PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a practical meat softening agent capable of softening meat, particularly a streak part of meat while maintaining taste, a dipping solution for meat softening containing the meat softening agent, meat, and a method for producing meat. I will provide a. Kind Code: A1 A meat tenderizer for softening meat, comprising an enzyme having an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO:1 and an enzyme having 90% or more identity with the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO:1. A meat tenderizer containing at least one of the above. [Selection diagram] None【課題】食肉、特に食肉のスジ部位等を、味を維持しつつ、軟化することができる実用的な食肉軟化剤、その食肉軟化剤を含む食肉軟化用浸漬液、食肉、および食肉の製造方法を提供する。【解決手段】食肉を軟化するための食肉軟化剤であって、配列番号１に示されるアミノ酸配列を有する酵素、および配列番号１に示されるアミノ酸配列に対して９０％以上の同一性を有する酵素のうち少なくとも１つを含有する、食肉軟化剤である。【選択図】なし
