PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a soybean flavor imparting agent capable of imparting or enhancing the flavor and richness inherent to soybeans with the thick taste of beans, allowing food products made from raw material soybeans to have an enhanced flavor inherent to soybeans, so that tasty soybean food products can be provided.SOLUTION: A composition including soybean milk of which the fat component is treated with lipase, a composition including the above-described composition to which a specified amount of edible vegetable oil is added, or a composition including soybean milk to which a specified amount of edible vegetable oil is added in advance so as to be treated with lipase is used as the soybean flavor imparting agent. The addition of the soybean flavor imparting agent to food products made from raw material soybeans allows the flavor, richness, and thick taste inherent to soybeans to be imparted or enhanced. Further, the addition of salt in the reaction for lipase treatment suppresses microbial growth during the enzyme reaction and storage of the product.COPYRIGHT: (C)2016,JPO&INPIT【課題】大豆特有の風味、コク味および豆の濃厚感を付与、増強することが可能な大豆風味付与剤を提供し、大豆を原料素材とする食品に対して大豆本来の風味を増強し、おいしい大豆食品を提供する。【解決手段】豆乳中の脂肪分をリパーゼで処理した組成物、この組成物に一定量の食用植物油脂を添加した組成物、または、豆乳にあらかじめ一定量の食用植物油脂を添加し、リパーゼで処理した組成物を大豆風味付与剤として使用する。本発明の大豆風味付与剤は大豆を原料素材とする食品に添加することにより大豆特有の風味、コク味および濃厚感を付与または増強することができる。また、リパーゼ処理反応時に食塩を添加すると、酵素反応時および製品の保管時に微生物増殖が抑制される。【選択図】なし
