| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain adzuki bean powder for bean jam not yet sweetened with sugar having a color tone of an L*-value of a specific value or more and a b*-value of a specific value or less, capable of giving bean jam having excellent color tone the same as bean jam just prepared and not dried by adding water for restoration, and excellent in preservability and handleability. SOLUTION: This adzuki bean powder for bean jam not yet sweetened with sugar is characterized in that: the color tone has L*-value of +60 or more, preferably +60 to +90, more preferably +65 to +85, further preferably +70 to +80, b*-value of +12 or less, preferably +2 to +12, more preferably +4 to +10, further preferably +6 to +8, and preferably a*-value of +10 or less; 70 wt.% or more of the powder has particle diameters of 250 μm or less; the water content is 15 wt.% or less; the powder is prepared by vacuum drying method; and ERIMO adzuki bean (ERIMO is a name of a district in Japan) is used as the raw material. |
