JPS6211574B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a method for drawing beautiful patterns on the surface of cheese.

Cheese is one of the foods whose demand has been increasing in recent years as it is particularly rich in protein among dairy products and has excellent nutritional value. However, it goes without saying that taste is greatly influenced by vision, and in the past, these products were often simple in shape, which caused some concerns that they lacked aesthetic appeal or taste.

The present invention aims to enhance the palatability of such cheese by distributing a picture pattern to the cheese for visual enjoyment. The details will be explained below.

Normally, cheese, such as processed cheese, is melted, sterilized, and then molded into blocks or plates before being sold commercially. This invention uses a method in which a picture pattern is transferred to melted cheese, and the cheese is molded and packaged as it is.

The edible ink used for the pattern is edible coloring,
It consists of pigment preparations, oils and fats, emulsifiers, powder substances, etc.
Use food colors and color preparations that have strong protein staining properties. For example, cacao pigment, Kouriyan pigment, etc.

Among the above pigments, the main components of Kouriyan pigments are:
Apigenin, quertimyllithrin, and the main components of cacao pigments are so-called polyphenols, which are produced by complex oxidation or polycondensation of catechin, leucoanthocyanin, anthocyanin, etc., which belong to the flavone group.

A pigment preparation refers to a pigment prepared by adding a solvent or a dispersing agent to the pigment to disperse it.

The oils and fats used in edible ink are not special.
Both animal and vegetable oils and their hydrogenated oils are suitable for use and may be employed at any time. Usually, it is preferable to have a melting point of about 25 to 50°C, but this is not always essential when printing at a very special temperature.

As the emulsifier, common edible emulsifiers such as lecithin, glycerin fatty acid ester, sucrose fatty acid ester, sorbitan fatty acid ester, and propylene glycol fatty acid ester are used. However, there are times when it is not necessary to use it, depending on the type of ink and the method of painting.

Powder material refers to a dry powder of water-soluble or insoluble material. However, it may also contain some moisture. Examples include sucrose, glucose, dextrin, starch, lactose, skim milk powder, cocoa powder, and the like.

Normally, the composition of edible ink is approximately 10-60% edible coloring or pigment preparation, 20-60% oil or fat, and 0 emulsifier.
~5% and powder material 0~50%.

In this invention, a picture pattern is first printed on the surface of a film using the above-mentioned edible ink. Print directly onto the film. The film used is one that does not allow the ink to seep into it, such as a synthetic resin film, cellophane, pullulan, or the like. Pullulan is a viscous polysaccharide secreted by Aureobasidium pullulans, a type of mold-like yeast also known as black yeast, and its structure consists of alpha-1,6 bonds of maltotriose. Repeating polymerization degree 100~
It is said that there are 5,000 of them, but the exact number has not yet been determined. This invention uses pullulan in the form of a film.

There are various methods for direct printing, among which screen printing is preferred. In other words, melted edible ink is placed on top of the screen, and a film such as polyester or polypropylene is placed below, and by moving a squeegee and applying the edible ink to the screen, the desired pattern is printed on the film. .

Since cheese is rich in nutrients and has a relatively high water content, it is easily perishable, so it goes without saying that the container and the cheese itself need to be sterilized. From these points of view, the method of the present application in which melted cheese is filled is the most advantageous for processing.

That is, in the present invention, first, a picture pattern is attached to an endlessly supplied film by continuous printing. The picture pattern itself may be either a continuous pattern or an intermittent pattern (in other words, an independent pattern).

The picture pattern is printed on a film. On the other hand, melted cheese is continuously supplied onto the film using an appropriate mechanism such as an extruder or a depositor. The feed speed is made equal to the film advance speed. To do this, for example, in accordance with a conventional method, the outlet for discharging cheese onto the film should be aligned with the direction in which the film is moving forward, and the cheese should be fed onto the film at the same speed as the film's forward speed. good. Appropriate guides may be provided that are fixed on both ends of the film or that move forward together with the film so that the supplied cheese does not flow out of the film. Of course, if the cheese has some degree of shape retention, such measures may not be necessary.

In the present invention, this may be cooled and hardened as it is, cut, and packaged individually with or without peeling off the film.

