JPH099883A - Edible material - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To obtain an edible material enabling to easily produce small piece- like edible foils capable of constantly holding the shapes, when floated on a beverage, etc., and capable of charging the edible foils together with sugar and other granular beverage or food materials into the beverage, etc., without requiring to separately charge and float the materials into the beverages, etc., later, when the edible material is charged into the beverage, etc. CONSTITUTION: An edible material 1 comprising small piece-like foiled film materials F1 and sugar or other granular beverage or food material K1 is charged into a portable receiver W1. The small piece-like foiled edible film material F1 comprises an edible film and a metal foil adhered to the edible film and capable of being used as a food additive.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an edible material containing a edible film material with a foil or a colored edible film material.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Characters, patterns, pictures and the like made of gold foil, silver foil, colored foil, or the like are attractive as a luxurious decoration. Therefore, conventionally, for example, using a cutter knife or the like,
Finely cut silver foil into square shapes, or
Sometimes, it is cut out so as to form a pattern, a pattern or the like, and these are cut, or the cut out gold foil, silver foil, or the like is floated on a drink such as alcohol, and may be drunk as it is as a lucky charm.

However, it is not easy to form a large number of pieces of the same shape and size by such a handmade method. In addition, since foiled gold foil is extremely thin and has no elasticity, it is difficult to keep the shape of the foil when it is finely cut or cut out and floated on a drink etc. There was a drawback that it was inferior to.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned conventional drawbacks, and its object is to make it possible to maintain a constant shape when it is floated on a drink or the like. A piece of edible foil material, etc. can be easily manufactured, and, for example, when food or drink such as sugar or other granular foods is put into drinks, etc., the edible foil material, etc. It is to provide edible foods that can be put together with the food and drink without putting them separately and floating.

[0005]

The edible food according to the present invention has the following constitution in order to achieve the above object. That is, a metal foil that can be used as a food additive, which is adhered on an edible film, a edible film material with a small piece of foil is mixed with granular, powdery or small pieces of food and drink. Is. In addition to gold, silver, copper, and platinum that can be used as food additives, for example, aluminum, nickel, iron, etc. may be used as the material of the metal foil.

The edible food according to the present invention is a granular, edible food material in the form of granules, powder or flakes, in which the edible coloring material is adhered onto the edible film. It may be mixed with the article.

As the edible film, a water-soluble edible film containing pullulan as a main component can be preferably used.

Further, it is preferable that the metal foil and the edible colorant which can be used as the food additive are adhered on the edible film by a foil stamping printing method.

The hot-press material used for hot-pressing an edible film is composed of at least a base material and a food additive or other edible material or a material that can be used as a coating material for food packaging material. It is preferable that the release layer, the metal foil layer (or the edible coloring material layer) that can be used as a food additive, and the edible adhesive layer are sequentially laminated. Then, using this foil stamping material, by foil stamping printing on an edible film, the metal foil (or an edible coloring material), the edible film material with a foil (or Cut the colored edible film material) into small pieces,
The edible material may be obtained by mixing the edible film material with foil (or the colored edible film material) in the form of particles into a granular, powdery, or piece-shaped food product.

The release layer is preferably formed mainly of silicone which can be used as a coating material for food packaging materials.

Further, the foil stamping material used for hot-pressing the edible film is an edible coloring material in which at least a base material and a natural resin which can be used as a food additive are mixed and laminated on the base material. It is preferably formed from a foil stamping material composed of Then, using this foil stamping material, by foil stamping printing on an edible film, the edible coloring material, a colored edible film material formed on the edible film is cut into small pieces. An edible product obtained by mixing the small edible colored edible film material with granular or powdery or small edible food products may be used.

Natural resins that can be used as food additives include shellac, acaloid resin, and giraffe blood.
Blood), Elemi resin, rosin, dammar resin, copal resin, sandalac resin, white shellac, etc. can be preferably used.

Further, it is preferable that these edibles are contained in a portable container.

[0014]

[Function] The edible material is prepared by mixing the edible film material with a small piece of foil, or the colored edible film material with a small piece of powder, for example, on food and drink products such as sugar and other granules. When a food or beverage product containing an edible film material or a colored edible film material is placed in a drink such as black tea, the edible film material with a foil or the colored edible film material floats on the liquid surface of the beverage and the eyes are visible. (However, if the edible film on which the foil or the coloring material is adhered and formed is water-soluble, the film will eventually melt and only the foil or the colored material will float on the liquid surface.). And
These edible film material with a foil, or a colored edible film material, a metal foil that can be used as a food additive, or an edible coloring material, because it is attached to the edible film, Since it has a firmness, that is, the ability to withstand, it is kept in a constant shape even if it is put in a drink or the like without curling.

