PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a food product which allows for easy mastication and swallowing motion.SOLUTION: A method for easy mastication and swallowing of a food product includes blending wheat gluten into a food product which contains at least one kind of grain flour selected from the group consisting of soybean flour such as bean curd refuse, suhama flour, and toasted soybean flour, flour of beans including azuki bean and green pea, buckwheat flour, corn flour, and roasted rice flour.COPYRIGHT: (C)2014,JPO&INPIT【課題】咀嚼嚥下運動が容易となる食品を提供する。【解決手段】おから、すはま粉、きな粉などの大豆粉、あずき、えんどう豆を含む豆類の粉、そば粉、とうもろこし粉、焙煎米粉からなる群から選ばれる少なくとも1種の穀粉を含む食品に小麦グルテンを配合することにより、食品の咀嚼嚥下を容易にする方法。【選択図】図1