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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2010
Takeshi Fukumori, Tokyo, JP;
Shigeharu Kanemoto, Tokyo, JP;
Keishi Wakabayashi, Tokyo, JP;
SATAKE CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Raw material rice (brown rice and partially-milled rice) is subjected to a preliminary pressurized steam-boiling process to form an alpharized layer on the surface of the raw material rice, and then a moisture adding process is performed. Since the surface of the raw material rice is alpharized to become stiff with the preliminary pressurized steam-boiling process, even rapid moisture addition does not cause a crack in the raw material rice. Therefore, water absorption can be quickly achieved to a target moisture content, thereby reducing a moisture adding time. Also, with no crack, quick-cooking rice with an excellent outer appearance of rice as a product and without a drain of nutrients in rice grains at the time of rice cooking.