Title:
DEHYDRATED VEGETABLE BLOCKS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2013/121952
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
Provided is a method for producing, at low cost and without the use of fillers, compact dehydrated vegetable blocks that are not prone to loss of shape, and that enable the flavor, texture and volume of the original vegetable to be obtained when reconstituted. This method for producing dehydrated vegetable blocks comprises the following steps in sequence: (1) a step 1 for obtaining semi-dried vegetables with a moisture content of 20 to 60 mass % by drying raw vegetables with a method other than vacuum freeze-drying; (2) a step 2 for adjusting the water activity of the semi-dried vegetables obtained in step 1 to a range of 0.85 to 1.0 by letting the semi-dried vegetables stand for at least one hour in an airtight container; a step 3 for molding the semi-dried vegetables that passed through step 2 into block shapes by pressing the vegetables at a pressure of 0.1 to 0.6 MPa for two to six seconds; and (4) a step 4 subjecting the semi-dried vegetables molded into block shapes in step 3 to vacuum freeze-drying.
Inventors:
YOSHIOKA TOSHIKAZU (JP)
MORITSU SHIGEHIRO (JP)
MORITSU SHIGEHIRO (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2013/052753
Publication Date:
August 22, 2013
Filing Date:
February 06, 2013
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Assignee:
OTSUKA FOOD CO LTD (JP)
International Classes:
A23B7/02
Foreign References:
| JP2005218442A | 2005-08-18 | |||
| JPH0436653B2 | 1992-06-16 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
SAEGUSA & PARTNERS (JP)
Patent business corporation 3 Edakuni [Hajime] patent firm (JP)
Patent business corporation 3 Edakuni [Hajime] patent firm (JP)
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