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US 7,582,322 B2Granted
Method for producing granulated bean paste, or “miso”
AssigneeKanesa Co. Ltd.
InventorKenji Abo
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Abstract
Granulated bean paste or “miso” is made by partially drying uncooked bean paste by vacuum freeze drying, thoroughly mixing and then storing the semi-dried bean paste in an isothermal chamber at a substantially consistent temperature within the range of 15° C. to 20° C. for a few days to homogenize the water content in the semi-dried bean paste, then extruding the semi-dried bean paste into an elongated form, and finally cutting and breaking the bean past material to obtain fine particles of granulated bean paste.
Claims4
A method for producing granulated bean paste, comprising
- partially drying a starting material comprising a mixture of uncooked bean paste and seasoning, to provide a partially dried uncooked bean paste having a low moisture content of about 20%;
- effecting a first stage homogenization of the partially dried bean paste by agitation-blending of the partially dried bean paste;
- storing the agitation-blended partially dried bean paste in an isothermal warming chamber for a time and at a temperature sufficient to further homogenize the partially dried bean paste, at a substantially constant temperature within a range of 15° C. to 20° C. for two to three days to achieve a second stage homogenization of the partially dried bean paste;
- extruding the homogenized and partially dried bean paste as an elongated extrudate, into an extruding chamber and drying the elongated extrudate in the extruding chamber;
- cutting and breaking the dried elongated extrudate into granulated bean paste.
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