Abstract: In a production method for a protein processed food, a tubular body having an outlet for a protein processed food at one end, and a core material arranged inside the tubular body and extending to at least the outlet along an axial direction of the tubular body are used, a mixture is supplied between the tubular body and the core material while the core material is rotated around the axial direction of the tubular body, the mixture is extruded toward the outlet, and at a side further upstream than the outlet, the mixture is internally heated and coagulated, and the coagulated hollow protein processed food is discharged from the outlet.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a processed food product containing protein includes, while moving a mixture in a tubular body, continuously heat-coagulating the mixture by an interior heating system and shaping the mixture. The mixture contains protein, lipid and water and has flowability. The tubular body includes a heating section and a non-heating section succeeding the heating section. The non-heating section includes a back pressure structure that produces back pressure inside the tubular body.

Abstract: A heat-coagulated protein processed food product obtained by continuously heat-coagulating and molding a mixture that includes a protein, a lipid, and moisture and has fluidity, by an internal heating method while the mixture is moved within a cylinder having a heating part, and a non-heating part following on from the heating part, is dynamically cut with a cutting blade to form plural noodle-shaped bodies, and the plural noodle-shaped bodies after the cutting cohere with each other at surfaces along a longitudinal direction of the noodle-shaped bodies.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a processed food product containing protein includes, while moving a mixture in a tubular body, continuously heat-coagulating the mixture by an interior heating system and shaping the mixture. The mixture contains protein, lipid and water and has flowability. The tubular body includes a heating section and a non-heating section succeeding the heating section. The non-heating section includes a back pressure structure that produces back pressure inside the tubular body.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a processed food which is produced by continuously heating/molding a fluid raw material containing a protein, a lipid, and water. A method for heating a material to be heated continuously by an internal heating system while moving the material in a tube comprising: (a) arranging the tube vertically or substantially vertically (a tilt of not greater than 15°) and heating/molding a mixture while feeding the mixture upward from a bottom in the tube and/or (b) heating/molding the mixture while rotating the tube around a rotation axis, the rotation axis being a center line in a length direction of the tube. The internal heating system is preferably microwave heating, Joule heating, or high-frequency heating.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a processed food which is produced by continuously heating/molding a fluid raw material containing a protein, a lipid, and water. A method for heating a material to be heated continuously by an internal heating system while moving the material in a tube comprising: (a) arranging the tube vertically or substantially vertically (a tilt of not greater than 15°) and heating/molding a mixture while feeding the mixture upward from a bottom in the tube and/or (b) heating/molding the mixture while rotating the tube around a rotation axis, the rotation axis being a center line in a length direction of the tube. The internal heating system is preferably microwave heating, Joule heating, or high-frequency heating.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a processed food which is produced by continuously heating/molding a fluid raw material containing a protein, a lipid, and water. A method for heating a material to be heated continuously by an internal heating system while moving the material in a tube comprising: (a) arranging the tube vertically or substantially vertically (a tilt of not greater than 15°) and heating/molding a mixture while feeding the mixture upward from a bottom in the tube and/or (b) heating/molding the mixture while rotating the tube around a rotation axis, the rotation axis being a center line in a length direction of the tube. The internal heating system is preferably microwave heating, Joule heating, or high-frequency heating.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for efficiently utilizing crustaceans, particularly, krill as resources. More particularly, the present invention provides a method for efficiently recovering and utilizing lipophilic effective substances such as carotenoids, highly-unsaturated fatty acids, and phospholipids which are components thereof. There are provided an aggregate of eyeballs of a crustacean; use of an aggregate of eyeballs of a crustacean as a supply source of a carotenoid, highly-unsaturated fatty acids and/or phospholipids; a food or a nutritional hearth supplement for furnishing a carotenoid, highly-unsaturated fatty acids/or phospholipids, which contains an aggregate of eyeballs of a crustacean as it is or in a pulverized state; and a process for producing an aggregate of eyeballs of a crustacean containing reducing a water content of the crustacean to facilitate the separation of the eyeballs and separating the eyeballs from a fish body by physical impact, followed by recovering them.

Abstract: A dried powdery and granular krill product containing all components of krill. The proteolytic enzymes originally contained in krill materials are perfectly disabled. The product is produced by a process including only heating as means for denaturing protein and disabling the proteolytic enzymes originally contained in krill materials. The product is produced by a process including no chemicals treatment to remove water and disable or inactivate the proteolytic enzymes in any production steps, and generating no wastewater. The production process comprises the steps of lightly dehydrating krill, coarsely crushing the krill, and drying the coarsely crushed krill under heating. Thus, water is removed from the krill by only heating, and degradation of the lipid in the krill product is prevented without using an anti-oxidant. Application fields are enlarged and the preservation characteristic is improved. The so-called zero-emission method and product, generating no wastes, are realized.

Abstract: An automatic feeding apparatus for aquatic life comprising a cultivating device 20 for cultivating the aquatic life 10, and a feeding device 80 for supplying food, which further comprises an image acquisition device 40A for taking an image of wave forms at surface of water 30 in the cultivating device, an image processing device 50 for processing the image to a binary image, an activity calculating device 60 for calculating a value indicating the activity of the aquatic life by calculating a total number and/or a total area of the wave forms based on the binary image, a feeding amount control device 70 for controlling feeding amount and feeding time of the feeding device based on the value, and a device 110 , 40B for adjusting the feeding amount based on cultivation environment and/or number and size of the aquatic life.