METHOD FOR PROCESSING PERISHABLE EDIBLE PLANT INTO FOOD

    公开(公告)号:JP2001103907A

    公开(公告)日:2001-04-17

    申请号:JP29013499

    申请日:1999-10-12

    发明人: MATSUBARA MAMORU

    摘要: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for processing a perishable edible plant into a food by which cells of the edible plant and microorganisms are exterminated and simultaneously decomposed by an autolysin and components unfavorable for the food (harshness, bitterness, astringency, a grassy smell, etc.), can converted into Umami, sweetness and aroma. SOLUTION: An aqueous solution having a higher osmotic pressure than that of the perishable edible plant to be an object is prepared, heated and kept in a prescribed temperature region for exterminating most of cellular tissues of the edible plant and microorganisms sticking thereto, on the other hand, without substantially inactivating the autolysin in and the outside of the cells of the edible plant. The resultant heated aqueous solution is brought into contact with the edible plant to be the object by dipping or spraying to thereby exterminate most of the cells of the edible plant, cause the decomposition thereof with the autolysin and carry out pasteurization. The edible plant is then processed into the food, brought into contact with a cooling liquid and subsequently processed into the food after cooling or frozen and preserved and then processed into the food.