PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for imparting a roasted flavor or a nut-like flavor to a non-nut leguminous plant material.SOLUTION: The method for heat-treating a non-nut leguminous plant material in a particulate form for use in food products includes the step of heating the pulverized or milled non-nut leguminous plant material in a particulate form suspended in a fluid stream in a fluid bed dryer at elevated temperature of at least 130°C for at least 3 minutes, thereby imparting desired flavor characteristics to the non-nut leguminous plant material in a particulate form.COPYRIGHT: (C)2015,JPO&INPIT【課題】非ナッツ系マメ科植物性材料に、ロースト風味又はナッツに似た風味を与える。【解決手段】本発明には、食品に用いられる粒子状非ナッツ系マメ科植物性材料を熱処理する方法に関する。かかる方法は、粉砕又は製粉され且つ流動層乾燥機内の流体流れ内に懸濁された粒子状非ナッツ系マメ科植物性材料を、少なくとも3分間にわたって少なくとも130℃の高温にして、所望の風味特性を粒子状非ナッツ系マメ科植物性材料に発現させるステップを含む。【選択図】図1
