Food or drink and method of production thereof
View Patent ↗The present invention provides a method of producing a food or drink containing one or more components extracted from a raw material by using fruit(s), vegetable(s), bean(s), nut(s), mushroom(s), alga(e) or tea(s) as the raw material, which comprises the following steps: freezing the raw material; grinding the frozen matter at a controlled temperature; and dipping the ground matter in a solvent and thus extracting one or more components of the raw material. It is preferable that the temperature in the grinding step is controlled to a level not higher than the brittle temperature of an aroma component, a colorant or an essential oil which can be extracted from the raw material. According to the production method of the present invention, the obtained food or drink can sufficiently contain a desired component contained in fruit(s) or vegetable(s).
1. A method of producing a food or drink comprising:
providing raw material selected from the group consisting of fruit(s), vegetable(s), bean(s), nut(s), mushroom(s), alga(e) and tea(s);
freezing the raw material to form a frozen material;
grinding the frozen material at a controlled temperature until an average grain size of the ground material is about 1 micron to about 400 microns, wherein the controlled temperature is not higher than the brittle temperature of an aroma component, a colorant, or an essential oil in the frozen material, to form a ground material;
dipping the ground material into a solution comprising 15% to 60% alcohol;
extracting one or more components from the solution to form a food or drink ingredient; and
adding the food or drink ingredient to a food or drink.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the raw material is a citrus fruit; and
the controlled temperature is not higher than the brittle temperature of limonene and/or citrus fruit essential oil.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the average grain size of the ground material is about 40 to about 100 microns.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein before the step of freezing the method further comprises a step of preliminarily freezing at a temperature higher than the freezing temperature of the raw material.
5. A method of extracting a food or drink additive, comprising:
providing raw material selected from the group consisting of fruit(s), vegetable(s), bean(s), nut(s), mushroom(s), alga(e) and tea(s);
freezing the raw material to form a frozen material;
grinding the frozen material at a controlled temperature until an average grain size of the ground material is about 1 micrometer to about 400 micrometers, wherein the controlled temperature is not higher than the brittle temperature of an aroma component, a colorant, or an essential oil in the frozen material, to form a ground material;
dipping the ground material into a solution comprising 15% to 60% alcohol; and
extracting one or more components from the solution to form a food or drink additive.
6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the step of preliminarily freezing comprises the raw material being frozen to a range of −80° C. to −4° C.
7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the average grain size of the ground material is about 40 microns to about 100 microns.
8. A method of making a food or drink additive, comprising:
providing raw material selected from the group consisting of fruit(s), vegetable(s), bean(s), nut(s), mushroom(s), alga(e) and tea(s);
freezing the raw material to form a frozen material;
grinding the frozen material until an average grain size of the ground material is about 1 micron to about 400 microns to form a ground material,
dipping the ground material into a solution comprising 15% to 60% alcohol; and
extracting one or more components from the solution to form a food or drink additive.
9. A method of making a food or drink, comprising:
providing raw material selected from the group consisting of fruit(s), vegetable(s), bean(s), nut(s), mushroom(s), alga(e) and tea(s);
freezing the raw material to form a frozen material;
grinding the frozen material until an average grain size of the ground material is about 1 micron to about 400 microns to form a ground material,
dipping the ground material into a solution comprising 15% to 60% alcohol;
extracting one or more components from the solution to form a food or drink additive; and
adding the food or drink additive to a food or drink.