To provide: a noodle loosening agent that gives a good loosening property and little oil floatation even when dipped in soup or the like； and a noodle that has a good loosening property and little oil floatation when dipped in soup or the like.SOLUTION: Provided is a noodle loosening agent containing oil/fat and polyglyceryl fatty acid ester, and in which, characterized, the oil/fat has 35 to 100 mass% of the constituent fatty acids of the triglyceride being a medium chain fatty acid having 6 to 10 carbon atoms, the polyglyceryl fatty acid ester has a HLB of 3 to 10, and, in the oil-soluble components of the noodle loosening agent, the oil/fat is contained by 20 to 90 mass% and the polyglyceryl fatty acid ester is contained by 10 to 80 mass%.SELECTED DRAWING: None【課題】麺類のほぐれ性が良好で、つゆ等につけても油浮きの少ない麺用ほぐれ剤、及び、ほぐれ性が高く、つゆ等につけても油浮きの少ない麺を提供することである。【解決手段】油脂とポリグリセリン脂肪酸エステルを含有する麺用ほぐれ剤であって、該油脂が、トリグリセリドの構成脂肪酸の３５～１００質量％が、炭素数６～１０の中鎖脂肪酸であり、 該ポリグリセリン脂肪酸エステルがＨＬＢ３～１０であり、麺用ほぐれ剤の油溶性成分中に該油脂を２０～９０質量％、該ポリグリセリン脂肪酸エステルを１０～８０質量％含有することを特徴とする、麺用ほぐれ剤。【選択図】なし
