MANUFACTURING PROCESS OF SPHEROIDAL FOOD DYES

Abstract: The process of manufacturing spheroidal shaped granules using mixture of liquid food colour (i.e. FD and C dyes, acid dyes, D and C dyes, synthetic dyes and blends of synthetic dyes) which is first spray dried, then pulverized, then blended with water to form noodles which are cut into an uniform size. These uniform sized noodles are then subjected to a spherodizer containing a bowl with a plate bottom wherein the noodles are subjected to a centrifugal action which makes the noodles to collide with the wall of the bowl and return back. This continuous action of hit and cut transforms the noodles into spheroidal shaped granules which are then dried and sieved in a vibratory sifter to obtain spheroidal granules having, high rate solubility, do not disintegrate into dust form, are easier to handle.

Description: MANUFACTURING PROCESS OF SPHEROIDAL FOOD DYES This invention relates to a manufacturing process of spheroidal shaped food dye granules more particularly a spheroidal-shaped food dye granule made from food colors ( FD and C dyes, acid dyes, D and C dyes, synthetic dyes and blends of synthetic dyes ). PRIOR ART : Under the prior art, a food dye granule is prepared from food colors ( FD and C dyes, acid dyes, D and C dyes, synthetic dyes and blends of synthetic dyes ) wherein the raw materials are subjected to the following steps viz. drying of a slurry, reduction of the dried product into an ultra fine state in a pulveriser, charging the powder by a process of compacting ( marked as 1 in sheet No. 1 ), transforming the compacted material into a cadmill ( marked as 2 in sheet No. 1 ) where the same is run through and crushed by rotating blades to get granules of desired size, charging the cadmilled material and subjecting the granules to a vibratory sifter ( marked as 3 in sheet No. 1 ) for uniform segregation of granules. The food dye granules obtained by the aforementioned process have certain short falls in that the granules are irregular in shape and size, having sharp edges they have a tendency to easily disintegrate into dust-form which makes it difficult to handle. INVENTION : To overcome the aforegiven short comings, a new process for manufacture of food dye granule using food colors ( FD and C dyes, acid dyes, D and C dyes, synthetic dyes and blends of synthetic dyes ) is suggested hereinbelow which has certain characteristics viz. the granules are spheroidal in shape and are uniformly sized, do not disintegrate or form dust thus are easier in handling. The granules have high solubility, reduced abrasion and l ow friability and there is negligible retention while conducting the sieve test. The spheroidal granules made by the above referred inventive process are developed on a simple principle wherein the powder is compacted in the presence of binding fluid to form spheroidal shaped uniform granules which have no sharp edges to break off to create color dust. By this process dye granule is prepared from food colors ( FD and C dyes, acid dyes, D and C dyes, synthetic dyes and blends of synthetic dyes ) wherein the raw materials are subjected to the following steps viz. spray drying the powder and reducing it to an ultra fine state, mixing the powder with water, charging the blended wet powder mix into radial noodler, collecting the precipitate into a hopper, processing the precipitate into the spherodizer till spherodial shaped granules are formed and dried to produce uniformly sized spheroidal granules. DETAILED WORKING PRINCIPLE : Under the known process of manufacture of a food dye granule, raw material which is generally in liquid form is dried in the spray drier to obtain a powder form of raw material. This powder form of raw material which is in an agglomerated state is subjected to pulverisation in the pulveriser to uniformly reduce it to an uniform ultra fine state. This spray dried ultra fine powder is charged in the compactor ( marked as 1 in sheet No. 1 ) by controlling the speed of the conveyor by being pressed through the fixed roller gap which are rotating axially in forward direction. This powder is compacted into flakes. The flake shaped product is then transferred into a cadmill ( marked as 2 in sheet No. 1 ), maintained at a temperature higher than the room temperature, where they are struck and crushed by blades fixed on the cadmill to produce granules of desired size. The granules so formed are then sieved through a vibratory sifter ( marked as 3 in sheet No. 1 ) to collect irregular shaped granules. The granules so formed have a tendency to disintegrate into dust form which makes it difficult to handle. The granules so obtained by the above process have an affinity to absorb moisture due to high operating temperature. Owing to certain shortfalls under the prior art, this invention comes out with a new process wherein the raw material which is in the form of liquid is subjected to drying in the spray drier to obtain a powder form of raw material. The resultant product is a mixture of powder in fine and agglomerated state which is pulverized (grinded) in the pulveriser to uniformly reduce the particle size to ultra fine state. In the pulveriser, the powder is reduced to an uniform ultra fine state. This raw material in ultra fine powder state is weighed and loaded on to the blender ( marked as 1 in sheet No. 2 ). In the blender, the ultra fine powder is mixed with water at 60 rpm for 15 minutes. The temperature of the blender is maintained at 35°C to 80°C. Water is sprayed into the blender through the spray nozzle at an ambient temperature. The blended mixture is then charged into the radial noodler ( marked as 2 in sheet No. 2 ) through the hopper with feed scraper. The hopper has an inlet and an outlet through which the blended mixture passes on to the roller consisting of perforated roller assembly ( as illustrated as in sheet No. 3 ). The perforated roller assembly ( as illustrated in sheet No. 3 ) has a multiple number of perforations with each perforation having an entry bore and an exit bore which extends from the outside of the perforated roller to the inside of the perforated ' roller with pore size of about .28 inches to .032 inches. The blended mixture when charged through the roller results in the formation of noodles ( as illustrated in sheet No. 4 ). The noodles produced are simultaneously cut into regular lengths with the help of a cutter fixed on the perforated roller assembly. The non dusty, non agglomerated, uniform sized noodles are collected in the hopper fitted with controlled discharge valve. The uniform sized, noodles are gravity charged into the spherodizer ( marked as 3 in sheet No. 2 ) from the hopper. The spherodizer is preheated from about 40° C to 85° C which is maintained through out the process of spherodization. In the spherodizer, the noodles are rotated in a fixed bowl with a bottom of chequered plate rotating at about 500 rpm to 1500 rpm. The noodles while rotating, collide against the wall of the bowl and return to the center of the bowl and then again move towards the wall producing ( as illustrated in sheet No. 5 ). uniform spherical particles due to centrifuge action and impact forces. The size of the spheres is determined by the screen size of the perforated roller assembly of the radial noodler. The moisture content of the product ranges from about 15% to 30% before drying. The uniform sized, spherical shaped product obtained is dried in a drier ( marked as 4 in sheet No. 2 ) wherein the moisture content of spheroidal granules thus produced is reduced. These spheroidal granules so formed are sieved through the vibratory sifter ( marked as 5 in sheet No. 2 ) to collect uniform sized, spherical shaped granules. Summary of the Invention The objective of the present invention was to produce, dust less, easily soluble, porous, uniform spheroidal shaped granules of food colors ( FD and C dyes, acid dyes, D and C dyes, synthetic dyes and blends of synthetic dyes ). The method and apparatus used in the invention are very effective and have a significant contribution to the production of the new food colour granules ( FD and C dyes, acid dyes, D and C dyes, synthetic dyes and blends of synthetic dyes ). They are very simple in their manner of their performance and/ or operation. The salient features of the present invention which distinguish it from the prior granules of food colors ( FD and C dyes, acid dyes, D and C dyes, synthetic dyes and blends of synthetic dyes ) : 1. The method and apparatus adopted for the invention have resulted in a uniformly sized, spherical product which reduces friability to a great extent during handling and transportation. 2. The invention is cost effective than ' other products in use. 3. The invention is more efficient with negligible losses than other known methods in use. ANNEXURE - 1 OUR RANGE OF SPHEROCLEAN SYNTHETIC DYES

