JP7638648B2 - Method and device for producing containerized soup - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a method and device for producing containerized soup.

Containerized foods have been known for some time (see, for example, Patent Document 1). One such containerized food is containerized soup. Containerized soup is produced by filling a container such as a can or pouch with soup, sealing the container, and then subjecting the container to a retort process. The soup preparation liquid is stored in a preparation tank and supplied to the container through a supply line including piping connected to the preparation tank.

Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 8-9938

Depending on the type of soup, the containerized soup described above may have a strong odor or color from the prepared liquid. This can lead to the odor or color of the prepared liquid adhering to the preparation tank or piping, which can contaminate the supply line. After producing such soup, it may become necessary to replace the piping of the production line.

In addition, when contents contain pulp or spices, substances derived from these raw materials tend to stick to pipes or settle, making it necessary to add more washing steps, which takes a lot of time.

The present invention aims to provide a method and device for producing containerized soup that can prevent contamination of the blending tank and piping.

According to one aspect of the present invention, a method for producing containerized soup includes washing a container, supplying to the washed container a preparation liquid prepared from soup ingredients stored in a blending tank, excluding specific ingredients that may contaminate equipment due to their odor, color, or particles, supplying to the container to which the preparation liquid has been supplied a solid material that has solidified the specific ingredients that produce the soup together with the preparation liquid, sealing the container filled with the preparation liquid and the solid material, and retorting the sealed container , wherein the solid material includes at least one of spices, Chinese medicine, seasonings, and pulp .

According to one aspect of the present invention, an apparatus for manufacturing container-packed soup includes a rinser for cleaning containers, a blending tank for storing a blended liquid prepared from soup ingredients other than specific ingredients that may contaminate equipment due to their odor, color, or granularity, a liquid filling machine for filling the containers with the blended liquid, piping for supplying the blended liquid from the blending tank to the liquid filling machine, a granule filling machine provided on the secondary side of the liquid filling machine for supplying solid matter obtained by solidifying the specific ingredients to produce the soup together with the blended liquid, a sealing machine for sealing the containers filled with the blended liquid and the solid matter, and a retort processing machine for retorting the sealed containers , wherein the solid matter includes at least one of spices, Chinese medicine, seasonings, and pulp .

The present invention provides a method and device for producing containerized soup that can prevent contamination of the blending tank and piping.

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a schematic configuration of a containerized soup producing device according to one embodiment of the present invention. 4 is a flow chart showing an example of a method for producing the containerized soup. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a soup formulation used in an evaluation test. FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a containerized soup manufacturing device according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, a manufacturing apparatus 1 and a manufacturing method for a packaged soup 100 according to one embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to Figs. 1 to 3.
Fig. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a schematic configuration of an apparatus 1 for producing packaged soup 100 according to one embodiment of the present invention, and Fig. 2 is a flow chart showing an example of a method for producing packaged soup 100. Also, Fig. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the composition of soup 102 using solid matter 122 of packaged soup 100.

The manufacturing device 1 shown in FIG. 1 is configured to be capable of manufacturing containerized soup 100.

(100 container soups)
First, the packaged soup 100 will be described.
As shown in Fig. 1, packaged soup 100 is constructed by packaging soup 102 in packaging container 101. Packaged soup 100 is produced by sealing soup 102 in packaging container 101 and sterilizing it by retort treatment.

Specifically, the containerized soup 100 comprises a packaging container 101 and soup 102 sealed within the packaging container 101. The packaging container 101 is formed so as to be able to be sealed. The packaging container 101 is heat resistant to the temperature at which the soup 102 is retorted. The packaging container 101 is a can body, a pouch packaging bag, a cup, a bottle body, a PET bottle, or the like, which is capable of being retorted. In this embodiment, the packaging container 101 is, for example, a can body made of a metal material. Hereinafter, the packaging container 101 will be described as a can body 101.

As shown in FIG. 1, the can 101 includes a body 111, a lid 112, and a bottom 113. With soup 102 packed inside the can 101, the internal pressure is reduced to a predetermined pressure and the can is then sealed.

The can body 101 is, for example, a packaging container known as a three-piece welded can, in which a lid body 112 and a bottom body 113 are fixed to a body body 111 by seaming.

