MERINGUE COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING MERINGUE CONFECTIONERY USING THE SAME

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a meringue composition excellent in foaming power of egg white and including starch or starch and egg white powder as a foaming agent so as to have foams stably maintained and to provide a method for producing meringue confectionery using the meringue composition.SOLUTION: The production method useful for mass production of meringue confectionery includes continuously performing the steps comprising: preparing a meringue composition having starch or starch and egg white powder as a foaming agent contained in a predetermined content into a raw material mixture comprising egg white and sugar; mixing the meringue composition under conditions of a low temperature and a low speed so as to inhibit the formation of foams and then whipping at a high speed to produce meringue; and molding the meringue into a confectionery shape by a stencil technique and then baking in a steel band oven.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1