To provide a composition for oral cavity division which can dissolve components contained in a mouth little by little while tasting the flavor while licking in the mouth and a process for producing the composition.A starchy raw material containing at least one modified starch selected from etherified starch, acetylated starch, etherified crosslinked starch, and acetylated crosslinked starch, and a high-intensity sweetener, wherein the starch A raw material mixing step of mixing raw materials whose content of the raw material is 40% by mass or more in terms of dry matter, heating the mixture obtained in the raw material mixing step to gelatinize the starchy raw material, A gelatinizing and shaping step of shaping the mixture into a shape or by shaping the mixture into a predetermined shape and then heating to gelatinize the starchy raw material and a step of subjecting the molding obtained through the gelatinization / And a drying step of drying so that the moisture content becomes 20 mass% or less, thereby obtaining a composition for oral cavity sustained release.Selection drawing None【課題】口の中で舐めながら、その風味を味わいつつ、含有する成分を口中に少しずつ溶かし出すことができるような口腔除法用組成物及びその製造方法を提供する。【解決手段】エーテル化澱粉、アセチル化澱粉、エーテル化架橋澱粉、及びアセチル化架橋澱粉から選ばれた少なくとも1種の加工澱粉を含む澱粉質原料、及び高甘味度甘味料を含有し、前記澱粉質原料の含有量が乾燥物換算で40質量%以上である原料を混合する原料混合工程と、前記原料混合工程で得られた混合物を加熱して前記澱粉質原料を糊化させた後、所定形状に成形するか、あるいは、前記混合物を所定形状に成形した後、加熱して前記澱粉質原料を糊化させる、糊化・成形工程と、糊化・成形工程を経て得られた成形物を水分が20質量%以下となるように乾燥させる乾燥工程とによって、口腔徐放用組成物を得る。【選択図】なし
