METHOD OF PRODUCING APPLE FRUIT POWDER

摘要

To provide a method of producing apple fruit powder capable of eliminating bitterness or astringency even without removing peel and seeds of apple which is a raw material and increasing sugar content.SOLUTION: A method of this invention comprises: a fragmentation step of fragmenting apple fruit including seeds and inner peel; a steaming step of heating the apple fruit with steam under a condition in which enzyme present in the apple fruit is not completely inactivated; an aging/drying step of performing aging within a time range during which rotting due to saprophyte growth does not occur so as to accelerate enzymolysis and drying of the apple fruit at a temperature that activates the enzyme; an inactivating heating/drying step of performing heating in order to inhibit saprophyte growth by accelerating drying at a temperature that inactivates the enzyme; and a powdering step of heightening fragmentation degree for the apple to be in a powder form.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1