A retort sterilization method for foods and pharmaceuticals packaged in plastic containers, characterized in that the pressurization is performed by introducing a pressurizing medium using an inert gas such as nitrogen.
Priority Applications (1)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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JP57186858A JPS5978674A (en) | 1982-10-26 | 1982-10-26 | Retort sterilization of food and drug packed in plastic container |
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Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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JP57186858A JPS5978674A (en) | 1982-10-26 | 1982-10-26 | Retort sterilization of food and drug packed in plastic container |
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JPS5978674A JPS5978674A (en) | 1984-05-07 |
JPS6343074B2 true JPS6343074B2 (en) | 1988-08-26 |
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JP57186858A Granted JPS5978674A (en) | 1982-10-26 | 1982-10-26 | Retort sterilization of food and drug packed in plastic container |
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Families Citing this family (3)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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JPS61254167A (en) * | 1985-05-02 | 1986-11-11 | Toyo Seikan Kaisha Ltd | Thermal sterilization of sealed container in retort |
JPH067853B2 (en) * | 1988-12-23 | 1994-02-02 | テルモ株式会社 | Heat-sterilized container containing blood preservation solution and method for producing the same |
JP2010000176A (en) * | 2008-06-19 | 2010-01-07 | Suntory Holdings Ltd | Heat treating apparatus operation method |
Citations (2)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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JPS52122642A (en) * | 1976-04-07 | 1977-10-15 | Taiheiyo Kogyo Kk | Method of producing retort food leaving cavity in it |
JPS57206447A (en) * | 1981-06-12 | 1982-12-17 | Terumo Corp | Plastic container receiving liquid drug pasturized with high pressure steam and production thereof |
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1982
- 1982-10-26 JP JP57186858A patent/JPS5978674A/en active Granted
Patent Citations (2)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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JPS52122642A (en) * | 1976-04-07 | 1977-10-15 | Taiheiyo Kogyo Kk | Method of producing retort food leaving cavity in it |
JPS57206447A (en) * | 1981-06-12 | 1982-12-17 | Terumo Corp | Plastic container receiving liquid drug pasturized with high pressure steam and production thereof |
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