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the edible food according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

As shown in FIG. 6, the edible food 1 has a metal foil 3a, which can be used as a food additive, is foil-printed on an edible film S0 via an edible adhesive 4a. The edible film material F1 with a piece of foil is, for example,
It is a mixture of sugar and other food and drink products K1 such as granules. For example, as shown in FIG.
It is contained in a portable storage body W1. And
When the edible material 1 containing the edible film material with foil is put into a drink P1 or the like such as black tea, as shown in FIG.
Most of food and drinks K1 such as sugar and other particles sink, but the edible film material F1 with a foil floats on the liquid surface, and the metal foil 3a attracts the eye (though the edible film material S0 is water-soluble). In that case, the film material S0 will eventually melt, and only the metal foil 3a will float on the liquid surface.).

In this case, since the metal foil 3a that can be used as a food additive is foil-pressed onto the edible film S0 via the edible adhesive material 4a, the edible film material with foil in the form of a small piece. Since F1 has a firmness, that is, a force to withstand, it does not curl even when placed in the drink P1 and the like, and is kept in a constant shape.

The edible material 1 is, for example, as shown in FIGS.
, The edible coloring material C1 is foil-printed on the edible film S0 via the edible adhesive 4a or directly on the edible film S0. The colored edible film material F2 or F3 may be contained in the container W1 by mixing it with the food or drink K1 such as sugar or other granular materials, as described above. Also in this case, the colored edible film material F2 or F3
Is kept in a constant shape without being curled even when put in the drink P1.

However, as long as the container W1 has a portable shape, it does not necessarily have to be formed in a stick shape as in the illustrated embodiment, and may be made of other materials. The granular sugar as the food and drink K1 is only an example, and other powdery or small pieces of food and drink may be used.

Here, the granular, powdery or small piece of food and drink K1 does not mean, for example, only foods such as sugar, salt, chopped seaweed, etc., but generally foods that cannot be eaten as they are, for example , That is drunk or eaten with the ingredients that come out of itself, such as hot water,
Sencha, matcha, creaming powder, coffee powder, instant oshiruko powder, instant soup powder, powdered soup, seasonings such as miso soup, etc., as well as curry powder, spices such as pepper, etc. It may be something other than.

The term "grain" generally means a round and small one, but it is not limited to a round one, and for example,
It may be a small one having an elliptical shape, a rectangular shape, or an irregular shape. In addition, the "powder" generally refers to a crushed and crushed product, but it is not necessarily limited to a crushed product, and may be a product manufactured by a method other than the crushing method as long as it has a fine shape. Further, "small pieces" generally mean small pieces, but if they are small pieces, for example, square pieces,
It includes those having a specific shape such as a rectangle, a round shape, and an ellipse, and irregular shapes other than these shapes, such as a shape obtained by finely cutting grilled seaweed or a shape obtained by finely scraping bonito.

The foil stamping material 5 used for hot-pressing the edible film S0 ("foil" is a thinly stretched metal, and is used in a narrow sense to mean a metal foil. In the book, it is used in a broad sense to include a thinned out coloring material made of a material other than metal.) As shown in Fig. 3, at least the base material 6 and food additives and other materials are used. A release layer 7 made of an edible material or a material that can be used as a coating material for a food packaging material, and a metal foil layer 3 that can be used as a food additive
(Or, the edible coloring material layer C) and the edible adhesive material layer 4 are formed in this order.
Further, the edible film S0 is placed on the support base S1 via a support material T1 made of paper, for example.

Then, for example, when the metal plate Q1 heated by the hot platen H1 is pressed against the foil stamping material 5 using an up-down type hot stamping machine, as shown in FIG. On top of it is a metal foil 3 which can be used as a food additive via an edible adhesive 4a.
a (or the edible coloring material C1) is attached. After the foil stamping printing, the metal plate Q1 is separated from the foil stamping material 5 and the foil stamping material 5 is removed from the edible film S0. Then, the edible film S0, the edible adhesive material 4a, and the food additive are provided on the support material T1. The edible film material with foil F1 (or the colored edible film material F2) is formed by sequentially stacking the metal foil 3a (or the edible coloring material C1) that can be used as a product.

