PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a noodle whose boiling time is drastically shortened as compared with a grooveless noodle, and which is in no way inferior to the grooveless noodle in appearance, eating quality and palate feeling after cooking.SOLUTION: In this grooved noodle, the maximum diameter of the cross section of a noodle strip is 1.2 mm-3.0 mm, and the main outer shape thereof is a circle or an elliptical arc. The grooved noodle includes a plurality of grooves along the longitudinal direction of the noodle strip, and the total of areas occupied by the plurality of grooves in the cross section of the noodle strip is 30-50% of the area of the circle or the ellipse formed by the main outer shape of the noodle strip.COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT【課題】麺類の茹で時間を溝なしの麺よりも大幅に短くし、かつ、調理後の外観、食味および食感において溝なしの麺と遜色がない麺類を提供する。【解決手段】麺線の横断面の最大径が1.2mm~3.0mmであり、その主外形が円または楕円の円弧である麺類であって、麺線の縦方向に沿った複数の溝を有し、麺線の横断面において、複数の溝の占める面積の合計を、麺線の主外形で形成される円または楕円の面積の30~50%とすることにより、上記課題を解決する。【選択図】図1
