JP2007014208A - Noni fruit fine powder manufacturing method and noni fruit fine powder capsule - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To contain a malodorous taste for drinking noni fruit.
SOLUTION Noni fruits 1 are selected and washed, and ripened by ripening means 2. The matured noni fruit is finely ground with the crushing means 3 to remove the seeds. Then, the pulverized product is degassed by the deaeration means 4, and the pulverized product is homogenized by the homogenizing means 5, that is, made into a homogenate 6. This homogenate 6 is brought into the freeze dryer shelf 7. Therefore, the homogenate 6 is rapidly cooled by the cooling means 8, vacuum dried by the vacuum drying means 9, and the dried solid is finely pulverized by the fine powder collecting group 10 to obtain a fine powder 11. On the other hand, in every part of the above production process, heat sterilization is performed for a short time by the heat sterilization means 12 once at about 70 ° C. and once again at 95 ° C.
The above-mentioned noni fruit fine powder 11 is hermetically stored in a water-soluble drinking capsule 13.
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Description

    The present invention relates generally to fruit processing methods and products, and in particular to noni fruit. In particular, the present invention relates to a method for producing noni fruit into a fine powder and a capsule containing the noni fruit fine powder.

    Noni (scientific name: Morinda Citrifolia, Japanese name: Yaeyama Aoki) is a medicinal plant native to the Moroccan Islands of Indonesia. And in Indonesia, this noni is still used as a traditional medicine as a medicine for treating all diseases. Noni, like other medicinal plants, has a strong odor and tastes more than bitter than it says “good drugs suffer from the mouth”. On the other hand, it is used not only as a traditional medicine in the Pacific Islands, but also as a substitute food for hunger. In Japan, it has recently been actively cultivated in Okinawa Prefecture.

    Noni is rich in nutrients such as proteins, carbohydrates (polysaccharides, water-soluble dietary fibers), vitamins, and minerals. In particular, scopoletin, which is the main active ingredient, has a strong antibacterial activity against microorganisms. Noni fruits are said to have various effects such as rheumatism, allergic symptoms, suppression of high blood pressure, and analgesic effects, and the effective use of noni has been studied in various fields.

Noni generally uses only its juice and is widely sold as puree. In this case, it is heated and concentrated in order to reduce transportation and storage costs. For this reason, the active ingredient is often changed and its efficacy is lowered. On the other hand, some noni puree is fermented and commercialized. In this case, the fermentation odor is close to the rot odor and cannot be used as a daily health food because of the intense chemical odor. In addition, those that are heated at high temperature for a long time to concentrate noni juice have reduced antioxidant capacity.
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    The problem to be solved by the noni fruit fine powder of the present invention is that the noni fruit is made into a homogenate rather than juiced. That is, not only the fruit juice but also the whole pulp including its skin is pulverized and homogenized from the noni fruit seeds removed. And the heating is only for sterilization for a short time and does not employ a process for concentration by heating for a long time. This prevents the destruction of the active ingredient. This homogenate is solidified by freeze-drying and then pulverized into a fine powder. Finally, the fine powder is covered with a water-soluble drinking capsule and hermetically sealed, so that the chemical smell and strong astringency are wrapped to make it easy to drink.

In order to solve the above problems, the noni fruit fine powder manufacturing method and the noni fruit fine powder capsule according to the present invention make a paste-like homogenate by pulverizing whole noni fruit from which seeds have been removed. After freeze-drying it, it is made into a fine powder. Then, this fine powder is sealed in a water-soluble drinking capsule.
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    Below, the specific structure of the noni fruit fine powder manufacturing method concerning this invention and the capsule containing noni fruit fine powder is described in detail. First, the structure of the noni fruit fine powder manufacturing method according to the first aspect of the present invention will be described. In this invention, first, the harvested noni fruit is aged, and the aged noni fruit is pulverized to remove its seeds. Next, the pulverized product is degassed to make the pulverized product uniform, that is, homogenate.

    This homogenate is then brought to the freeze dryer shelf. Therefore, the homogenate is rapidly cooled and vacuum dried. Finally, the dried solid is pulverized. On the other hand, in each of the above manufacturing processes, heat sterilization is performed for a short time, particularly once before the degassing process and once after the homogenization process.

