PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for improving flavor of foods by which the flavor is improved by imparting a faint smell to various kinds of foods to mask the nasty smells and tastes of the foods.SOLUTION: The method for improving the flavor of the food includes enabling a smoke-treated food powder treated with the smoke by bringing the food powder into contact with the smoke while stirring the food powder, to be contained in the food by 0.1-5 mass%. The food powder is preferably one kind or more selected from starch, flour, milk sugar, dextrin, powdery protein, rice powder, powdery oil and fat, spice, sugar, common salt, dried powder of bonito or dried small sardine, dried albumen, dried yolk and dried whole egg. It is preferable that the food is one kind or more selected from fish paste product, animal meat product, confectionery, coffee drink and cocoa drink.COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT【課題】各種食品にほのかな燻臭を付与し、食品のいやな臭いや味をマスキングして風味改善を図ることのできる食品の風味改善方法を提供する。【解決手段】食品粉末を攪拌しつつ、燻煙と接触させることにより燻煙処理した燻煙処理食品粉末を、食品中に0.1~5質量%含有させる。前記食品粉末が、澱粉、小麦粉、乳糖、デキストリン、粉末状蛋白、米粉、粉末油脂、香辛料、砂糖、塩、かつおや煮干の乾燥粉末、乾燥卵白、乾燥卵黄及び乾燥全卵から選ばれる1種以上であることが好ましい。また、前記食品が、魚肉練製品、畜肉練製品、菓子類、コーヒー飲料、ココア飲料から選ばれた1種以上であることが好ましい。【選択図】なし
