Provided is a liquid food which can be fed through free fall and has a physiologically preferable viscous property compared to a liquid food having an extremely low viscosity. With the use of an adjuvant that imparts a viscous property but not shear fluidization, a nutritional composition which sustains a viscosity facilitating the production thereof in processes from the blending of starting materials to the filling of containers, and which, after heating, has a viscosity suitable for tube feeding through free fall, can be provided.