The body 111 is formed in a cylindrical shape, and a lid 112 and a bottom 113 are fixed to both open ends.

The lid 112 is made of a flat plate material made of a metal material such as an aluminum alloy or steel. The lid 112 is hermetically fixed to the body 111 by a flange portion provided on the outer periphery being wrapped around one open end of the body 111. For example, the lid 112 is a so-called stay-on-tab (SOT) type can lid, which has a tab that breaks a score line by operating the tab, forming a drinking spout.

The bottom body 113 is formed of a flat plate material made of a metal material such as an aluminum alloy or steel. The bottom body 113 is formed in a disk shape, and the flange portion on its outer periphery is fastened to the other open end of the body 111, so that the bottom body 113 is fixed airtightly to the body 111.

In this type of can 101, the ingredients for soup 102 are filled into the container 103, which is a combination of the body 111 and the lid 112, or the body 111 and the bottom 113, and then the bottom 113 or the lid 112 is rolled up and tightened.

The soup 102 is produced by blending ingredients. The soup 102 contains, for example, either inclusions with a strong smell and/or color, or inclusions in the form of particles. Examples of these inclusions include spices, Chinese medicine, pulp, and the like. That is, these inclusions are specific inclusions that may contaminate the line by adhering to the line such as a pipe due to their smell or color, or by remaining in the line as particles such as pulp or spices. In order to distinguish them from the other ingredients (inclusions) that make up the soup 102, in this embodiment, these inclusions are described below as specific inclusions. Here, pulp refers to, for example, fruit particles or vegetable fibers. A typical example of such a soup 102 is curry soup.

As shown in FIG. 1, soup 102 is produced, for example, by mixing a preparation liquid 121 with solid matter 122, which is a solidified form of a specific ingredient. As solid matter 122 dissolves in preparation liquid 121, soup 102 reaches product characteristic values such as pH value, salt concentration, and sugar content.

The mixture 121 is prepared using ingredients of the soup 102 other than the specific ingredients.

The solid matter 122 is produced by solidifying the specific ingredients described above as the raw materials of the soup 102. Examples of the solidified solid matter 122 include granules, tablets, capsules, roux, granules, paste, freeze-dried, etc. The solid matter 122 does not have fluidity such as liquid or gel, but has a fixed shape regardless of whether it has fluidity or not.

Granules are raw materials of a certain size, and may be the shape of the raw materials themselves, or may be formed with a binder or the like. Tablets are formed into a tablet shape by a method such as compression molding using the above-mentioned specific ingredients as raw materials of soup 102, or by adding ingredients such as a binder to the specific ingredients.

A capsule is a container that dissolves in water and contains the specific ingredients described above as ingredients of soup 102, such as liquid, powder, or granules. Examples of materials that make up the capsule container include gelatin and HPMC (hydroxypropyl methylcellulose). The water that dissolves the container is cold water or hot water. In addition to the specific ingredients, other ingredients of soup 102 may also be enclosed in the container.

A roux is a soup 102 made by solidifying the specific ingredients mentioned above as ingredients of the soup 102 with flour, fats, oils, etc.

Granules are the above-mentioned specific ingredients used as ingredients of the powdered soup 102 that have been solidified into particles larger than the powder. Note that components such as a binder may be added to the specific ingredients to turn them into granules.

A paste is a material that has specific ingredients and binders such as fats and oils or gelling agents added to it, giving it fluidity, high viscosity, and a fixed shape.

Freeze-dried soup is made by freeze-drying and solidifying ingredients that contain the specific ingredients mentioned above as the raw materials for soup 102, as well as a binder for solidification.

The solid matter 122 may contain a binder for solidification as appropriate. Examples of the binder include polysaccharides, gelling agents, proteins, and additives that create cross-linked structures. Typical examples of binders include cellulose, starch, and dextrin.

The solid matter 122 also contains, for example, at least one of spices, herbal medicine, seasonings, and pulp as specific ingredients. In this embodiment, since the soup 102 is curry soup, the solid matter 122 is spices to which a binder has been added and which has been solidified.

