JPS6152665B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] This invention grinds dates and oil-based foods together to make the dates into pulverized particles with a particle size of 100 mesh or less, so that the surface of the pulverized particles is covered with oil-based foods. By interposing an oily food between particles such as coating or dispersing the particles in an oily food,
The present invention relates to a pulverized date product that prevents particles from adhering to each other, and a method for producing the same.

This invention can be uniformly mixed and dispersed in foods such as hot cake mixes and chiyocolate, and can be blended in large quantities, thereby adding sweetness to foods without using sweeteners and making them natural foods. The purpose is to provide pulverized dates that can be

Traditionally, refined sugar has been widely used to sweeten foods, but as the demand for sugar-free foods has increased for health and beauty reasons, sugar-free products have begun to be manufactured. Ta. Instead of sugar, these products contain fructose, sorbitol,
Sugar substitute sweeteners such as Marbit and Xylit, and artificial sweeteners such as saccharin are used. However, these sweeteners are made through purification, chemical reactions, etc.

On the other hand, an increasing number of people are looking for natural foods that can be consumed in a state as close to natural as possible without undergoing any artificial processing such as refining or chemical reactions, but only through primitive processing. It is produced through purification such as extraction, separation, and recrystallization from substances, and sometimes through chemical reactions such as hydrolysis and reduction. Artificial sweeteners are also synthesized through chemical reactions. Furthermore, the use of plants containing sweet components such as stevia and licorice has been studied, but they are not used much because they have poor quality of sweetness, aftertaste, and foreign taste. Therefore, there is a need to develop sweeteners that can be used as natural foods.

Although fruits are excellent as natural foods, they have a high water content and a weak sweetness, so it has been impossible to use them directly as sweeteners. In addition, many of the dried fruits that are dried under the sun or artificially have an off-taste such as sourness, and have a unique aroma, so they cannot be used for anything other than products that take advantage of these characteristics. The inventors of this invention investigated the off-taste, aroma, intensity of sweetness, quality, aftertaste, etc. of various dried fruits, and found that dates have a strong sweetness, superior quality and aftertaste, and have almost no off-taste or aroma. There was nothing.

Dates (Phoenix dactylifera Linn.: dried fruit of the date palm) contain sugar, polysaccharides, fiber, etc., and the pulp is highly sticky and hygroscopic.
As a result, when cut into small pieces, they adhere to each other and form candy-like agglomerates that cannot be uniformly dispersed in food, and are eaten as-is or as coarse pieces or used to decorate other foods. It was rarely used for sweetening.

The inventors of this invention have discovered that pulverized dates can be obtained by pulverizing dates together with an oily food, and since the oily food is interposed between the pulverized particles, the particles do not adhere to each other. Moreover, since they remain in a fine state, they can be mixed and dispersed evenly when added to other foods, and it is also possible to increase the amount of dates added, so it is possible to add sweetness to foods without using sweeteners. He discovered that it was possible to attach a

In other words, if dates are crushed without adding oil-based foods, the pulp will stick and the crushed pieces will stick to the crushing equipment, and the crushed pieces will stick to each other and form candy-like agglomerates, making it difficult to make them fine. It was possible. Furthermore, even if the powder is crushed into a finely ground material by, for example, pulverizing it in a frozen state, the crushed material will adhere to each other and form candy-like agglomerates when returned to room temperature, making it impossible to obtain a finely ground material. However, if dates are crushed together with oil-based foods, the oil-based food prevents them from sticking together and from adhering to each other. It was done. Even when this product was stored at room temperature, the finely ground particles did not adhere to each other to form candy-like agglomerates.

Therefore, this finely ground date product has particles that are separate from each other and do not stick together, so it can be uniformly dispersed in other foods and can be added to foods in large quantities. Foods can be sweetened without adding sweeteners. Furthermore, since it contains a large amount of dates, it becomes an alkaline food with a high content of minerals and vitamins, making it an excellent health food.

To make dates into a fine powder, grind them together with oily foods. The oil-based food used here is one that contains enough oil to prevent the finely ground particles from adhering to each other when mixed with dates.
For example, oil-containing edible seeds such as peanuts, cacao beans, soybeans, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, and pine nuts, or their crushed or ground products, edible oils and fats such as margarine and snow toning, or dairy products such as butter and whole milk powder, etc. are available, and from among these, one that does not give a strange feeling in taste, texture, texture, etc. when mixed with other foods is arbitrarily selected and used.

The ratio of dates and fat-based foods is preferably 10 to 100 parts (parts by weight, the same applies hereinafter) of dates; if the fat content is less than this, it may cause adhesion during grinding. If the amount is too high, the relative proportion of dates will be small and it cannot be used as a sweetener. Incidentally, it is desirable that the pulverization be carried out at a temperature as low as possible to avoid adhesion, and in particular, pulverization in a frozen state prevents adhesion and increases hardness, making it easier to refine the material into fine particles.

In addition, the particle size of the pulverized product allows it to be mixed and dispersed uniformly in other foods, and has little effect on the structure.
Moreover, it needs to be smaller than the size that can pass through a 100-mesh sieve so as not to give unpleasant sensations such as a foreign body sensation or rough texture when eaten.

Dates that have been ground together with oily foods may have oily foods interposed between the crushed particles, such as the surface of the crushed particles being coated with oil or the particles being dispersed in the oily food. This prevents them from sticking to each other. Therefore, the pulverized product does not become a candy-like agglomerate, but exists as separate grains. As a result, it can be easily and uniformly dispersed in other food ingredients, and because of its good dispersibility, it has become possible to mix it in large amounts. Note that if pulverized particles, which have been prevented from adhering by the interposition of oily foods, are collided with strong force, they may come into contact with each other and adhere to each other, resulting in granulation. It is desirable to avoid creating opportunities for collisions as much as possible.

Next, the present invention will be explained with reference to Examples.

Example 1 30 parts of melted cacao mass at about 40°C was added to 70 parts of dried date fruits, mixed and then frozen at a temperature of -35°C or less, and while maintaining that temperature, crushed to a particle size of 130 mesh or less at a low temperature. , finely ground dates were obtained.
This product did not have any pulverized date particles attached to it even when stored at room temperature. Also, cacao mass 2
part, cocoa butter 25 parts, whole milk powder 28 parts, lecithin
0.5 parts of vanillin is added to the tiyocholate stock solution, which has been refined and conched.
When the mixture was added and mixed, it was uniformly dispersed and became a Chiyokolate dough. This Chiyokolate dough was dispensed into molds and formed into Chiyokolate, which had a sweet taste and was delicious, and also had almost no graininess.

Example 2 76 parts of dried date fruit, 23 parts of dried date fruit
1 part of lecithin was freeze-pulverized at a low temperature of -35°C or lower to obtain pulverized dates. At this time, the particle size of the crushed dates was set to 150 mesh or less. Even when this product was left at room temperature, the crushed dates did not adhere to each other.

In addition, 19 parts of this pulverized dates were added to 75.5 parts of flour,
A hot cake mix was prepared by mixing 2.0 parts of dried whole egg powder, 3.4 parts of leavening agent, and 0.1 part of fragrance. The hot cake baked with this hot cake mix had just the right amount of sweetness and was delicious.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A pulverized date product having a particle size of 100 mesh or less, in which an oily food is interposed between the particles to prevent them from adhering to each other. 2. A pulverized date product in which dates and an oil-based food are ground together to produce a pulverized date with a particle size of 100 mesh or less, with the oil-based food interposed between the particles to prevent the pulverized date particles from adhering to each other. manufacturing method.