PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for impregnation with an enzyme which allows a food to be impregnated with an enzyme in a short time, and to provide a method for producing food suitable for an elderly person, a person handicapped with chewing, and a person handicapped with swallowing, using the method for impregnation with an enzyme.SOLUTION: This method for impregnation with an enzyme is a method for impregnation with an enzyme to dissolve tissues comprising food 1 into the food 1. In more details, the method for impregnation with an enzyme includes a step of drying the food 1 using superheated steam of a superheated steam generating device 2, and a step of soaking the dried food 1 in an enzyme-containing solution 3 followed by decompressing with a decompression pump 6.COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT【課題】本発明は、食品に酵素を短時間で含浸することが可能な酵素含浸方法及び、当該酵素含浸方法を用いて高齢者、咀嚼困難者、嚥下困難者等に適した食品を製造する食品製造方法を提供する。【解決手段】本発明に係る酵素含浸方法は、食品1を構成する組織を分解するための酵素を、食品1に含浸する方法である。当該酵素含浸方法は、食品1を、過熱水蒸気発生装置2の過熱水蒸気を用いて乾燥する工程と、乾燥させた食品1を、酵素を含有する溶液3に浸して減圧ポンプ6で減圧する工程とを含む。【選択図】図1
