The acidic oil-in-water emulsified seasoning contains cross-linked starch, has an oil content of 10 to 70% by mass, a viscosity of 20,000 to 1,000,000 mPa · s, and laser diffraction particle size distribution measurement. In the particle size distribution measured using an apparatus, the crosslinked starch containing a first peak present at 0.5 to 5 μm and a second peak present at 20 to 80 μm was prepared under the following conditions: The viscosity of the crosslinked starch-water mixture thus obtained is 120 to 20,000 mPa · s, and the average particle size of the crosslinked starch in the mixture is 20 to 40 μm. Conditions: Crosslinked starch-water mixture containing 8% by mass of the crosslinked starch was held for 5 minutes after reaching 90 ° C., then allowed to cool to 20 ° C., and stirred at 10,000 rpm for 5 minutes with a homomixer. Do.酸性水中油型乳化状調味料は、架橋澱粉を含み、油脂含量が１０～７０質量％であり、粘度が２０，０００～１，０００，０００ｍＰａ・ｓであり、かつ、レーザー回折式粒度分布測定装置を用いて測定された粒度分布において、０．５～５μｍに存在する第１のピークと、２０～８０μｍに存在する第２のピークとを含有し、前記架橋澱粉は、以下の条件で調製された架橋澱粉－水混合物の粘度が１２０～２０，０００ｍＰａ・ｓであり、かつ、該混合物中の該架橋澱粉の平均粒子径が２０～４０μｍである。条件：８質量％の該架橋澱粉を含む架橋澱粉－水混合物に対して９０℃達温後５分間保持した後、２０℃まで放冷し、ホモミキサーで１０，０００ｒｐｍ、５分間の攪拌処理を行なう。
