PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a food product capable of being eaten in both a warm state and a cold state, especially, a food product which is adjusted to have physical properties which allows a person who has difficulty of eating and swallowing, or who has deteriorated function of eating and swallowing to eat and swallow preferably in both a warm state and a cold state, and to provide a production method thereof, and an eating and deglutition adjuvant.SOLUTION: Provided are the food product characterized by including a gelator having heat reversible properties as a hydro colloid and being solidified by being heated, and including a gelator having heat reversible properties as a hydro colloid and being solidified by being cooled, and the production method thereof, and the eating and deglutition adjuvant.COPYRIGHT: (C)2015,JPO&INPIT【課題】本発明によれば、温かい状態でも冷たい状態でも同様に摂食可能な食品であって、特に摂食・嚥下が困難または低下した方が、温かい状態でも冷たい状態でも良好に摂食・嚥下できる物性に調整された食品、その製造方法、及び摂食・嚥下補助剤を提供する。【解決手段】ハイドロコロイドとして熱可逆性の性質を有し、加熱凝固するゲル化剤と、ハイドロコロイドとして熱可逆性の性質を有し、冷却凝固するゲル化剤とを含有することを特徴とする食品、その製造方法、及び摂食・嚥下補助剤である。【選択図】なし
