PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a powdered soup providing cooked feeling by imparting superheated steam.SOLUTION: The method for producing the powdered soup includes mixing several kinds of soup raw materials, and imparting the superheated steam to the resultant mixture. As a result, the powdered soup having the cooked feeling can be provided. Further, by the method, the powdered soup having the cooked feeling can be produced only by mixing the soup raw materials in a state of the low water content (e.g. a powder state), and imparting the superheated steam. Preferably, when imparting the superheated stream, it is carried out within the range in which the water content after impartment of the superheated steam is not lowered than the water content before the impartment of the superheated steam. A drying step is optionally added after the impartment of the superheated steam.COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT【課題】過熱蒸気を付与することで調理感がある粉末スープを提供する【解決手段】複数種類のスープ原料を混合してこれに過熱蒸気を付与する。これによって調理感のある粉末スープとすることができる。また、本製法によると低水分状態(例えば、粉末状態)のスープ原料を混合して過熱蒸気を付与するだけで調理感にすぐれた粉末スープを製造することができる。尚、過熱蒸気付与に際しては過熱蒸気付与後の水分含量が過熱蒸気付与前の水分含量よりも低下しない範囲で行うのが好ましい。さらに、過熱蒸気付与後に乾燥工程を加えてもよい。【選択図】図1
