Tofu coagulant producing apparatus and soymilk coagulation machine comprising the same

A soymilk coagulating apparatus, comprising:

• a liquid food oil tank holding a liquid food oil therein;
• a first metering pump connected with the liquid food oil tank;
• a liquid food oil pathway feeding the liquid food oil from the liquid food oil tank by the first metering pump;
• a mineral salt solution tank holding a mineral salt solution therein;
• a second metering pump connected with the mineral salt solution tank;
• a mineral salt solution pathway feeding the mineral salt solution from the mineral salt solution tank by the second metering pump;
• an emulsion dispersion machine stirring the liquid food oil with the mineral salt solution to produce an emulsified coagulant;
• an accumulation tank holding the emulsified coagulant therein for a predetermined length of time;
• a third metering pump connected with the accumulation tank;
• a tofu coagulant pathway feeding the emulsified coagulant from the accumulation tank by the third metering pump;
• a soymilk tank holing a soymilk therein;
• a fourth metering pump connected with the soymilk tank;
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• a soymilk pathway feeding the soymilk from the soymilk tank by the fourth metering pump;
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• a coagulant dispersion machine stirring the soymilk with the emulsified coagulant,
• wherein the liquid food oil pathway connects with the mineral salt solution pathway to be a combined pathway,
• the mineral salt solution is added to the liquid food oil in a predetermined ratio by the second metering pump to produce the emulsified coagulant which is a water in oil (W/O) type emulsion produced without an emulsifier including phospholipids and monoacylglycerol,
• at a downstream side of the apparatus after the emulsified coagulant is produced, the combined pathway connects with the soymilk pathway, or, the tofu coagulant pathway connects with the soymilk pathway, and
• the tofu coagulant pathway and the soymilk pathway connect with the coagulant dispersion machine.