PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a rice gruel-molding agent for production of food which gives an eater satisfactory feeling in appearance and palate feeling while improving eating/swallowing suitability of rice gruel: and to provide a method for preparing rice gruel molded so as to be easily swallowed.SOLUTION: The rice gruel-molding agent includes amylase and native gellan gum. The method for preparing rice gruel includes adding a prescribed amount of amylase and native gellan gum to 100 g of rice gruel, stirring the material to be homogenized, and thereafter molding the rice gruel into a Sushi rice shape, such as a barrel shape. A rice gruel-molding enzyme agent consists mainly of amylase, and is also used when amylase and native gellan gum are added to rice gruel so as to form the rice gruel into a Sushi rice shape.COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT【課題】本発明は、粥の摂食・嚥下適性を改善しつつ、見た目と食感の満足感を喫食者に与えうるような食品を作製するための粥成形剤および易嚥下成形粥調製方法を提供することを目的とする。【解決手段】アミラーゼ、およびネイティブジェランガムを含む粥成形剤、粥にアミラーゼとネイティブジェランガムを粥100gに対して所定の量で添加して攪拌・均質化し、その後、粥を寿司のシャリの形態、例えば俵型などに成形する方法、ならびに、アミラーゼとネイティブジェランガムとを同時に、寿司のシャリの形態に成形するために粥に添加するための、アミラーゼを主成分とする粥成形酵素剤による。【選択図】なし
