PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a softened rice cake for persons with swallowing difficulty, which can be scooped with a spoon and can be smashed with a tongue so as to be swallowed.SOLUTION: The production method of a softened rice cake M includes: a heating step P1 of adding 100 weight parts of glutinous rice flour A as chief material and 0.26 to 2.00 weight parts of enzyme drug B mainly composed of α-amylase to 180 to 308 weight parts of water C so as to be agitated and heated a boiling step P2 of further adding 6.0 to 12.0 weight parts of gelatinizer D mainly composed of dextrin and thickening polysaccharides to the mixture to be agitated and boiled, a cooling step P3 of injecting the boiled liquid to a predetermined mold Y so as to be cooled, and a mold removal step P4 of removing the cooled solid from the mold Y.COPYRIGHT: (C)2014,JPO&INPIT【課題】嚥下困難者が食することができる餅として、スプーンで掬うことができ舌で潰して飲み込むことができる軟質化餅を提供する。【解決手段】主材料たる100重両部のもち粉A、αアミラーゼを主成分とする0.26~2.00重量部の酵素剤Bを、180~308重量部の水Cに添加し、撹拌しつつ加熱する加熱工程P1、さらに6.0~12.0重量部のデキストリン及び増粘多糖類を主成分とするゲル化剤Dを添加し撹拌して沸騰させる沸騰工程P2、沸騰した液を所定の型Yに注入し冷却する冷却工程P3、冷却後の固形物を型Yから脱型する脱型工程P4により、軟質化餅Mを製造する。【選択図】図1
