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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2008
Applicants:
Hiroshi Mizuno, Gunma, JP;
Tatuya Yamamoto, Gunma, JP;
Inventors:
Hiroshi Mizuno, Gunma, JP;
Tatuya Yamamoto, Gunma, JP;
Assignee:
Ajinomoto Co., Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L 1/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of producing cooked rice is disclosed, by which taste and mouthfeel, as well as the aging resistance, of the cooked rice are improved. In this method, process of cooking rice is carried out intermittently in a plurality of steps, interposing one or more cooling steps during the cooking process. In each cooling step, the rice is not heated. Each cooling step is carried out for 1 to 10 minutes at an inner temperature lower than the inner temperature during heating by 0.1 to 10° C. After the final cooling step, the final heating step is carried out to finish the rice-cooking process.