(Apparatus 1 for producing container-packed soup 100)
Next, the manufacturing apparatus 1 for the packaged soup 100 will be described with reference to FIG.
The production apparatus 1 includes a rinser 11, a liquid filling machine 12, a blending tank 13, piping 14, a granule filling machine 15, a sealing machine 16, a retort processor 17, and a conveying device 18. The production apparatus 1 is installed in a factory and constitutes a mass production line for containerized soup 100.

The rinser 11 is a washing machine that washes a container body 103 such as a can body (packaging container) 101 before filling it with raw materials for making soup 102. For example, the container body 103 before filling it with raw materials for making soup 102 is formed by rolling up and tightening a body 111 and a lid body 112 together.

The liquid filling machine 12 is a so-called filler that fills a predetermined amount of liquid into the container body 103. In this embodiment, the liquid filling machine 12 fills a fixed amount of the preparation liquid 121 supplied from the preparation tank 13 into the container body 103.

The blending tank 13 stores the blended liquid 121. The blending tank 13 may be used to blend the blended liquid 121, or may have a function of measuring the ingredients of the blended liquid 121 and blending a predetermined amount of the measured ingredients. The piping 14 supplies the blended liquid 121 stored in the blending tank 13 to the liquid filling machine 12. The blending tank 13 and the piping 14 form a supply line for the blended liquid 121 to the liquid filling machine 12.

The granule filling machine 15 is provided on the secondary side of the rinser 11. The granule filling machine 15 fills the container body 103 with solid material 122. The solid material 122 filled by the granule filling machine 15 into the container body 103 may be preformed and the solidified solid material 122 may be supplied to the granule filling machine 15, or the manufacturing device 1 may have a device for forming the solid material 122, and the forming device and the granule filling machine 15 may be connected by a conveying line for the solidified solid material 122. In this embodiment, the granule filling machine 15 includes a storage section 15a for storing the solid material 122, and a line 15b for conveying a predetermined amount of the solid material 122 from the storage section 15a to produce the soup 102.

The storage unit 15a is a tank or the like that stores the solid material 122. For example, if the solid material 122 is a roux and there is a risk that the solid material 122 will melt due to temperature, the storage unit 15a may be equipped with a cooling device that cools the solid material 122.

Line 15b supplies a predetermined amount of solids 122 to the container body 103. The method of transport and supply of line 15b is set appropriately. For example, line 15b may be configured to transport a large amount of solids 122, and when supplying solids 122 to the container body 103, measure the solids 122 and supply a fixed amount of solids 122 to the container body 103. Also, for example, line 15b may be configured to transport only a predetermined amount of solids 122 from storage section 15a and supply it to the container body 103.

The sealing machine 16 seals the packaging container 101 filled with the prepared liquid 121 and the solid matter 122. In this embodiment, the sealing machine 16 seals the can body 101 by covering the container body 103, which is composed of the body 111 and the lid body 112, with the bottom body 113 and rolling it up.

The retort processor 17 retorts the can body 101 that is filled with the preparation liquid 121 and the solid matter 122 and sealed. The retort processor 17 includes a retort kettle, and heats the can body 101 contained in the retort kettle at a predetermined temperature for a predetermined time to perform retort sterilization. The retort processor 17, for example, performs retort processing by leaving the can body 101 contained in the retort kettle stationary, or has a stirring function that rotates or rocks the can body 101, and performs retort processing while stirring the can body 101 contained in the retort kettle.

The conveying device 18, for example, sequentially conveys the container bodies 103 from the collection section 18a that collects multiple container bodies 103 to the rinser 11, the liquid filling machine 12, the granular filling machine 15, the sealing machine 16, and the retort processing machine 17. The conveying device 18 is, for example, a conveyor formed of rollers, belts, etc. The conveying device 18 constitutes a conveying line between each device for the container bodies 103. The conveying device 18 may further include a configuration for conveying a bottom body 113 that seals the container bodies 103 in the sealing machine 16.

(Method of manufacturing container soup 100)
Next, a method for producing the packaged soup 100 will be described with reference to the flow chart shown in FIG.

First, the container body 103, which does not have a bottom body 113 (or a lid body 112) and is formed by a body 111 and a lid body 112 (or a bottom body 113) and has an opening on one side, is transported to the rinser 11 by the transport device 18. The rinser 11 cleans the container body 103 transported to the rinser 11 by the transport device 18 (step ST11).

