Kanebo, Limited

Naomi Matsuo

Susumu Murata

Masako Sano

The present invention relates to a process for producing molded food which particles of processed food such as corn flakes, wheat flakes are binded with pregelatinized cereal powder containing aqueous ethyl alcohol or powdery polymer material to mold them in a shape such as thin and long plate and the like. In the case that molded food is made by binding said particles of processed food, conventionally corn syrup is used as a binder. In this case, the taste of corn syrup obstructs original taste of the processed food and besides obtained molded food is hard to be unpleasant when chewing since the processed food is binded strongly. In this invention, the particles of processed food are made wet previously, then they are sprinkled with pregelatinized cereal powder, dried with heating to bind the particles of processed food by making the pregelatinized cereal powder become a binder to obtain molded food. Thereby, the molded food which is binded processed food with the pregelatinized cereal powder not to crumble and which has soft and pleasant feeling when chewing is obtained. At the same time the original taste of the processed food remains since the pregelatinized cereal powder has no taste.

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Osaka, Japan

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