PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a high-quality cooked rice having a moderate texture, sweetness, or delicious taste, to promote the simplification and rationalization of industrial production process of the cooked rice, and to contribute also the improvement of hygienic management.SOLUTION: Provided is a cooked rice production apparatus 10 including: a soaking apparatus 13 for immersing rice in water a saturated moist air processing apparatus 14 for contacting the rice immersed in water with the saturated moist air at 60-85°C a container filling apparatus 15 for filling a prescribed container with the rice contacted with the saturated moist air by the saturated moist air processing apparatus 14 a water supply device 16 for supplying a prescribed amount of water to the container filled with the rice by the container filling apparatus 15 and a heating device 17 for heating the container water-supplied by the water supply device 16 at a temperature of 95°C or more.COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT【課題】適度な食感と甘みや旨味のある高品質の米飯を提供するとともに、米飯の工業生産工程の簡略化及び合理化を促進し、衛生管理の向上にも資すること。【解決手段】米飯製造装置10は、米を水中に浸漬させる浸漬装置13と、水中に浸漬させた後の米を温度60℃~85℃の飽和湿り空気に接触させる飽和湿り空気加工処理装置14と、飽和湿り空気加工処理装置14で飽和湿り空気に接触させた後の米を所定の容器に充填する容器充填装置15と、容器充填装置15で米が充填された容器に所定量の水を供給する給水装置16と、給水装置16で給水された後の容器を温度95℃以上で加熱する加熱装置17とを備えている。【選択図】 図1
