PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide frozen ingredients for rice ball satisfying all of easiness of melting in rice, hardly penetration of a liquid in ingredients to rice, easiness of taking out from a container such as a tray, unity of ingredients in good balance, and further good in texture when the cooked rice ball is taken.SOLUTION: There is provided frozen ingredients for rice ball containing one or more kind of a thickener and one or more kind of gelatinizer. It is preferable to use welan gum as the thickener and agar with lower molecular weight as the gelatinizer.SELECTED DRAWING: NoneCOPYRIGHT: (C)2018,JPO&INPIT【課題】米飯中での溶け易さ、米飯への具材中の液体のしみ込みにくさ、トレー等の容器からの取り出し易さ、および具材のまとまりのすべてをバランスよく満たし、さらに調理したおにぎりの喫食時の食感も良好なおにぎり用冷凍具材を提供する。【解決手段】増粘剤の1種以上と、ゲル化剤の1種以上とを含有する、おにぎり用冷凍具材とする。増粘剤としてウェランガムを、ゲル化剤として低分子量の寒天を用いることが好ましい。【選択図】なし
