PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To achieve the efficiency improvement and simplification of a method for producing a liquid nutritional food, such as a liquid diet and a medical food.SOLUTION: A method for producing a liquid nutritional food comprises a mixing step 12 of mixing raw materials, a sterilization step 13 of performing heating treatment, and a homogenization step 15 of performing homogenization treatment. A multifunctional tank that enables heating, cooling, and agitating operations in at least a decompressed state is used as a mixing tank to make the average fat globule diameter 1 μm or less.COPYRIGHT: (C)2015,JPO&INPIT【課題】流動食・医療食等の液状栄養食品の製造方法の効率化・簡略化を図る。【解決手段】原材料の調合処理を行う調合工程12と、加熱処理を行う殺菌工程13と、均質処理を行う均質工程15とを備えてなる液状栄養食品の製造方法であって、少なくとも減圧状態で、加温・冷却・攪拌の操作が可能な多機能タンクを調合工程12の調合タンクとして使用し、平均脂肪球径を1μm以下とすることを特徴とする液状栄養食品の製造方法によって前記課題を解決した。【選択図】図1
