PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an instant noodle grain flour composition enabling excellent reconstruction of noodle ribbons in a prescribed time when eating, and making loosening and palate feeling excellent: and to provide instant noodles using the grain flour composition.SOLUTION: This instant noodle grain flour composition contains 1-10 mass% of a crushed product of heat granulated wheat flour, gelatinized and swollen by pressure extruding. The grain flour composition is such that a grain size of the crushed product of heat granulated wheat flour is in a range of 200-1,600 &mum, a pregelatinization degree is &ge80%, and an apparent specific gravity when the grain size is 500-700 &mum is 55-75 g/100 ml.COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT【課題】喫食時に麺線が所定時間内に良好に復元し、また、ほぐれ、食感等が良好となり得る、即席麺用穀粉組成物及びこれを用いて製造される即席麺類を提供すること。【解決手段】加圧押出して糊化及び膨化させた加熱造粒小麦粉の粉砕物を1~10質量%含有する含有する即席麺用穀粉組成物において、加熱造粒小麦粉の粉砕物の粒度が200~1600μmの範囲であり、α化度が80%以上であり、且つ粒度500~700μmのときの見かけ比重が55~75g/100mlであることを特徴とする。【選択図】なし
