PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide sugar-coated food tasting moderately acid without spoiling tastiness of sugar after giving a strong acid taste at an instant of being put in the mouth and having a smooth licking sensation and a crunchy texture.SOLUTION: The sugar-coated food comprises food at the center part, a sugar-coated part formed on the surface of the center part and having a weight at least five times the weight of the center part, and an outermost layer formed on the surface of the sugar-coated part and comprising moisture-absorbing organic acid. The sugar-coated part is formed of a multilayer structure with sugar layers and vitamin C layers alternately superposed, and the average grain diameter of sugar crystal contained in the sugar layers is within a range of 5-15 μm.COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT【課題】口に入れた瞬間に強い酸味が感じられた後に、砂糖のおいしさが損なわれずに程よい酸味を感じることができ、かつ滑らかな舐め心地とクランチ性のある食感とを有する糖衣食品を提供する。【解決手段】 中心部となる食品と、中心部の表面に形成されかつ中心部の重量に対して5倍以上の糖衣部と、糖衣部の表面に形成されかつ吸湿性の有機酸から成る最外層と、で構成され、糖衣部が砂糖層とビタミンC層とが交互に重なり合った多層構造で成り立ち、砂糖層に含まれる砂糖結晶の平均粒径が5~15μmの範囲内であることを特徴とする糖衣食品。【選択図】なし
