# US 10,499,671 B2 · Dried instant noodle and method for producing the same

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- Number: US 10,499,671 B2
- Document ID: US10499671B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 14/914,433
- Filed: 2014-09-24
- Published: 2016-07-28
- Granted: 2019-12-10
- Earliest claimed: 2013-09-30
- Assignees: Nissin Foods Holdings Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Nissin Foods Holdings Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Yuma Ogino; Toshio Yoshinuma; Mitsuru Tanaka
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10499671B2

## CPC

- A23L 7/113: Parboiled or instant pasta
- A23V 2002/00: Food compositions, function of food ingredients or processes for food or foodstuffs
- A23L: FOODS, FOODSTUFFS OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PREPARATION OR TREATMENT THEREOF (preservation thereof A23B)
- A23V: INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO FOODS, FOODSTUFFS OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND LACTIC OR PROPIONIC ACID BACTERIA USED IN FOODSTUFFS OR FOOD PREPARATION

## Abstract

Disclosed herein are a dried instant noodle improved in loosening at the time of eating and a method for producing the same. The method for producing dried instant noodles comprises: a loosening agent-attaching step in which a loosening agent for noodles is attached to gelatinized noodle strings; a first drying step in which, after the loosening agent-attaching step, hot air having a wind speed of 30 m/s or higher and a temperature of 60° C. to 160° C. is blown onto the noodle strings for 5 to 240 seconds to dry the noodle strings; and a second drying step in which, after the first drying step, the noodle strings are dried with hot air.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method for producing dried instant noodles, comprising:
attaching a loosening agent for noodles to gelatinized noodle strings;
placing the noodle strings into a retainer to form a noodle block;
a first drying in which, after the loosening agent-attaching, hot air having a wind speed of 50-70 m/s and a temperature of 60° C. to 160° C. is blown onto the noodle strings packed in the retainer from above the retainer downward or from above the retainer downward and from below the retainer upward for 5 to 240 seconds to dry the noodle strings such that the noodle strings have a moisture content of 40-55% after the first drying; and, after the first drying,
a second drying in which, after the first drying, the noodle strings are dried with hot air having a wind speed of 1 to 5 m/s and a temperature of 60 to 100° C. for 20 to 120 minutes,
wherein the retainer has a substantially cup-shaped or substantially deep dish-shaped container having a bottom surface that is substantially horizontal and a side surface rising from the bottom surface, and
the first drying is performed such that puffing and foaming of the noodle strings do not occur.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method for producing dried instant noodles according to claim 1, wherein the gelatinized noodle strings are gelatinized noodle strings having no wave.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method for producing dried instant noodles according to claim 1, wherein the loosening agent for noodles contains at least one of gum arabic, soybean-derived water-soluble hemicellulose, sucrose fatty acid ester, emulsified oil and fat, or lecithin.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The method for producing dried instant noodles according to claim 1, wherein, in the first drying, hot air is blown onto the noodle strings packed in the retainer from above the retainer downward is not blown from below the retainer upward.