Provided is a fat- or oil-processed starch which is highly dispersible in a food material such as batter, shows excellent stickiness to a food ingredient to be coated therewith, etc., and can give a preferable texture.The fat- or oil-processed starch according to the present invention can be obtained by adding a fat or oil composition, which has an iodine value of 125-170 and contains 35-8000 ppm of polyphenol, to a starch and then subjecting the thus obtained mixture to an aging treatment. It is preferred that the content of the fat or oil composition is 0.01-5%. It is also preferred that the starch is tapioca starch.
