PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for supplying food containing high moisture content without spoiling the original palate feeling of food to a person having difficulty in chewing/swallowing without causing choking.SOLUTION: The method for supplying the food includes using sauce as an oil-in-water emulsified product which contains &ge70% oil and fat, has Tamarind seed gum content of 1-7 pts. when bringing an aqueous phase part to 100 pts., and has a ratio of Tamarind seed gum of &ge50% in the whole polysaccharides of the aqueous phase part, and a viscosity of 250-1,000 Pa s.COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT【課題】咀嚼・嚥下困難者にむせを誘発せずに、水分量が多い食品を食品本来の食感を損なわずに提供する。【解決手段】油脂を70%以上含有し、水相部を100部としたときのタマリンドシードガムの含有量が1~7部であり、水相部中の全多糖類におけるタマリンドシードガムの割合が50%以上であり、粘度が250~1000Pa・sの水中油型乳化物であるソースを用いる。【選択図】なし