Next, the container body 103 cleaned by the rinser 11 is transported by the transport device 18 to the liquid filling machine 12 and the granule filling machine 15. The liquid filling machine 12 and the granule filling machine 15 then fill the container body 103 with the preparation liquid 121 and the solid matter 122, respectively (step ST12). Specifically, the liquid filling machine 12 fills the transported container body 103 with a predetermined amount of the preparation liquid 121 supplied from the preparation tank 13 via the piping 14. The granule filling machine 15 also fills a predetermined amount of the solid matter 122 into the container body 103 filled with the transported preparation liquid 121.

The preparation liquid 121 is prepared in the preparation tank 13 or in a tank other than the preparation tank 13. The size of the solid matter 122 is set to a predetermined size, and the granule filling machine 15 fills the container body 103 with a predetermined number of solid matter 122. The size and the number of solid matter 122 to be filled are appropriately set. The solid matter 122 is filled into the packaging container 101 together with the preparation liquid 121, and is formed so that it can be dissolved and homogenized in the preparation liquid 121 when the retort treatment described below is performed, and can be prevented from crumbling during storage, transportation, and filling until it is filled into the container body 103 by the granule filling machine 15. The solid matter 122 is set to a shape that ensures a surface area and a shape that is easy to fill into the packaging container 101. For example, the solid matter 122 is cylindrical, columnar, or spherical, but may be rectangular or other shapes.

In addition, when the container body 103 is sealed in the next process, the granule filling machine 15 fills the container body 103 with solids 122 in an amount or shape that does not affect the sealing of the container body 103. As a specific example, when the solids 122 float in the preparation liquid 121, if the solids 122 float in the preparation liquid 121 and a part of the solids 122 is located above the opening of the container body 103, there is a risk that the solids 122 will not be able to seal the container body 103 in the next process. For this reason, the solids 122 are set to a shape and amount that will be located below the opening of the container body 103 when supplied to the container body 103 filled with the preparation liquid 121.

Next, the container body 103 filled with the preparation liquid 121 and the solid matter 122 is transported to the sealing machine 16 by the transport device 18. The sealing machine 16 then seals the container body 103 (packaging container 101) (step ST13). When the packaging container 101 is a can body 101, like the packaging container 101 of this embodiment, the sealing machine 16 places a bottom body 113 in the container body 103 and seals the can body 101 by rolling the bottom body 113 onto the body 111 of the container body 103.

Next, the conveying device 18 conveys the sealed can body 101 to the retort processor 17. The retort processor 17 retorts the sealed can body 101 (step ST14). For example, the retort processor 17 heats the sealed can body 101 at a predetermined temperature for a predetermined time to perform retort sterilization and dissolve the solid matter 122 in the preparation liquid 121.

Here, the dissolution of the solid matter 122 in the preparation liquid 121 is performed by retort treatment, or by agitating the preparation liquid 121 and the solid matter 122 by retort treatment and by rotating or rocking the can body 101 during the retort treatment.

Next, the can body 101 is cooled in the retort processor 17 or outside the retort processor 17 (step ST15). The can body 101 may be cooled naturally or may be cooled forcibly using a cooling machine. Through these steps, the packaged soup 100 is produced.

According to the thus configured manufacturing device 1 and manufacturing method for the packaged soup 100, in the manufacture of the packaged soup 100, among the ingredients of the soup 102, specific ingredients that may contaminate the manufacturing device 1 are formed as solids 122 and filled into the container body 103 separately from the blended liquid 121. In addition, the solids 122 are filled into the container body 103 after the blended liquid 121 has been filled.

As a result, the blended liquid 121 that comes into contact with the conveying lines, such as the blending tank 13 and the piping 14, does not contain any substances that would contaminate these conveying lines. Therefore, the manufacturing apparatus 1 and manufacturing method can suppress contamination of the blending tank 13, the piping 14, etc. As a result, when changing the type of soup 102 manufactured by the manufacturing apparatus 1 and manufacturing method, there is no need to replace the blending tank 13 and the piping 14, and the time and steps for cleaning, etc. can also be reduced.

