To provide a method for producing a dried powdery soybean in a relatively
short time which contains almost no substance except ingredients of
soybean, is resistant to oxidation, and is excellent in shelf life. The
method comprises: (Immersing step) wherein water-washed soybeans and
tocopherol are immersed in water for a certain time; (Steaming step)
wherein the immersed soybeans are steamed; (Crushing step) wherein the
steamed soybeans are crushed to a specified size; (Enzyme treating step)
wherein a pectinase enzyme and the tocopherol are supplied to the crushed
soybeans to prepare a mixture solution, then the mixture solution is
agitated for a specified time at an activation temperature of the
pectinase enzyme; (Deactivating step) wherein the mixture solution after
the enzyme treatment is rapidly heated to deactivate the enzyme, then
rapidly cooled; (Separating step) wherein the mixture solution is passed
through a screen to micropulverize the solid material to a single cell
level, then separated to obtain a slurry; (Drying step) wherein the
slurry is dried by spray drying to obtain the dried powdery soybean.