However, as shown in FIG. 9, the foil stamping material 5 used for hot-pressing the edible film S0 includes at least the base material 6 and the edible coloring material laminated on the base material 6. And a layer D of the same. The edible colorant layer D is preferably formed by mixing an edible colorant and a natural resin that can be used as a food additive having thermoplasticity, as described later in detail. . And using this foil stamping material 5,
When hot stamping is performed by a hot stamping machine in the same manner as described above, as shown in FIG. 10, a colored edible film material F3 in which an edible coloring material D1 is laminated on the edible film S0 on a support material T1. Is formed.

The hot stamping machine is not limited to the up-down type and other types such as a cylinder type, a roll type and a rolling type are not particularly limited. By changing the mold, an image such as a character, a pattern, or a pattern made of the metal foil 3a (or the edible coloring material C1 or D1) that can be used as a food additive can be formed in any manner. That is,
The metal foil 3a (or the edible coloring material C1 or D1) is formed so as to have an aesthetically pleasing shape, for example, a turtle shell, petal, star shape, or the like, by appropriately changing the metal plate Q1. However, other shapes such as squares, rectangles, circles, and ellipses, or other irregular shapes may be used. It may be. Of course, it may be a solid one that does not form an image.

The support material T1 may be made of a plastic film. However, since papers are more elastic than plastic films, the edible film S0 is used.
It has the advantage that it can withstand the curl phenomenon of No. 1 and is more inexpensive than plastic films, and it is visually hygienic when the paper is white. It also has the advantage of being visible.

Thereafter, the edible film material F1 with a foil (or the colored edible film material F2 or F on the support material T1) is used.
5) and 3) by using a cutting device or the like equipped with a cutting blade such as a Thomson blade or a corrosion blade.
As shown in 1, cut together with the support material T1 into small pieces. At the time of this cutting, a shape that is easy to cut regardless of the shape of the metal foil 3a (or the edible coloring material C1 or D1), for example, 2 mm × 2 mm to 3 mm × 3
It is desirable to cut into a square shape having a size of about mm, but it may be cut into other shapes, for example, a round shape. Of course, it may be cut along the shape of the metal foil 3a (or the edible coloring material C1 or D1). Therefore, in this specification, the term “small piece shape” is used in a broad sense including not only a piece shape but also a small piece made of other various shapes. However, if the edible film S0 is made of a small piece in advance, it is not necessary to cut the edible film S0 by using the above cutting device or the like, and the small piece of the edible film S0 is provided with a metal foil. 3a (or edible coloring material C1 or D1) is used to stamp and print images of characters, patterns, patterns, etc., or it is possible to print in a solid shape without forming an image, and to attach small pieces of foil. The edible film material F1 (or the colored edible film material F2 or F3) can be formed.

The flaky edible film material F1 (or the colored edible film material F2 or F3) obtained by peeling the support material T1 from the edible film S0 is used as, for example, sugar or other granular food or drink. By mixing with the article K1, the edible material 1 containing the edible film material F1 (or the colored edible film material F2 or F3) with foil is formed, and the edible material 1 is as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. It is put in a portable container W1 and sealed. Then, at the time of use, when the container W1 is opened and the edible material 1 is placed in the drink P1 or the like, the edible film material with foil F1 (or the colored edible film material F2 or F3) is put separately afterwards. The food and drink supplies K without floating
Can be included with 1.

In this way, the metal foil 3a (or the edible coloring material C which is foil-printed on the edible film S0 is printed.
1 or D1) image, etc. (including solid images)
Has a shape similar to that of the metal plate Q1 by the foil stamping printing method, so even if it has a complicated composition or delicate characters or pictures, it is cheap and clear, unlike cutting or punching. It is possible to form a large number of those having the same shape. Therefore, the edible film material F1 with a foil (or the colored edible film material F1) in which the metal foil 3a (or the edible coloring material C1 or D1) that can be used as a food additive is adhered and formed on the edible film S0.
2 or F3) can be mass-produced, and mass production of foods or other edibles using this edible film material with foil F1 (or colored edible film material F2 or F3) is also possible.

