PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a puffy and tasty pouched retort cooked rice, with prevention of rice from being collapsed or from sticking to the lower part of a pouch, having a texture different from that of a rice dumpling wrapped in bamboo leaf and a good flavor, with rice grain having smooth surface.SOLUTION: The pouched retort cooked rice includes a pouch filled with raw rice and water for rice cooking, with a head space provided, which is sealed and retort sterilized. The rice has a void ratio in the range of 25 to 50%. The rice stuck to the lower face of the pouch has an area ratio in the range of 50 to 70%.COPYRIGHT: (C)2015,JPO&INPIT【課題】米飯の潰れやパウチ下部へのべたつきが防止され、粽のような食感がなく、香りが良く、米粒表面のざらつきのない、ふっくらと美味しいレトルトパウチ詰め米飯を提供する。【解決手段】生米と炊飯用水をパウチにヘッドスペースを設けて充填密封し、レトルト殺菌を行って成るパウチ詰め米飯であって、米飯の空隙率が25~50%の範囲であり、且つパウチ下面に付着した米飯の面積率が50~70%の範囲にあることを特徴とする。【選択図】なし
