A gel type enteral nutrient, which is excellent in the form-maintainingcapabilityof solid matter (gel) in the stomach, is not easily disintegrated or dissolvedevendepending upon a pH change, shows little change in the physical propertiessuch aswater liberation, or the like even during long-term strage, can be thermallysterilizedand has a preferable property passing through a feeding tube, can be preparedbyblending agar and alginic acid and/or its salt, and further soybean protein asa nitrogensource. It is expected to exert effects that neither gastro-esophageal refluxnor leakageof the nutrient occur when intaking the gel type enteral nutrient of thepresent invention.