Next, the foil stamping material 5 shown in FIG. 3 will be described in detail. As described above, the foil stamping material 5 includes the base material 6, the release layer 7, and the metal foil layer 3 (or the metal foil layer 3). The edible coloring material layer C) and the adhesive material layer 4 are laminated in order (note that FIG. 3 is shown only so that the order of laminating these layers can be understood). In addition, the thickness of each layer is not shown accurately.
Similarly, for No. 1, the thickness of each layer is not shown accurately. ). First, the base material 6 is required to have heat resistance, transparency, releasability, pressure resistance, and the like. Examples of materials include plastic films made of polyester, polypropylene, polycarbonate, polyamide, polyethylene terephthalate, and papers. Can be used. About the thickness of the base material 6, in the case of a plastic film,
About 30 microns, but in the case of paper, 40-70
The order of microns is preferable, but not limited to these numerical values.

Papers used for the base material 6 include fluorescent dye, formalin, polychlorobiphenyl (PCB).
Papers containing no harmful substances such as, for example, glassine paper, cellophane paper, paraffin paper, etc. are preferable, but other papers may be used, and roll paper or cut sheet may be used. Good.

The release layer 7 is formed mainly of silicone, which can be used as a coating material for food packaging materials, such as a silicone-based release material. However, the release layer 7 can also be formed of a food additive or other edible material, and for example, a silicone-based defoaming agent can be preferably used as the material. The coating amount of the release layer 7 is preferably, for example, about 0.05 to 1.5 grams per square centimeter of the silicone release material, but is not limited to this value.

As a method for applying the silicone-based release material on the base material 6, it is desirable to use a printing method such as gravure printing, silk printing, offset printing or the like. You may apply it by the like.

Incidentally, silicone is a general term for organopolysiloxane, but in this specification, silicone is a broader meaning of silanes (silicon hydride) having no oxygen. , And all of the organosilicon compounds, the properties of which are various and wide such as resin, oil and rubber.

Dimethyl silicone, which is one of the silicones, has a low surface tension, is easy to spread, and has a property of being well wetted to fine irregularities on the surface to be coated,
Further, it is suitable as a mold release material because it has excellent mold release performance, excellent heat resistance, no denaturation or decomposition, and is harmless in terms of safety and hygiene.

However, the release material used in the release layer 7 may be, for example, a vinyl acetate resin or acrylic resin-based material that can be used as a coating material for food packaging materials, and the like. In addition, a copolymer containing a silicone resin and a vinyl acetate resin, a copolymer containing a silicone resin and an acrylic resin, or an acrylic ester or an acrylic ester copolymer may be used as a main material. . Further, a fluorocarbon resin, a lubricant such as paraffin wax, or a surfactant including silicone may be used.

The metal foil layer 3 that can be used as the food additive is a gold coating layer such as a pure gold foil vapor deposition layer deposited by using a device such as a vacuum vapor deposition machine. It is not always necessary to use pure gold foil having a composition ratio of gold extremely close to 100%, and gold foil made of pure gold having high purity may be used. However, the metal foil layer 3 may be made of a silver foil such as a pure silver foil or a pure silver foil having high purity. Therefore, in this specification, the terms “gold” and “silver” do not refer to pure gold and pure silver in a narrow sense, which are unmistakable, but have high purity of gold or silver and are edible. Including things. The thickness of the gold or silver layer is preferably about 400 to 800 angstroms, but is not necessarily limited to this value.

Further, as the material of the metal foil layer 3, copper such as pure copper or pure fine copper, or platinum such as pure platinum or pure fine platinum may be adopted. Then, as a method of producing the coating layer of these metals, it is not always necessary to adopt the vacuum vapor deposition method, and for example, a method such as sputtering, activated reaction vapor deposition, ion plating or the like may be employed. However, according to the sputtering method, it is possible to obtain a coating layer of copper, platinum, gold or silver of extremely high purity in which the composition ratio of copper, platinum, gold or silver is about 99.99%.

Further, on the release layer 7, for example, a metal foil layer 3 of gold or silver, which is formed of a foil stamping metal foil of pure gold or pure gold, or a foil stamping silver foil of pure silver or pure silver, etc. Alternatively, the metal foil layer 3 of another metal may be laminated, for example, by hand. Here, the foil-stamped gold foil or the foil-stamped silver foil is a gold foil or a silver foil in which gold or silver is very thin, for example, it is stretched to a thickness of about 1 to 10,000 mm. Although preferred, the thickness is not limited to the above numerical values. The same applies to other metal foil stamped metal foils.

