US 7,008,662 B2Granted

Producing method and producing apparatus of rice with germinated germs

AssigneeSatake Corporation

InventorsToshiko Satake, Shigeharu Kanemoto, Yukihiro Kawano, Nobuhiro Matsumoto, Kazuo Hironaka

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Abstract

Warm and wet air are applied to brown rice with germinated germs, produced by adding water to the brown rice, for removing water attached to a surface of the rice. A surface of the germinated brown rice is polished by a rice-polishing machine while remaining the germinated germs to obtain rice with germinated germs. Water of about 1 to 10% of rice weight is added to soften the rice surface. The rice and granules whose granule size is set to a constant granule size smaller than that of the rice and which is heated to 60° C. or higher are mixed with the rice and stirred. Rice bran remaining on a rice surface after polishing is absorbed by the granules and is removed. And, the rice and granules are separated from each other.

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Dependent claims

A producing method of rice with a germinated germ, comprising:

adding water to a grain of brown rice to allow a germ thereof to germinate to obtain germinated brown rice;
applying warm and wet air to the brown rice with the germinated germ, thereby removing water attached to a surface of the rice;
polishing a surface of the germinated brown rice by a grinding type and friction type rice-polishing machine so that the germinated germ remains, to obtain rice with a germinated germ,
adding water of about 1 to 10% of rice weight to soften the rice surface;
mixing the rice with granules having a constant granule size smaller than a granule size of the rice, the granules being heated to 60° C. or higher and stirring them;
allowing rice bran remaining on a rice surface after polishing to be absorbed by the granules and removed;
and
separating the rice and granules from each other.

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