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US 2026/0262866 A1Published application
Steamed rice production method and steamed rice production apparatus
AssigneeNichirei Foods Inc.
InventorsTsukasa SHIDA, Masao SAWADA, Daisuke SHIMIZU, Hiroaki MURATA
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Abstract
A steamed rice production method includes: a first rice steaming step of, in a first zone in a steamed rice production apparatus, supplying a replenishment liquid containing water a rice foodstuff containing rice and steaming the rice foodstuff by steam; and a second rice steaming step of, in a second zone in the steamed rice production apparatus, steaming the rice foodstuff by steam after the first rice steaming step without supplying water to the rice foodstuff.
Claims8
A steamed rice production method including:
- a first rice steaming step of, in a first zone in a steamed rice production apparatus, supplying a replenishment liquid containing water to a rice foodstuff containing rice and steaming the rice foodstuff by steam;
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- a second rice steaming step of, in a second zone in the steamed rice production apparatus, steaming the rice foodstuff by steam after the first rice steaming step without supplying water to the rice foodstuff.
A steamed rice production apparatus comprising:
- a conveyance unit that conveys a rice foodstuff containing rice throughout a rice steaming zone that includes a first zone and a second zone located downstream from the first zone;
- a steam supply unit that supplies steam to the first zone and the second zone;
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- a water supply unit that supplies a replenishment liquid containing water to the rice foodstuff conveyed by the conveyance unit in the first zone,
- wherein in the second zone, the rice foodstuff conveyed by the conveyance unit is steamed by the steam but does not receive supply of water.
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