    Next, the noni fruit fine powder manufacturing method and the noni fruit fine powder-containing capsule according to claim 2 of the present invention will be described. This invention has the fine powder of noni fruit manufactured by the fine powder manufacturing method of noni fruit of Claim 1 first. Next, there are water-soluble drinking capsules. This water-soluble beverage capsule is for hermetically storing the above-mentioned noni fruit fine powder.

    The noni fruit fine powder manufacturing method and the noni fruit fine powder-containing capsule according to the present invention have achieved the above-mentioned problems, and have produced the following great effects. That is, noni fruit juice has a unique malodor and many people reject it, but noni fruit fine powder capsules are acceptable to most people. Noni fruit juice is bulky, heavy, and inconvenient to handle because it needs to be refrigerated. Noni fruit fine powder capsules have solved these problems.

    In this way, noni fruits having very high medicinal effects were homogenized and then powdered. It was then sealed in a water-soluble drinking capsule. Thus, the strong malodor was sealed and the drinking pain was removed.

    The fruit was homogenized, freeze-dried, powdered and sealed in a water-soluble capsule so that it could be ingested while keeping the active ingredients of noni fruit. It served the purpose of ingesting Noni's active ingredients, concealing the strong odor and bitterness.

    The noni fruit fine powder manufacturing method and noni fruit fine powder capsules according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings using specific examples. In the present invention, first, harvested noni fruits 1 are selected and washed. Then, it is aged for 2 to 5 days with the aging means 2 consisting of a stable cool place at 10 to 20 ° C. The ripening temperature of the fruit varies depending on the fruit, and if it is too high, it will cause rot. However, in the case of noni fruit, if the temperature is too low, it is likely to rot. Furthermore, this ripening date is even more important for the fruit. That is, the period during which the fruit naturally ripens is very subtle, and depending on the fruit, it is in units of hours. Therefore, this period is also very important for noni fruits with early timing. Next, the matured noni fruit is finely pulverized with the skin by the pulverizing means 3 to remove the seeds. Then, the pulverized product is deaerated by the deaeration means 4, and the pulverized product is homogenized by the homogenizing means 5, that is, made into a homogenate 6.

    Thereafter, the homogenate 6 is brought into the freeze dryer shelf 7. Therefore, the homogenate 6 is rapidly cooled by the cooling means 8 and vacuum dried by the vacuum drying means 9. Finally, the dried solid is pulverized by a fine powder collecting group 10 to make a fine powder 11. On the other hand, in each part of the above manufacturing process, heat sterilization is performed at about 70 ° C. once before the above deaeration process and once at about 95 ° C. for about 60 seconds after the above homogenization process. By means 12, heat sterilization is performed for a short time.

    Next, the noni fruit fine powder manufacturing method and the noni fruit fine powder-containing capsule according to claim 2 of the present invention will be described. The present invention includes a noni fruit fine powder 11 produced by the noni fruit fine powder production method according to claim 1. Next, there is a water-soluble drinking capsule 13. This water-soluble drinking capsule 13 is for sealingly storing the above-mentioned noni fruit fine powder 11.

    In addition to manufacturing and sales in Japan, it can be consumed as easy-to-drink capsules in countries where aqua has been drunk as a powerful juice.

The block diagram of one Example of the noni fruit fine powder manufacturing method concerning this invention and the capsule containing noni fruit fine powder is shown.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Noni fruit 2 Ripening means 3 Crushing means 4 Deaeration means 5 Homogenization means 6 Homogenate 7 Freeze dryer fence 8 Cooling means 9 Vacuum drying means
10 Fine pulverizing means
11 Fine powder
12 Heat sterilization means

Claims (2)

    The harvested noni fruits are ripened, the aged noni fruits are crushed to remove the seeds, the ground product is degassed, the ground product is homogenized, and the homogenized product is placed on a freeze dryer shelf. Bring in, quickly cool, vacuum dry, pulverize this dried solid, and everywhere in the above manufacturing process, especially before the above degassing process and the above homogenization A method for producing fine powder of noni fruit, which comprises sterilizing by heating once more after each step.     A noni fruit fine powder comprising the fine powder of noni fruit produced by the method for producing fine powder of noni fruit according to claim 1, and a water-soluble drinking capsule for hermetically storing the fine powder of noni fruit. Capsule containing.

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