PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for producing a red bean beverage in a container, attaining efficiency in food industrial production of a sweet porridge of red beans, and bringing the flavor of the finished product closer to the sweet porridge of red beans to enhance the effect of appealing to consumers.SOLUTION: The method for producing a red bean beverage includes a pulverizing process for pulverizing raw red beans by an air flow pulverizer to obtain pulverized red bean powder with a maximum grain diameter of 840 μm or less and an average grain diameter of 50 μm or less a heating process for adding water to the pulverized red bean powder, and heating it to obtain red bean boiled liquid a filling process for filling a can container for beverage with the red bean boiled liquid and sealing the can container to obtain a red bean liquid filled container and a heat sterilizing process for heat-sterilizing the red bean liquid filled container.COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT【課題】食品工業的な汁粉の製造の効率化を図るとともに、できあがった製品の風味もより汁粉に近づけ、消費者への訴求効果を高めた容器入りの小豆飲料の製造方法を提供する。【解決手段】生小豆を気流粉砕機により粉砕して最大粒径を840μm以下とし、かつ平均粒径を50μm以下とする粉砕小豆粉末を得る粉砕工程と、粉砕小豆粉末に加水して加熱し小豆煮沸液を得る加熱工程と、小豆煮沸液を飲料用缶容器に充填及び封止して小豆液充填容器を得る充填工程と、小豆液充填容器を加熱殺菌する加熱殺菌工程を含む。【選択図】図1
