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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 1986
Filed:
Jul. 30, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tadahiko Hirokawa, Yokohama, JP;
Katsumoto Oki, Mishima, JP;
Yoh Kumagai, Yokohama, JP;
Hajime Sasaki, Ayase, JP;
Assignees:
Morinaga & Co., Tokyo, JP;
Shokuhin Sangyo Center, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ; A23L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426233 ; 426467 ; 426618 ;
Abstract
A process for treating brown rice to obtain readily cookable brown rice having fissures in its bran layer, which process comprises developing fissures by heating the brown rice by blowing heated air to the brown rice and thereafter immediately cooling the heated rice, said heating being controlled according to the quantity of heat energy absorbed by the treated brown rice.