PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for producing powder soy sauce with strong favorable flavor derived from soy sauce, without the need of a process of distilling soy sauce oil using steam and preparing a flavor substance, and advantageous in industrially conducting with easy operation.SOLUTION: This method for producing the powder soy sauce with strong favorable flavor derived from soy sauce includes adding an emulsifier such as fatty acid ester of glycerin, mixing soy sauce and soy sauce oil followed by stirring and leaving at rest, separating the product into an oil phase and a water phase, and obtaining the water phase containing flavor component derived from soy sauce at high concentration followed by spray-drying the water phase.COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT【課題】水蒸気を用いて醤油油を蒸留して香気物質を調製するなどの工程を必要とせず、簡単な操作で、工業的に実施するのに有利な、しかも醤油由来の好ましい香りが強い粉末醤油を得る。【解決手段】グリセリン脂肪酸エステルなどの乳化剤を添加して、醤油と醤油油を混合、撹拌し、静置した後、油相部と水相部に分離し、醤油由来の香気成分を高濃度に含んだ水相部を得て、該水相部を噴霧乾燥し、醤油由来の好ましい香りが強い粉末醤油を得る。【選択図】なし
