Method of and apparatus for manufacturing no-bran cereal

A method of and an apparatus for manufacturing no-bran cereal such as no-bran rice which require no washing before cooking. With the method and the apparatus, bran stuck on a surface of a grain of the polished cereal is easily removed without imparting any damage on the surface, and further moisture...

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Main Authors Matsumoto, Nobuhiro, Satake, Satoru, Munesada, Takeshi, Kawano, Yukihiro, Kato, Akihiko, Nonaka, Kazuto, Chikamune, Katsunori, Inomoto, Yosuke, Shitadera, Kaoru
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LanguageEnglish
Published 25.10.2001
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Summary:A method of and an apparatus for manufacturing no-bran cereal such as no-bran rice which require no washing before cooking. With the method and the apparatus, bran stuck on a surface of a grain of the polished cereal is easily removed without imparting any damage on the surface, and further moisture in the grain is maintained to increase taste of the cereal. Moisture is added to the polished cereal and granular material is mixed and stirred with the moistened polished cereal to polish a surface of each grain of the polished cereal and remove bran stuck on the surface of the polished cereal. Then, the polished cereal is separated from the granular material to obtain the no-bran rice.