Sourness being excluded, it possesses sufficient chewing Characteristic, it offers the software candy whose for example affinity milk taste and such as powdered tea taste is good. At least, the saccharide and the plant Characteristic oil and fat, blendinging the emulsifier, and the gelatin, gluconic acid and the gluconic acid salt, 1 genera or 2 genera or more which are chosen from the group which consists of gurukonoderutarakuton, the phytin Acid, phosphoric acid, and the phosphorus acid chloride with the content obtaining and mass conversion melting in the water of 9 time tonnage in the software candy which becomes, when measuring, pH tries to be 2.0 - 6.0. According to the software candy by this invention, for example dairy product taste and chocolate etc such as milk ocean candy taste, the wa it is and so on to do, the fish and shellfish such as present good beverage taste, speiss such as sum candy taste and powdered tea herb taste and sausage of nitsuki and the like meat egg and its cooking taste, or seasoning in the taste which designates the quality where what does not make, sourness feel such as plant or its cooking taste such as potato and chestnut and vegetable is the sale as property, there are no times when that taste is impaired and display desirable flavor.酸味が除かれていても十分なチューイング性を有し、例えばミルク味や抹茶味などとの相性が良いソフトキャンディを提供する。少なくとも、糖類、植物性油脂、乳化剤、及びゼラチンを配合してなるソフトキャンディにおいて、グルコン酸、グルコン酸塩、グルコノデルタラクトン、フィチン酸、リン酸、及びリン酸塩からなる群から選ばれた1種又は2種以上を含有せしめ、質量換算で9倍量の水に溶かして測定したときのpHが2.0~6.0であるようにする。本発明によるソフトキャンディによれば、例えばミルクなどの乳製品味、チョコなどの洋菓子味、わたがしなどの和菓子味、抹茶などのし好飲料味、ニッキなどのスパイス・ハーブ味、ソーセージなどの魚介・肉・卵及びその料理味、又は芋や栗や野菜などの植物及びその料理味など、酸味を感じさせないことが売りである品質を特性とする味に味付けしても、その味が損なわれることがなく好ましい風味を呈する。
