PURPOSE: To provide a method for producing an instant food whose starch component has been converted into the α-form, such as instant noodle or instant macaroni, capable of reducing energy consumed in a steaming process and in a drying process and also of reducing the cost and setting space of a production installation.
CONSTITUTION: A steaming section 3 and a drying section 4 are disposed in the order from the upstream side of a conveyer 1 for carrying the produced instant foods, and a system of steam is allowed to flow from the drying section 4 to the steaming section 3 to utilize the steam containing moisture absorbed from the food in the drying section 4 for the α-starch formation treatment (steaming treatment) of the food in the steaming section 3, thus enabling to perform both the drying treatment and the steaming treatment in a process using a system of steam.
TAKEYA HIDEKI
SAKASHITA SHIGERU
