PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an oily composition for coating a water-containing food product which does not cause a moisture condensation phenomenon even when coating a water-containing food product from low moisture to high moisture, while having deliciousness as a luxury product with a comparatively small addition amount.SOLUTION: There is provided an oily composition for coating a water-containing food product which contains a thickening polysaccharide, specifically, one or more thickening polysaccharides selected from galactomannan, xyloglucan and xanthan gum, in an oily composition, where the oily composition for coating the water-containing food product preferably contains 0.5-4.0 wt.% of a thickening polysaccharide.SELECTED DRAWING: NoneCOPYRIGHT: (C)2018,JPO&INPIT【課題】比較的少ない添加量で、嗜好品としての美味しさを持ちつつ、低水分から高水分の含水食品に被覆しても汗かき現象を生じない含水食品被覆用油性組成物の提供。【解決手段】増粘多糖類、詳しくはガラクトマンナン類、キシログルカン類、キサンタンガムから選ばれる一種以上の増粘多糖類を油性組成物に含有させた含水食品被覆用油性組成物。増粘多糖類を0.5~4.0重量%含有することが好ましい前記含水食品被覆用油性組成物。【選択図】なし