In the present invention, since the above-mentioned structure is adopted, the ink does not become disturbed or smudged, which is likely to occur when supplying cheese.Furthermore, since the ink has good stainability for cheese, which is a protein, it is possible to Even after commercializing and storing the ink, the ink may be disturbed.
It has the effect of being able to adhere to the cheese without bleeding, allowing it to have a beautiful pattern forever.

Next, specific examples of the present invention will be given.

Example 1 2 parts of sodium polyphosphate as an emulsifier was dissolved in 15 parts of water and added to 100 parts (by weight, the same applies hereinafter) of raw natural cheese. After adding some seasonings, the mixture was heated to 85°C by a conventional method. Processed cheese in a molten state was obtained.

On the other hand, 55 parts of cacao pigment preparation (Polyphae 71: manufactured by Taito Co., Ltd.), 30 parts of hydrogenated vegetable oil at mp45℃,
An ink prepared by adding 14 parts of cocoa powder (oil content 12%) and 1 part of lecithin was heated to 55°C and stretched to a width of 130 mm with vinylidene chloride applied using a patterned nylon screen and a hard rubber squeegee. A picture pattern with a diameter of 50 mm was printed at a distance of 100 mm in the center of a polypropylene film. This patterned film was placed on a steel belt conveyor cooled to 15°C and moved forward at a constant speed. The required amount of cheese is continuously supplied and filled onto the picture pattern of this film from a belt-shaped nozzle with an opening of 90 x 3 mm at the same speed as the belt conveyor. A strip of cheese was obtained. This cheese was cooled to 15°C in an atmosphere of 10°C on a conveyor, then cut into 100 mm lengths at right angles to the direction of travel in a place without a pattern, and then wrapped in 5 layers of nylon/polyethylene laminate film. It was used and sealed.

This cheese was stored at 5℃ for 6 months, and when samples were taken out and the film was removed at intervals of 1, 2, 3, etc. for 6 months, the pattern was clearly transferred to the surface of the cheese. Cheese with a picture pattern was made.

Example 2 Add 2 parts of a mixture of sodium polyphosphate and sodium citrate as an emulsifier to 100 parts of raw natural cheese.
After dissolving it in 20 parts of water and adding some seasonings, processed cheese in a melted state at 85°C was obtained by a conventional method.

On the other hand, 35 parts of Coryan pigment preparation (Powder Sun Brown K, manufactured by Sanei Chemical Co., Ltd.), 19 parts of powdered sugar, 15 parts of cocoa powder (oil content 12%), 30 parts of hydrogenated vegetable oil at mp41°C, and 1 part of lecithin. The ink was heated to 50℃, and the width was 220 mm using a nylon screen with a pattern and a hard rubber squeegee.
Patterns with a diameter of 50 mm were printed at 100 mm intervals on both sides of the center of a polyester film coated with polyvinylidene chloride. This patterned film was placed on a steel belt conveyor cooled to 15°C and moved forward at a constant speed. On one side of this picture pattern, the required amount of cheese is continuously filled from a strip-shaped nozzle with an opening of 90 x 3 mm at the same speed as the conveyor belt, forming a strip with a thickness of about 3 mm and a width of 100 mm. The cheese was packaged by folding the film back so that it became a piece of cheese. Leave this cheese on the conveyor
After cooling to 15°C in an atmosphere of 10°C, the pieces were cut to a length of 100 mm at right angles to the direction of travel in a place without a pattern, and five sheets were stacked and sealed using a nylon/polyethylene laminate film.

This cheese was stored at 5°C for 6 months, and when samples were taken out at intervals of 1, 2, 3, etc. for 6 months and the film was removed, the pattern was clearly transferred to both sides of the cheese. Cheese with a picture pattern was made.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A film on which a picture pattern is printed with an edible ink using a pigment or a pigment preparation with high protein staining property is continuously advanced, and heated and melted liquid cheese is continuously advanced on the picture pattern surface. A method for attaching a picture pattern to the surface of cheese, which is characterized in that the picture pattern and the cheese are cooled and solidified as one after being fed and filled at a constant speed, thereby making it possible to transfer the picture pattern to the cheese.