In addition, since the solid matter 122 is filled into the container body 103 filled with the prepared liquid 121, the specific contents do not scatter or adhere to the liquid filling machine 12 that fills the prepared liquid 121 when filling the prepared liquid 121.

That is, when the preparation liquid 121 is filled into the container body 103, there is a risk that the preparation liquid 121 supplied to the container body 103 will scatter. At this time, if the container body 103 is filled with a specific inclusion, there is a risk that the specific inclusion will scatter outside the container body 103 along with the scattered preparation liquid 121. Also, in a configuration in which the liquid filling machine 12 is attached to the opening of the container body 103 and a tube is inserted inside to supply the preparation liquid 121, there is a risk that the specific inclusion will adhere to the liquid filling machine 12. However, in this embodiment, since the grain filling machine 15 is configured to be provided on the secondary side of the liquid filling machine 12, the specific inclusion (solid matter 122) will not be present in the container body 103 when the preparation liquid 121 is filled by the liquid filling machine 12. Therefore, the manufacturing device 1 and manufacturing method can prevent contamination caused by specific ingredients scattering or adhering to the liquid filling machine 12 when the preparation liquid 121 is supplied to the container body 103.

In this way, by providing a granular filling machine 15 that fills the secondary side of the liquid filling machine 12 with solid material 122 containing specific ingredients, contamination of not only the blending tank 13 and piping 14 but also the liquid filling machine 12 can be prevented.

As described above, the manufacturing device 1 and manufacturing method for containerized soup 100 according to one embodiment of the present invention can prevent contamination of the blending tank 13 and piping 14.

Next, the manufacturing device 1 and manufacturing method for packaged soup 100 according to another embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 4. The manufacturing device 1 and manufacturing method according to this embodiment have a grain filling machine 15 on the primary side in addition to the secondary side of the liquid filling machine 12. Therefore, in the manufacturing device 1 and manufacturing method for packaged soup 100 according to this embodiment, the same components as those in the manufacturing device 1 and manufacturing method for packaged soup 100 according to the embodiment described above are given the same reference numerals, and detailed descriptions thereof will be omitted.

The soup 102 of the container-packed soup 100 produced in this embodiment contains, for example, either inclusions with a strong odor and/or color, or inclusions in the form of particles. Examples of these inclusions include spices, Chinese herbal medicine, pulp, and the like. That is, these inclusions are specific inclusions that may contaminate the line by adhering to the line such as piping due to their odor or color, or by remaining in the line as particles such as pulp or spices. In order to distinguish these inclusions from the other ingredients (inclusions) that make up the soup 102, in this embodiment, these inclusions are described below as specific inclusions. Here, pulp refers to, for example, fruit particles or vegetable fibers. A typical example of such a soup 102 is curry soup.

As shown in FIG. 4, soup 102 is produced, for example, by mixing a preparation liquid 121, a first solid 123 that does not contain a specific ingredient, and a second solid 122 that is a solidified version of the specific ingredient. As solid 122 dissolves in preparation liquid 121, soup 102 reaches product characteristic values such as pH value, salt concentration, and sugar content.

Here, the second solid 122 is the solid 122 used in the manufacturing apparatus 1 according to the embodiment described above.

The first solid 123 is produced by solidifying raw materials that do not contain the above-mentioned specific ingredients as raw materials for the soup 102. Here, the raw materials excluding the specific ingredients of the soup 102 are the raw materials for the preparation liquid 121 and the raw materials excluding the specific ingredients of the soup 102. Examples of the solidified first solid 123 include granules, powder, tablets, capsules, roux, granules, paste, freeze-dried, etc. The first solid 123 does not have fluidity such as liquid or gel, but has a fixed shape regardless of whether it has fluidity or not. The first solid 123 may also contain, for example, pulp, which is one of the specific ingredients and does not adhere to and contaminate lines such as piping due to its odor or color.

The granular material is a granular raw material of a predetermined size, and may be the shape of the raw material itself excluding the specific ingredients of soup 102, or may be formed by adding ingredients such as a binder to the raw material excluding the specific ingredients of soup 102.
The powder is a powdered raw material.

A tablet is made from raw materials excluding the specific ingredients of soup 102, or from raw materials excluding the specific ingredients of soup 102 to which ingredients such as a binder have been added, and then formed into a tablet shape by a method such as compression molding.

