PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a tablet type thickening agent containing thickening polysaccharide which is readily dispersible with loose stirring conditions such as hand stirring, in particular, a tablet type thickening agent useful as thickness agent for person with lowered mastication/deglutition function.SOLUTION: Such a tablet type thickening agent contains: at least one thickening polysaccharide selected from the group consisting of xanthan gum, carrageenan and guar gum by 15 to 40 mass% agar for disintegration by 15 to 40 mass% water-soluble saccharide by 10 to 70 mass% and metal salt by 0.2 to 10 mass%, and the hardness thereof is 15 to 70 N.COPYRIGHT: (C)2014,JPO&INPIT【課題】手撹拌といった緩い撹拌条件で容易に分散可能な、増粘多糖類を含有する錠剤型増粘化剤の提供。特に、咀嚼・嚥下機能低下者用のトロミ剤として有用な、錠剤型増粘化剤の提供。【解決手段】キサンタンガム、カラギナン及びグァーガムからなる群から選択される少なくとも一種以上の増粘多糖類を15~40質量%、崩壊用寒天を15~40質量%、水溶性糖類を10~70質量%及び金属塩を0.2~10質量%含有し、硬度が15~70Nである錠剤型増粘化剤。【選択図】図1