The metal foil layer 3 may be made of a metal having an edible purity. For example, gold has such a purity as not to be taken as a violation of Article 4 of the Food Sanitation Act of Japan. Gold having a purity of about 94.4%, a composition ratio of silver of about 4.9%, and a composition ratio of about 0.7% of copper can be used. Of course, the composition ratio of gold is not limited to the above-mentioned numerical value, but it is desirable that it is more than the above-mentioned numerical value. As for silver, any edible pure silver or pure fine silver may be used, and the composition ratio of silver is not limited to a specific value. The same applies to copper and platinum.

When the metal foil layer 3 laminated on the release layer 7 is, for example, a metal foil, a silver foil, or another foil metal foil, the electrostatically charged release layer 7 is formed on the release layer 7. If these foil stamped gold foil, silver foil, etc. are carefully placed, the static electricity causes the gold foil, silver foil, etc. to adhere to the release layer 7. In this case, since the foil stamping metal foil, the silver foil, etc. are placed so as to cover them from the upper side, air is present between these foil stamping metal foil, the silver foil, etc. and the release layer 7. Has an innumerable number of pinholes, and the air interposed between them escapes to the upper side through the pinholes, so that the foil stamping foil, the silver foil, and the like adhere to the release layer 7.

The adhesive layer 4 is coated with an edible adhesive, and examples of the adhesive used in this layer include starch syrup such as starch syrup and CMS (carboxymethyl starch). , CMC (carboxymethyl cellulose), food gum, sodium alginate, natural food products, etc. can be used, and particularly, shellac, which is a secretory resin of a lacustrium, which has both thermoplasticity and thermosetting property, is suitable. Can be used. This is because the shellac is harmless to the human body and has excellent adhesiveness with the metal foil layer 3, for example, a layer of gold or silver, and is easily dissolved in alcohol, so that it can be used in a coater or the like. This is because the adhesive layer 4 is excellent in mechanical suitability for a coating device, and further, since a tough film is formed, it is possible to prevent the adhesive layer 4 from being scratched before the foil pressing operation. When shellac is applied to form the adhesive layer 4, the stock solution of shellac is dissolved in an ethanol solution to form a solution having a concentration of, for example, 20 to 40% with respect to the ethanol solution, and the solution is 1 square meter. It is preferable to apply about 1.5 to 2.5 g per unit, but of course, it is not limited to these values.

In addition to the above-mentioned adhesives, edible adhesives such as konjac flour, gum arabic, soybean protein, egg white, starch, crustacean powder, and kelp powder are used for the adhesive layer 4. can do. In addition, as an edible adhesive, acaloid resin, giraffe blood (Dragon's Blo
It is possible to use natural resins that can be used as food additives such as od), Elemi resin, rosin, dammar resin, copal resin, sandalac resin, and white shellac.

Further, as the colorant used in the edible colorant layer C laminated on the release layer 7 in place of the metal foil layer 3 which can be used as the food additive, for example,
Edible ink consisting of fruit pigments such as orange, cowberry, persimmon, gardenia, heron, Japanese warbler, elderberry, and vegetable pigments such as red cabbage and purple cabbage.
Further, fish scale powder, squid ink, crustacean pigments, krill pigments, licorice pigments, colorants of caramel pigments can be used, and also carob pigments, cacao pigments, turmeric pigments, madder pigments, annatto pigments, arcanet pigments, Coloring agents of other pigments such as red rice pigment may be used, and further, synthetic coloring agents recognized by the Food Sanitation Law of Japan may be used.

On the other hand, in the foil pressing material 5 shown in FIG. 9, there is no layer corresponding to the release layer 7 and the adhesive material layer 4, and the edible coloring material layer D is laminated on the base material 6. Only. However, the edible coloring material layer D is a coloring material similar to the coloring material used for the edible coloring material layer C, and the shellac, acaloid resin, and giraffe blood (Dragon's Blood) described above are used. , Eremi resin, rosin, dammar resin, copal resin, sandalac resin, white shellac, and other natural resins that can be used as food additives. Since these natural resins have thermoplasticity, the edible coloring material layer D separates from the base material 6 and easily adheres to the transferred material without the release layer 7 and the adhesive material layer 4. Becomes Incidentally, an example of forming the layer D of the red colorant will be described. 3 weight percent of the synthetic colorant No. 104 (red) and 97 weight percent of the shellac solution (concentration of about 35 percent with respect to the ethanol solution are used). What is included in the base material 6 may be applied to the base material 6 by a gravure printing method and then dried. As described above, the foil stamping material 5 in which both the release layer and the adhesive material layer are omitted can be manufactured at a low cost because the manufacturing process is simplified. Further, since the both layers do not exist, the thickness of the foil pressing material 5 becomes thin and the so-called foil (layer D of the edible coloring material) is easily removed.
Foil stamping work becomes easy.

