PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an additive for cooking rice which can be dispersed to the whole cooking rice by adding when cooking raw rice, and is excellent in loosening property, texture and flavor.SOLUTION: The additive for cooking rice includes: (a) 92 to 99 mass% of edible oil (b) 0.5 to 2 mass% of polyglyceryl fatty acid ester (c) 0.1 to 5 mass% of glycerin organic acid fatty acid ester and (d) 0.01 to 1 mass% of phosphatide composition, wherein the mass ratio of nitrogen non-containing phospholipid with respect to nitrogen containing phospholipid is not less than 5.COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT【課題】生米を炊飯する際に添加しておくことで米飯全体に分散し、ほぐれ性、食感、風味に優れた米飯に炊き上げることができる米飯用添加剤を提供する。【解決手段】下記(a)~(d)を含有する米飯用添加剤。(a)食用油脂 92~99質量%(b)ポリグリセリン脂肪酸エステル 0.5~2質量%(c)グリセリン有機酸脂肪酸エステル 0.1~5質量%(d)含窒素リン脂質に対する窒素不含リン脂質の質量比が5以上であるリン脂質組成物 0.01~1質量%【選択図】なし