PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a food product-conditioning agent for which the manufacturing method is simple, that has excellent storage stability, and that when added to various food products, maintains for a long period of time the texture and flavor that are present immediately after processing and cooking.SOLUTION: The food product-conditioning agent includes an emulsifier and a gel-forming substance, and the emulsifier forms a lamellar structure. In particular, with a preferred embodiment, the lamellar structure of the emulsifier is formed by an organic acid monoglyceride, and the gel-forming substance is glucomannan.COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT【課題】製造方法が簡単であり、保存安定性にも優れ、各種食品に添加した際に、加工や調理直後の食感や風味を長期間に亘って維持できる食品用品質改良剤を提供する。【解決手段】乳化剤およびゲル形成物質を含有し、該乳化剤がラメラ構造体を形成する食品用品質改良剤。特に、本発明の好ましい態様においては、乳化剤のラメラ構造体が有機酸モノグリセリドによって形成され、ゲル形成物質がグルコマンナンである。【選択図】なし