The layers C and D of the edible coloring material
In addition, a metal powder that can be used as a food additive may be added.

On the other hand, the foil stamping material 5 having such a structure
It is preferable that the edible film S0 foil-stamped with is a water-soluble edible film S0 which is mainly soluble in water such as pullulan or agar and is soluble in water or hot water. Pullulan is a natural polysaccharide obtained from starch as the main raw material, and the film-formed pullulan film is widely used for food and has excellent water solubility and transparency as well as excellent printability. Equipped with.

However, as the edible film S0,
The film is not necessarily limited to the above pullulan or agar-based film, for example, soybean flour, cereal flour,
Wafer, collagen, gelatin, color giannan,
The edible film S0 containing alginate, natural gum or the like as a main component may be used, or the edible film S0 may be used.
Does not necessarily have to be water soluble. The non-water-soluble edible film S0 includes a protein-based film, for example, a film containing zein as a main component. Also,
The water solubility rate of the water-soluble edible film can be adjusted by adding a plasticizer to the water-soluble edible film S0. It can be made difficult to dissolve in.

Then, the edible film material F1 (or the colored edible film material F2 or F with a foil-like shape) using the food and drink K1 and the water-soluble edible film S0 is used.
3) The edible food 1 mixed with the above is placed on a food product containing water such as ice cream, a cream portion of a decoration cake, agar, water yokan, and seaweed or a soy sauce-coated arare. When sprinkled, the water-soluble edible film S0 is melted, and an image or the like (including a solid one) made of the metal foil 3a (or the edible coloring material C1 or D1) is attached to the food, Can be eaten with food. In addition, when the edible food 1 is put in a drink P1 such as water, hot water, soup, juice, coffee, tea, or alcoholic beverage, a water-soluble edible film S0 is obtained.
Melted, and an image or the like (including a solid one) made of the metal foil 3a (or the edible coloring material C1 or D1)
It can be taken with the drink P1 while floating on the liquid surface of the drink P1 (may be submerged in the liquid).

The edible material 1 is, for example, tempura,
It may be sprinkled on foods such as soup, ramen, fresh fish, meat, fruits, and further, foods such as Japanese food, Chinese food, Western food, sushi seaweed, or various foods such as red rice and rice. It may be sprinkled on top, or may be sprinkled on objects other than food for decoration or other reasons.

Then, as a method for attaching an image or the like made of the metal foil 3a (or the edible coloring material C1 or D1) to food such as buns and confectionery, edible 1
Can be sprinkled on food such as steamed buns and sweets, and put in a steamer to steam the food. By dissolving the water-soluble edible film S0 with water vapor, the metal foil 3a
An image or the like composed of (or an edible coloring material C1 or D1) adheres to food such as buns and confectionery. Similarly, for foods such as bread and cakes, for example, water, butter, cream, etc. are applied to them, and the edible food 1 is sprinkled on them to bake the metal foil 3a (or An image or the like composed of the edible coloring material C1 or D1) can be attached to food such as bread and cake.
As another method, sprinkle the edible 1 on the food,
By passing the food through a steam chamber or a high temperature chamber, the water-soluble edible film S0 is melted, and the food is made of a metal foil 3a (or an edible coloring material C1 or D1), etc. May be attached.

The edible film S0 that is foil-stamped using the foil stamping member 5 may not be foil-stamped on only one side thereof, but may be foil-stamped on both front and back sides. This is when the edible film S0 is transparent,
When an image or the like is foil-printed on one surface of the edible film S0, the adhesive material attached to the back surface of the image or the like can be seen through the edible film S0. Therefore, when the image or the like floats in the drink P1, for example, the adhesive material attached to the back surface of the image may impair the aesthetic appearance of the image or the like.

