PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an art that is the art in which a foreign taste is not imparted to a dietary product and only saltiness can be specifically reinforced, and in which application can be performed by low cost without forcing a complicated operation.SOLUTION: A subcritical water treatment object is obtained by that a solid content that is obtained after cereal is performed by saccharification treatment is performed by subcritical water treatment in a high temperature high pressure condition of temperature of 140-180°C and pressure of 0.36-12.5 MPa and in a condition in which water becoming a subcritical state is contacted for at least one minute. A saltiness promoter includes a water-soluble solvent extract from the subcritical water treatment object as an active ingredient, and a dietary product includes the saltiness promoter.COPYRIGHT: (C)2015,JPO&INPIT【課題】飲食品に異味を与えることなく且つ塩味のみを特異的に増強できる技術であって、複雑な操作を強いることなく低コストにて施用可能な技術を提供する。【解決手段】穀類を糖化処理した後に得られる固形分に対して、温度140~180℃及び圧力0.36~12.5MPaの高温高圧条件であり、かつ亜臨界状態になった水を1分間以上接触させる条件にて、亜臨界水処理を行って得られた亜臨界水処理物。その亜臨界水処理物からの水溶性溶媒抽出物を有効成分として含有する塩味増強剤、またその塩味増強剤を含有してなる飲食品とする。【選択図】なし
