PREPARATION OF GRANULE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prepare the granules of a food, a medicine, etc., capable of emphasizing its flavor, fragrance, etc., excellent in texture, capable of being maintained in a good shape from their preparation time to their handling time. SOLUTION: This method for preparing the granules of a food, a medicine, etc., comprises mixing a powdery raw material with the powder of a binder having a melting point of 40-130 deg.C, heating and stirring the mixture at a higher temperature than the melting point of the binder powder or higher, simultaneously spraying the heated and melted products of solid fats containing a solid fat having a melting point of 40-120 deg.C in an amount of >=70% on the heated and stirred mixture, and subsequently cooling the mixture at a lower temperature than the melting point of the binder powder or lower. The powdery raw material includes various kinds of flavor materials and fragrant materials and is used in an amount of 70-95wt.%. The binder powder includes beef tallow and palm oil, and is used in an amount of 4-20wt.%. The solid fats are used in an amount of 1-20wt.%. The solid fats are the extract fats of a flavor raw component and/or a fragrant raw component, or the heated mixture of a raw material solid fat with the flavor raw material and/or the fragrant raw material. The method for preparing the granules is effective for granulating the powder of a single spice such as pepper, the powder of a mixed spice such as curry powder, etc.