Therefore, an image or the like made of the metal foil 3a (or the coloring material C1) having substantially the same shape and size is formed on the front and back surfaces of the edible film S0 via the edible adhesive 4a. Between the two sides of the edible film S0 and the image formed of the metal foil 3a (or the coloring material C1) to be stamped and printed on both sides of the edible film S0 when the foil is printed so as to be symmetrically positioned. Each of the adhesives 4a sandwiched between is hidden by the image or the like and cannot be seen from the outside.

However, the metal foil 3a (or the coloring material C1) to be stamped and printed on both sides of the edible film S0.
Images, etc. that are composed of, for example, gold foil,
There is no need to use silver foil or the like. That is, one side of the edible film S0 may be a gold foil, and the opposite side may be a silver foil, and the gold foil on one side of the edible film S0 may differ from the gold foil on the other side in vividness,
Alternatively, different coloring may be applied to the gold foil on one side of the edible film S0 and the gold foil on the opposite side, and when different foils are printed on both sides of the edible film S0 by foil stamp printing, different colors are obtained. It is interesting and interesting.

The present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments, but various modifications can be made. That is, in the illustrated embodiment, the metal foil 3 is formed on the edible film S0 by the foil stamping method using the foil stamping material 5.
Although a is attached and formed, the metal foil 3a may be directly attached and formed on the edible film S0 by a method other than the foil stamping printing, for example, a method such as a vacuum vapor deposition method or a sputtering method. Also, the edible film S0
The material of the metal foil 3a attached to the top is not limited to metals such as gold, silver, copper, platinum, etc.
For example, aluminum, nickel, or iron may be used, that is, any metal that can be used as a food additive may be used. The foil pressing material 5 may include a layer other than the release layer 7, the metal foil layer 3, and the adhesive layer 4 on the base material 6. For example, a colored layer that applies an edible ink to at least one of the release layer 7 and the metal foil layer 3 or between the adhesive layer 4 and the metal foil layer 3. If it is formed, foil stamp printing with various colors is possible. That is, for example, when an edible coloring layer of red color is laminated on at least one of the upper side and the lower side of the metal foil layer 3, at least the upper side or the lower side of the metal foil layer 3 is laminated. On the other hand, the colored layer gives a reddish tinge. If an edible colored layer made of pearl powder is laminated on the metal foil layer 3, the metal foil layer 3 looks like a mixture of gold or silver and pearl, You can expect interesting colors. A colored layer may be formed on both the upper side and the lower side of the metal foil layer 3. As the colorant used for this colored layer, the same colorant as the colorant used for the above-mentioned edible colorant layer C can be used. Further, for coloring between the release layer 7 and the metal foil layer 3,
For example, a coating layer made of pure silver or another edible metal may be separately formed.

In the above embodiment, the release layer 7 of the foil stamping material 5 is made of a release material mainly composed of silicone or an acrylic acid ester copolymer, but the release layer is described above. The layer 7 may be formed by applying a shellac solution in which shellac is dissolved with ethanol. The reason why shellac can be used not only as an adhesive material but also as a release material is that shellac has thermoplasticity and softens due to heating during foil stamping, so the function of the adhesive material deteriorates, and rather as a release material. It will work.

When the foil pressing material 5 in which the adhesive layer 4 is made of shellac is used for foil pressing printing on an edible film S0 containing starch as a main component such as pullulan, an adhesive material is used. Then, a zein layer may be provided by applying a solution of zein, which is a component of corn protein, and drying it on the edible film S0 supported by the support material T1.

This is because the shellac used as the adhesive layer 4 does not easily adhere to pullulan, but adheres well to zein. However, when the object to be foil-stamped is an edible film other than the edible film S0 containing starch as a main component, such as pullulan, the shellac used as the adhesive layer 4 is sufficiently edible with the edible film. Since it is adhered and cannot be peeled off, it is not necessary to provide a zein layer on the edible film S0. The coating amount of the zein layer is, for example,
It is preferable to apply a solution of zein having a concentration of about 20% on the order of 1 to 2 grams per square meter, but it is not necessarily limited to this value.

As is clear from the above description, the edible food according to the present invention has the following effects.

Since the edible foodstuffs according to claims 1 and 2 are obtained by mixing the edible film material with foil or the colored edible film material in the form of small pieces into food and drink products such as sugar and other granular materials, for example, When placed in a drink such as black tea, the edible film material with a foil or colored edible film material in the form of a small piece floats on the liquid surface or the like and can be attracted to the eye. Further, the edible film material with a small piece of foil or the colored edible film material is a metal foil or edible coloring material that can be used as a food additive, since it is adhered on the edible film, That is, since it has the ability to withstand, it does not curl up even when placed in a drink or the like, and is kept in a constant shape.

