PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide laver granules allowing the laver to be crunched without trouble and easily swallowed when eaten.SOLUTION: Raw material laver composed of small tabular pieces of laver and/or laver powder is heated and agitated under presence of hot water and/or a seasoning liquid, so as to be crimped and formed into a granular form by agitation with twisting during drying. The heating of raw material laver is performed at a surface temperature of the raw material laver in the range of 65 to 90°C. The drying of the crimped raw material laver is performed in the range of 40 to 90°C. Hot water and/or a seasoning liquid in an amount of 110 to 170 wt% relative to the raw material laver is sprayed to the raw material laver. Dried laver and/or processed laver is cut into squares of 5 mm or less to produce the small pieces of laver.COPYRIGHT: (C)2014,JPO&INPIT【課題】 海苔を喫食する場合において、海苔の噛下に支障を生ずることなく容易に嚥下できる顆粒海苔を提供する。【解決手段】 板状の海苔小片及び/又は海苔粉末である海苔原料を、湯水及び/又は調味液の存在下加熱撹拌して圧着させ、乾燥しながら撹拌して縒りを加え顆粒状に形成する。海苔原料の加熱を、海苔原料の表面温度が65~90℃の範囲で行い、圧着させた海苔原料の乾燥を、40~90℃の範囲で行う。海苔原料に対して110~170重量%の湯水及び/又は調味液を海苔原料に噴霧する。海苔小片が、乾海苔及び/又は加工海苔を5mm角以下に裁断したものである。【選択図】なし
