PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide snack food capable of letting an eater quickly feel a cooling effect when he or she takes the same into the mouth.SOLUTION: According to snack food having a layer disposed on the surface of swollen food to include a binder and a powder composition comprising saccharide powder with the mass of the powder composition adhering to the surface of swollen food being at least 0.06 g and not more than 0.29 g per cm2 of a square value of the maximum length of the swollen food and the saccharide having heat of dissolution (endothermic) of not greater than -125 J/g, the saccharide quickly dissolves in saliva when the snack food is taken into a mouth and can quickly let an eater feel a cooling effect, and the powder composition comprising the saccharide powder can sufficiently cover the surface of the swollen food. The snack food can let an eater feel a cooling effect similar to that of ice cream when it is eaten, and the layer comprising the powder composition is free from collapsing or from being peeled off by an excessive amount of the powder composition.COPYRIGHT: (C)2014,JPO&INPIT【課題】口に入れた際に喫食者に速やかに冷涼感を感じさせることができるスナック食品を提供すること。【解決手段】膨化食品の表面に、糖類の粉末を含む粉体組成物と、バインダーと、を含む層を有し、膨化食品の最大長を二乗した値1cm2あたりの、膨化食品の表面に付着した前記粉体組成物の質量が、0.06g以上0.29g以下であり、前記糖類が-125J/g以下の溶解熱(吸熱)を有するスナック食品によれば、スナック食品を口に入れた際に当該糖類が唾液中に速やかに溶解し、喫食者に速やかに冷涼感を感じさせることができるとともに、糖類の粉末を含む粉体組成物が膨化食品の表面を十分に被覆でき、スナック食品を喫食した際に、喫食者に氷菓のような冷涼感を感じさせることができ、粉体組成物の量が過剰になることによる、上記粉体組成物を含む層の崩れ、剥がれ等が生じることがない。【選択図】なし
