PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a chewing gum capable of maintaining a chewy volume for a prolonged period and to provide a volume decrease emollient and a volume decrease mitigation method of the chewing gum capable of maintaining a chewy volume for a prolonged period.SOLUTION: Lecithin, and a fatty acid ester in which a carbon number of a fatty acid residue of the fatty acid ester is 22 or more, or which has the carbon number of the fatty acid residue of 18 or more, and an unsaturated fatty acid, and in which a HLB value is 5.5 or less, are added to a chewing gum.SELECTED DRAWING: NoneCOPYRIGHT: (C)2018,JPO&INPIT【課題】噛みごたえのある体積を長時間維持できるチューインガムの提供、および噛みごたえのある体積を長時間維持させることのできるチューインガムの体積減少緩和剤と体積減少緩和方法の提供。【解決手段】脂肪酸エステルの脂肪酸残基の炭素数が22以上、または脂肪酸残基の炭素数が18以上かつ不飽和脂肪酸を有し、HLB値が5.5以下である脂肪酸エステルおよびレシチンをチューインガムに添加する。【選択図】なし
