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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 1982
Filed:
Jun. 02, 1980
Applicant:
Inventors:
Fumio Noda, Kamagaya, JP;
Kazuya Hayashi, Kashiwa, JP;
Keitaro Mogi, Noda, JP;
Takashi Iwaasa, Noda, JP;
Takeji Mizunuma, Noda, JP;
Toshio Sakasai, Noda, JP;
Assignee:
Kikkoman Shoyu Co. Ltd., Chiba, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426 46 ; 426 52 ; 426 60 ;
Abstract
In a process for producing a solid koji for a fermented food product which comprises inoculating a koji mold in a modified koji substrate and cultivating it at a temperature of about 20.degree. C. to about 40.degree. C. for a time sufficient to produce a solid koji for fermented food products, the improvement wherein at a certain time during a period of about 10 hours to about 20 hours after the inoculation of the koji mold, the cultivation system is subjected to a drying treatment to adjust its water content to about 30.+-.5%.