A capsule is a container in which the raw materials, excluding specific ingredients, of liquid, powder, or granular soup 102 are enclosed in a container that dissolves in water. Materials that make up the capsule container include gelatin and HPMC (hydroxypropyl methylcellulose). The water in which the container dissolves is cold water or hot water.

A roux is a soup 102 made by solidifying the ingredients (except for certain ingredients) with flour, fats, oils, etc.

Granules are the raw materials of the powdered soup 102, excluding the specific ingredients, solidified into particles larger than the powder. Note that components such as binders may be added to the specific ingredients to turn them into granules.

A paste is made by adding binders such as fats and oils and gelling agents to the raw materials excluding the specific ingredients of soup 102, and has fluidity, high viscosity, and a fixed shape.

Freeze-dried soup is made by freeze-drying and solidifying ingredients, including the raw materials (excluding specific ingredients in soup 102) and a binder for solidification.

The first solid 123 may contain a binder for solidification as appropriate. Examples of the binder include polysaccharides, gelling agents, proteins, and additives that create cross-linked structures. Typical examples of binders include cellulose, starch, and dextrin.

The first solid 123, which does not contain such specific inclusions, is less likely to be contaminated than the second solid 122, which does contain the specific inclusions, or is formed from raw materials that are not likely to be contaminated.

The manufacturing device 1 includes a rinser 11, a liquid filling machine 12, a mixing tank 13, piping 14, a granular filling machine 15 provided on the primary and secondary sides of the liquid filling machine 12, a sealing machine 16, a retort processing machine 17, and a conveying device 18.

The granule filling machine 15 is arranged on the primary side and secondary side of the liquid filling machine 12. In this embodiment, the granule filling machine 15 arranged on the primary side of the liquid filling machine 12 is referred to as the primary side granule filling machine 15A, and the granule filling machine 15 arranged on the secondary side of the liquid filling machine 12 is referred to as the secondary side granule filling machine 15B, and will be described below.

The primary grain filling machine 15A has the same configuration as the grain filling machine 15 according to the embodiment described above, and a description thereof will be omitted. The primary grain filling machine 15A fills a predetermined amount of a first solid material 123 that does not contain a specific inclusion into the container body 103.

The secondary grain filling machine 15B has the same configuration as the grain filling machine 15 according to the embodiment described above, and a description thereof will be omitted. The secondary grain filling machine 15B fills a predetermined amount of second solid material 122 containing specific inclusions into the container body 103.

Then, the containerized soup 100 is manufactured through each process as shown in the flow chart of FIG. 2 described above. Also, in step ST12, the primary grain filling machine 15A first fills the transported container body 103 with a predetermined amount of the first solid material 123. Next, the liquid filling machine 12 fills the container body 103 filled with the transported first solid material 123 with a predetermined amount of the blended liquid 121 supplied from the blending tank 13 via the piping 14. Next, the secondary grain filling machine 15B fills the container body 103 filled with the transported first solid material 123 and the blended liquid 121 with a predetermined amount of the second solid material (solid material) 122.

The thus configured manufacturing device 1 and manufacturing method for the containerized soup 100 can prevent contamination of the blending tank 13 and piping 14, similar to the manufacturing device 1 and manufacturing method according to the embodiment described above.

The manufacturing device 1 also has a primary grain filling machine 15A that fills the primary side of the liquid filling machine 12 with a first solid 123 that does not contain at least specific ingredients that may cause contamination due to odor and color. Therefore, the container body 103 can be filled with raw materials excluding the specific ingredients of the soup 102 on the primary side of the liquid filling machine 12 without contaminating the secondary side liquid filling machine 12.

Even if the first solid 123 contains pulp, the liquid filling machine 12 is configured to supply the prepared liquid 121 to the container body 103, so there is little risk of the pulp entering the liquid filling machine 12, and therefore there is little risk of contamination of the liquid filling machine 12. Therefore, even if the first solid 123 contains pulp, the manufacturing apparatus 1 and manufacturing method achieve the above-mentioned effects.

The present invention is not limited to one embodiment. In the above example, the soup 102 is a curry soup blend, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the blend can be set as appropriate, and the type of soup 102 can also be set as appropriate.

