Solid food, compression-molded food powder product, solid milk, and compression-molded powdered milk product having reduced fracture stress

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12357015-B2
Application number	US-202017763566-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 3, 2020
Priority date	Jan 6, 2020
Publication date	Jul 15, 2025
Grant date	Jul 15, 2025

Abstract

A solid food is a solid food having a solid form obtained by compression molding and hardening a food powder, in which a specific surface area voxel ratio of the solid food is configured such that an average value A from a surface of the solid food to a depth of 2 mm is smaller than an average value C from a depth of 4 mm from the surface of the solid food to a depth of 6 mm, and a rate of decrease (C−A)/C×100 of the specific surface area voxel ratio obtained by dividing a difference (C−A) between the average value C and the average value A by the average value C is 9.5% or less.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A solid milk having a solid form obtained by compression molding a powdered milk,
wherein a fracture stress of the solid milk is 0.068 N/mm 2 or more and 0.739 N/mm 2 or less,
a specific surface area voxel ratio of the solid milk is configured such that an average value A from an outer surface of the solid milk to a depth of 2 mm is more than 0.353 and less than 0.391, and
an average value C from a depth of 4 mm from the outer surface of the solid milk to a depth of 6 mm is more than 0.390 and less than 0.444 and is larger than the average value A.

2. A compression molded body of a powdered milk having a solid form obtained by compression molding a powdered milk,
wherein a fracture stress of the compression molded body of the powdered milk is 0.014 N/mm 2 or more and 0.068 N/mm 2 or less,
a specific surface area voxel ratio of the compression molded body of the powdered milk is configured such that an average value A from an outer surface of the compression molded body of the powdered milk to a depth of 2 mm is more than 0.406 and less than 0.420, and
an average value C from a depth of 4 mm from the outer surface of the compression molded body of the powdered milk to a depth of 6 mm is more than 0.414 and less than 0.434 and is larger than the average value A.

3. A solid milk having a solid form obtained by compression molding a powdered milk according to claim 1 ,
wherein the outer surface is in contact with the compression face of the compression device.

4. A solid milk having a solid form obtained by compression molding a powdered milk according to claim 3 ,
wherein the moisture content ratio of the powdered milk is 1% by weight to 4% by weight.

5. A compression molded body of a powdered milk having a solid form obtained by compression molding a powdered milk according to claim 2 ,
wherein the outer surface is in contact with the compression face of the compression device.

6. A compression molded body of a powdered milk having a solid form obtained by compression molding a powdered milk according to claim 5 ,
wherein the moisture content ratio of the powdered milk is 1% by weight to 4% by weight.

Assignees

• Meiji Co Ltd

Inventors

• Hanyu Keigo
• Kamiya Tetsu
• Yamamura Koji
• OGIWARA Jin

Classifications

• A23C9/18 Primary

  Milk in dried and compressed or semi-solid form · CPC title

• A23P10/28 Primary

  Tabletting; Making food bars by compression of a dry powdered mixture · CPC title

• A23F5/38 Primary

  Agglomerating, flaking or tabletting {or granulating} · CPC title