PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a powdery or granular coffee oil-containing composition that can easily produce a coffee beverage having strong genuine feeling and representing not only flavor close to drip coffee but also a thin oil film seen on the liquid surface, and to provide a flavor improver for food and drink having coffee flavor.SOLUTION: A powdery or granular coffee oil-containing composition is produced by combining fat and oil containing coffee oil and a medium chain fatty acid triglyceride, a granulated base, and a polyhydric alcohol. At this time, the ratio of the coffee oil to the medium chain fatty acid triglyceride is adjusted in a range from 3:1 to 1:100.SELECTED DRAWING: NoneCOPYRIGHT: (C)2016,JPO&INPIT【課題】ドリップコーヒーに近い香味はもちろんのこと、液面に見られる薄い油膜をも表現できる、本物感の強いコーヒー飲料を手軽に再現できる、粉状または顆粒状コーヒーオイル含有組成物およびコーヒー風味の飲食品用風味改善剤を提供すること。【解決手段】コーヒーオイルと中鎖脂肪酸トリグリセライドを含有する油脂、顆粒化基剤および多価アルコールを組み合わせて作製する。このとき、コーヒーオイル:中鎖脂肪酸トリグリセライドが3:1~1:100の範囲内となるよう調整する。【選択図】なし
