PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a food product for a person with difficulty in chewing/swallowing or a food product for a person with lowered digestion function, giving visual satisfaction to a person who eats, and having proper hardness corresponding to the chewing/swallowing function of a person who eats.SOLUTION: A food product for a person with difficulty in chewing/swallowing or a food product for a person with lowered digestion function is obtained through: 1) a step of introducing degrading enzyme to a material followed by softening 2) a step of producing a food product containing a material softened in the 1) step and 3) a step of heating and physical adjusting the food product obtained in the 2) step. As a result of this, the food gives visual satisfaction to a person who eats as a softening food, and has proper hardness corresponding to the chewing/swallowing function or digestion function of a person who eats.COPYRIGHT: (C)2015,JPO&INPIT【課題】摂食者に視覚的な満足感を与えると共に、摂食者の咀嚼・嚥下機能に応じた適切なかたさを有し、咀嚼・嚥下困難者用の食品または消化機能低下者用の食品を提供する。【解決手段】1)素材に分解酵素を導入し、軟質化する工程、2)上記1)の工程により軟質化された素材を含む食品を製造する工程、および3)上記2)の工程によって得られた食品を加熱し物性調整する工程、を経ることにより、軟化食品として摂食者に視覚的な満足感を与えると共に、摂食者の咀嚼・嚥下機能または消化機能に応じた適切なかたさを有し、咀嚼・嚥下困難者用の食品または消化機能低下者用の食品とする。【選択図】なし