Further, the edible foods according to claims 3 and 5 have the same shape and size as the metal foil which can be used as a food additive is adhered on the edible film by the hot stamping printing method. It is possible to easily and in large quantities produce a small-piece-shaped edible film material with a foil in which an image or the like (including a solid one) made of the foil is attached on the edible film. Therefore, it is possible to mass-produce edible foods containing such edible film material with foil.

Further, in the edible food according to claims 4, 6 and 7, the edible coloring material is adhered on the edible film by the foil stamping printing method. It is possible to easily and in large quantities produce a small piece of a colored edible film material in which an image or the like (including a solid one) made of a coloring material is attached on the edible film. Therefore, mass production of edible foods containing such colored edible film material is also possible.

Further, since the edible food according to the eighth aspect is contained in the portable storage body, it is easy to carry and convenient to use.

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[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a state in which edible food according to the present invention is put into a drink.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state in which an edible material is put into a drink and a edible film material with a small piece of foil (or a colored edible film material) floats on the liquid surface.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged side view showing a state in which a metal foil (or an edible coloring material) is foil-press printed on an edible film using a foil stamping material.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged cross-sectional view showing a state in which a metal foil (or an edible coloring material) is attached to an edible film supported by a support material via an adhesive.

FIG. 5: A state in which a metal foil (or an edible coloring material) is adhered to an edible film supported by a support material via an adhesive, and cut into small pieces. It is an expanded sectional view showing.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged sectional view of a edible film material with a small piece of foil.

FIG. 7 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a small piece of colored edible film material.

FIG. 8 is a view corresponding to FIG. 6 in another example.

FIG. 9 is a view corresponding to FIG. 3 in another example.

FIG. 10 is a view corresponding to FIG. 4 in another example.

FIG. 11 is a view corresponding to FIG. 5 in another example.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 edible W1 container 3 metal foil layer 3a metal foil 4 adhesive layer 4a adhesive 5 foil stamping material 6 base material 7 release layer
S0 edible film C, D edible coloring material layer C1, D1 edible coloring material F1 edible film material with foil in small pieces F2, F3 colored edible film material in small pieces K1 sugar (granular etc. Food and drinks)

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A metal foil that can be used as a food additive is adhering onto an edible film, and the edible film material with foil in the form of a small piece is mixed with granular or powdery or small pieces of food or drink. Edible food. 2. An edible product comprising a granular, edible colored film material having an edible coloring material adhered onto an edible film, and mixed with granular or powdery or flaky food and drink products. 3. The edible product according to claim 1, wherein a metal foil that can be used as the food additive is deposited on the edible film by a foil printing method. 4. The edible food product according to claim 2, wherein the edible coloring material is deposited on the edible film by a foil stamping method. 5. A base material, a release layer made of at least a food additive or other edible material or a material that can be used as a coating material for food packaging material, and a metal foil that can be used as a food additive. Layer and an edible adhesive layer are formed by laminating in order, using a foil stamping material, by foil stamping printing on an edible film, the metal foil is attached onto the edible film. An edible product obtained by cutting an edible film material with a foil formed into pieces into small pieces, and mixing the edible film material with foil pieces into a granular, powdery, or small piece of food or drink. 6. A release layer made of at least a base material, a food additive or other edible material or a material that can be used as a coating material for food packaging material, and an edible coloring material layer. Using a foil stamping material that is formed by sequentially stacking an edible adhesive layer, the edible coloring material is deposited on the edible film by hot-press printing on an edible film. Colored edible film material,
Cut into small pieces and use this small piece of colored edible film material
Edible food that is mixed with granular, powdery, or small pieces of food and drink. 7. A least-based material, this is laminated to the base material, using a stamping material natural resins can be used as a food additive comprising a layer of colorant edible mixed, edible film By hot stamping on, the edible coloring material, the colored edible film material formed by adhering on the edible film, cut into small pieces, this small piece of colored edible film material. , Edible foods that are mixed with granular, powdery or small pieces of food and drink. 8. The edible food according to any one of claims 1 to 7, which is contained in a portable storage body.