The above example merely illustrates one example of the composition of ingredients for soup 102, and for example, ingredients for soup 102 may be further filled into container 103 in addition to solid matter 122, and such ingredients for soup 102 may be freeze-dried. In this case, the manufacturing device 1 and manufacturing method may further include a filling machine and process for filling ingredients.

In the above example, the container body 103 is filled with one type of solid material 122 by the grain filling machine 15, but the present invention is not limited to this. That is, in the above example, in one embodiment, a manufacturing apparatus 1 having a grain filling machine 15 that fills the container body 103 with raw materials containing specific ingredients of the soup 102 or specific ingredients on the secondary side of the liquid filling machine 12 has been described. In another embodiment, the above example has a manufacturing apparatus 1 having a primary grain filling machine 15A on the primary side of the liquid filling machine 12 that fills the container body 103 with raw materials that do not contain specific ingredients that may be contaminated by at least the smell and/or color of the soup 102, and a secondary grain filling machine 15B on the secondary side of the liquid filling machine 12 that fills the container body 103 with raw materials containing specific ingredients of the soup 102 or specific ingredients.

However, for example, a configuration may be adopted in which multiple granule filling machines 15 are provided, and different types of solids 122, 123 are filled into the container body 103 in each granule filling machine 15. However, solids 122 containing specific ingredients that may cause contamination of the soup 102 due to at least the odor and/or color must be provided on the secondary side of the liquid filling machine 12. Furthermore, solids 122 that do not contain specific ingredients that may cause contamination of the soup 102 due to at least the odor and/or color can be placed on either the primary side or secondary side of the liquid filling machine 12. In other words, the solids made of the ingredients of the soup 102 filled on the primary side of the liquid filling machine 12 may be ingredients that are less likely to cause contamination than the solids made of the ingredients of the soup 102 filled on the secondary side of the liquid filling machine 12.

In the above examples, the packaging container 101 is described as a can, a pouch bag, a cup, a bottle, a PET bottle, etc., but is not limited to this and may have other configurations as long as it can seal the ingredients of the soup 102 and can be retorted.

As a specific example of the above-mentioned packaging container 101, the can body 101 in which the lid body 112 is wrapped around the body 111 and a drinking spout is formed by a score line has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this configuration. For example, when a can body is used as the packaging container 101, the lid body 112 may be a cap that can be resealed on the body 111. In this type of can body 101, for example, a threaded portion is provided on the outer periphery of the mouth of the body 111, and the lid body 112 is formed into a cup shape, and then the lid body 112 is placed on the body 111, and the lid body 112 is threaded along the threaded portion provided on the outer periphery of the mouth of the body 111, so that the lid body 112 is airtightly fixed to the body 111. With this configuration, the can body 101 can be resealed by the lid body 112 on the body 111, and the mouth of the body 111 becomes a drinking spout by removing the lid body 112 from the body 111. The can body 101 may also have a different configuration, such as a bottom body 113 being wrapped around both ends of the body 111, and one of the bottom bodies 113 being opened with a can opener.