Claims: CLAIMS 1. An invention in respect of manufacturing process of spheroidal shaped food dye granules wherein the blended mixture of water and food colour in powdered form is subjected to charging in a radial noodles ( fitted with a hopper and feed scraper ) wherein the said mixture is , transformed into noodles which are further cut into uniform sized noodles. 2. An invention as claimed in claim 1 wherein the uniform sized noodles are then transferred to a pre-heated spherodizer containing a bowl with a chequered plate bottom wherein the noodles are subjected to a centrifugal action and impact forces at the rate of 500 rpm to 1500 rpm. Which make the noodles to continuously collide against the wall of the bowl and return to the centre, thus forming the noodle into spheroidal shaped granules. 3. An invention as claimed in claim 2 above wherein the spheroidal shaped granules are thereafter dried and sieved to obtain uniform sized spheroidal granules having : a) high rate of solubility, b) do not disintegrate into dust form due to its spherical shape thus making it easier to handle which allows accurate measurement and c) reduced abrasion. 4. An invention as claimed in claim 1 above wherein the mixture subjected to charging in a radial noodler passes within the noodler into a perforated roller assembly having multiple perforations resulting in the transformation of the blended mixture into uniform sized noodles. 1 An invention as claimed in claim 2 above wherein the moisture content of the spheroidal shaped granules is optimized at an optimum temperature of 40°C to 85°C.

Inventors: TIBREWALA RAMAKANT JAGDISHPRAS, TIBREWALA, RAMAKANT, JAGDISHPRASAD
Applicants: ROHA DYECHEM LTD, TIBREWALA RAMAKANT JAGDISHPRAS, ROHA DYECHEM LIMITED, TIBREWALA, RAMAKANT, JAGDISHPRASAD
Application year: 2000
Main classification: C09B67
IPC codes: C09B67