PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for producing container-packed food in which an amount of fatty acid ester to be added is reduced while proliferation of spores of spore-forming bacteria is suppressed.SOLUTION: A method for producing container-packed food has: a germination process A of maintaining the temperature of a food material within a predetermined germination temperature range in which spores of spore-forming bacteria are germinated a sealing process B of filling the food material and fatty acid ester into a housing container and then sealing the housing container and a retort sterilization process C of performing sterilization treatment by heating and pressurizing the sealed housing container.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1COPYRIGHT: (C)2017,JPO&INPIT【課題】芽胞形成細菌の芽胞の増殖を抑制しつつ、脂肪酸エステルの添加量を削減できる容器詰め食品の製造方法を提供する。【解決手段】芽胞形成細菌の芽胞を発芽させる所定の発芽温度範囲に食品材料の温度を維持する発芽工程Aと、前記食品材料および脂肪酸エステルを収容容器に充填した後、前記収容容器を密封する密封工程Bと、密封した前記収容容器を加熱および加圧することで殺菌処理を行うレトルト殺菌工程Cと、を有する容器詰め食品の製造方法。【選択図】図1
