PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prepare material only a tiny amount of which is added to cereal-containing food and beverage, in particular to a packaged cereal tea beverage, to substantially enhance taste including so-called full-bodied taste such as rich feeling, thickness of taste and body feeling, by using roasted cereal raw material.SOLUTION: A taste improver for cereal-containing food and beverage includes heat-treated material obtained by subjecting roasted cereal extract liquid to heat treatment at 100-180°C for 10 minutes to 5 hours. Addition of a tiny amount of the taste improver for cereal-containing food and beverage to a cereal tea beverage results in substantially enhancing taste feeling including so-called full-bodied taste such as rich feeling, thickness of taste and/or body feeling.COPYRIGHT: (C)2014,JPO&INPIT【課題】穀物含有飲食品、特に容器詰めの穀物茶飲料に対し、微量添加するだけで、濃厚感、味の厚み、ボディ感などのいわゆるコク味などの呈味を大幅に増強することができる素材を、焙煎穀物原料により調製すること。【解決手段】焙煎穀物抽出液を100℃~180℃にて10分~5時間加熱処理して得られる加熱処理物からなる、穀物含有飲食品用呈味改善剤を穀物茶飲料に微量添加することにより、濃厚感、味の厚み、ボディ感などのいわゆるコク味などの呈味感を大幅に増強することができる。【選択図】なし