The present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, and can be modified in various ways without departing from the gist of the present invention. The embodiments may be combined as appropriate, and in that case, the combined effect can be obtained. Furthermore, the above-mentioned embodiment includes various inventions, and various inventions can be extracted by combinations selected from the multiple components disclosed. For example, if the problem can be solved and the effect can be obtained even if some components are deleted from all the components shown in the embodiment, the configuration from which the components are deleted can be extracted as an invention.
The following provides a description equivalent to the invention described in the original claims of this application.
[1] Cleaning the container;
supplying a soup-making preparation liquid stored in a preparation tank to the washed container;
supplying a solid material obtained by solidifying a specific ingredient that may contaminate equipment due to odor, color, or particles and that produces the soup together with the preparation liquid to the container to which the preparation liquid has been supplied;
sealing the container filled with the preparation and the solids;
retorting the sealed container;
A method for producing a packaged soup, comprising:
[2] The method for producing containerized soup according to [1], wherein the solid material is formed into granules, tablets, capsules, roux, granules, paste, or by solidification by freeze-drying.
[3] The method for producing containerized soup according to [1] or [2], wherein the prepared liquid is prepared using ingredients of the soup other than the specific ingredient.
[4] The method for producing containerized soup according to any one of [1] to [3], wherein the solid matter contains at least one of spices, Chinese medicine, seasonings, and pulp.
[5] A method for producing the container-packed soup described in any one of [1] to [4], which includes supplying a first solid material obtained by solidifying ingredients of the soup excluding the specific ingredient to the container before the preparation liquid is supplied.
[6] A rinser for cleaning the container;
a blending tank for storing a blending liquid for producing soup;
a liquid filling machine for filling the container with the preparation;
a pipe for supplying the preparation liquid in the preparation tank to the liquid filling machine;
a granule filling machine provided on the secondary side of the liquid filling machine, which produces the soup together with the liquid mixture in the container, and supplies solid matter obtained by solidifying a specific ingredient that may contaminate equipment due to its smell, color, or granules;
a sealer for sealing the container filled with the preparation and the solid material;
A retort processor for retorting the sealed container;
The containerized soup manufacturing device includes:
[7] The apparatus for producing containerized soup according to [6], wherein the solid material is formed into granules, tablets, capsules, roux, granules, paste, or by solidification by freeze-drying.
[8] The apparatus for producing containerized soup according to [6] or [7], wherein the preparation liquid is prepared using ingredients of the soup other than the specific ingredient.
[9] The apparatus for producing containerized soup according to any one of [6] to [8], wherein the solid matter includes at least one of spices, herbal medicine, seasonings, and pulp.
[10] The apparatus for producing containerized soup described in any one of [6] to [9], further comprising a primary-side filling machine that supplies a first solid material obtained by solidifying ingredients excluding the specific ingredient of the soup to the container before the preparation liquid is supplied.

1... manufacturing equipment, 11... rinser, 12... liquid filling machine, 13... blending tank, 14... piping, 15... granule filling machine, 15A... primary granule filling machine, 15B... secondary granule filling machine, 15a... storage section, 15b... line, 16... sealing machine, 17... retort processing machine, 18... conveying device, 18a... collection section, 100... container soup, 101... can body (packaging container), 102... soup, 103... container body, 111... body, 112... lid body, 113... bottom body, 121... blended liquid, 122... solids (second solids), 123... first solids.

Claims (6)

Cleaning the container,
Supplying a prepared liquid prepared from ingredients other than specific ingredients that may contaminate equipment due to odor, color, or particles among ingredients of soup stored in a preparation tank to the washed container;
supplying a solid material obtained by solidifying the specific ingredient that produces the soup together with the preparation liquid to the container to which the preparation liquid has been supplied;
sealing the container filled with the preparation and the solids;
retorting the sealed container;
Including,
The method for producing containerized soup , wherein the solid material contains at least one of spices, Chinese medicine, seasonings, and pulp . The method for producing containerized soup according to claim 1, wherein the solid material is formed as a granule, tablet, capsule, roux, granule, paste, or by solidification by freeze-drying. 3. The method for producing container-packed soup according to claim 1, further comprising: supplying a first solid obtained by solidifying ingredients of the soup excluding the specific ingredient to the container before the preparation liquid is supplied. A rinser for cleaning the container;
A mixing tank for storing a mixed liquid made from ingredients other than specific ingredients that may contaminate equipment due to odor, color, or particles among the ingredients of the soup;
a liquid filling machine for filling the container with the preparation;
a pipe for supplying the preparation liquid in the preparation tank to the liquid filling machine;
a granule filling machine provided on the secondary side of the liquid filling machine and supplying a solid material obtained by solidifying the specific ingredient to the container to produce the soup together with the liquid mixture;
a sealer for sealing the container filled with the preparation and the solid material;
A retort processor for retorting the sealed container;
Equipped with
The solid material includes at least one of spices, Chinese medicine, seasonings, and pulp . 5. The apparatus for producing bottled soup according to claim 4 , wherein the solid material is formed as granules, tablets, capsules, roux, granules, paste, or by solidification by freeze-drying. 6. The apparatus for producing containerized soup according to claim 4 or 5, further comprising a primary-side filling machine that supplies a first solid material obtained by solidifying ingredients of the soup excluding the specific ingredient to the container before the preparation liquid is supplied.