PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a dry animal food product which can be produced by an inexpensive evaporation-drying method, has a favorable size and appearance, has an appropriate chewing texture and elasticity as well as characteristic meat taste after reconstitution with water, and can be reconstituted by soaking in water.SOLUTION: This invention relates to a dry animal food product (excluding a dry animal food product prepared by introducing fat or oil into an animal food product before thermal denaturation), wherein the dry animal food product is produced by introducing a degrading enzyme into at least the inside of an animal food product, then thermally denaturing muscle tissues constituting the animal food product in a wet state, and evaporation-drying the animal food product to thereby bind the muscle tissues together. The food product has a wet-basis moisture content of 1-30 mass% and can be reconstituted by soaking in water.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5COPYRIGHT: (C)2016,JPO&INPIT【課題】安価な蒸発乾燥法で製造でき、見栄えのする大きさや姿形であって、浸漬処理により復水することができ、復水後に適度な肉の噛み応えと弾力性と肉特有の呈味性を有する、復水して喫食する乾燥動物性食品の提供。【解決手段】本発明によれば、動物性食品の少なくとも内部に分解酵素を導入させた後、前記動物性食品を構成する筋組織を湿潤状態で熱変性させ、さらに蒸発乾燥させることで前記筋組織を結着させた、湿量基準含水率が1~30%質量であり、かつ浸漬処理により復水できる乾燥動物性食品(熱変性前に動物性食品の内部に油脂を導入したものを除く)が提供される。【選択図】図5
