PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a frozen seasoning source which can suppress the absorption of moisture into a food while sticking to the food, when it is put on the food such as boiled rice, then it is thawed and warmed by being heated in a microwave or an oven.SOLUTION: The frozen seasoning source is for being put on the food, thawed and warmed by being heated in a microwave or an oven and characterized in that a seasoning containing a decomposed starch of a DE (dextrose equivalent) 2-40, a seasoning raw material and water, and having viscosity at 60°C of 800 mPa s or lower, is frozen in discoidal state.COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT【課題】米飯等の食品の上に載せて電子レンジ又はオーブンで加熱して解凍し且つ温めたときに、当該食品に絡みつつ、当該食品への水分の吸収を抑制することのできる冷凍調味ソースを提供することを目的とする。【解決手段】食品の上に載せて電子レンジ又はオーブンで加熱して解凍し且つ温める冷凍調味ソースであって、DEが2~40の澱粉分解物、調味原料及び水分を含み且つ60℃における粘度が800mPa・s以下である調味ソースが盤状に冷凍されていることを特徴とする冷凍ソース。【選択図】なし