PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bitterness-masking agent and method that masks the bitterness of an edible substance including a pharmaceutical product, food, or drink, whether a fine powder or a whole fruit, safely, cheaply, simply, with anti-bacterial and anti-degenerative properties over a long term even at room temperature and in a hydrated state, without destroying or altering the composition thereof, using an ingredient in use from early times, in order to have the edible substance absorbed by the stomach and to provide an importation and exportation method for an edible material using same.SOLUTION: An edible flocculating agent from an ingredient in use from early times is employed to have an edible substance containing a pharmaceutical product, food or drink be absorbed by the stomach, whether the edible substance is a fine powder or a whole fruit, and to do same safely, cheaply, simply, with anti-bacterial and anti-degenerative properties over the long term even at room temperature and in a hydrated state, without destroying or altering the composition thereof, to provide a bitterness-masking agent and method that do not generate industrial waste, to provide an edible substance containing a pharmaceutical product or food using the method, and to provide an importation and exportation method using same. The present invention enables fresh overseas edible substances to be imported and exported safely, cheaply, readily, and free of disease, even in large volume.COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT【課題】医薬品飲食品を包含する可食物が、微粉末でも、丸のままの果実でも、その苦味を安全に安価に簡単に、常温含水状態でも長期に防菌的防変性的に、その含有成分を破壊変性させずに、胃腸吸収させるために、昔からの食材を用いて、マスキングし、かつ産業廃棄物を生じない苦味マスキング剤及び方法の提供と、これを利用した可食物の輸出入方法の提供。【解決手段】昔からの食材の可食凝集剤を用いることにより、医薬品飲食品を包含する可食物が、微粉末でも、丸のままの果実でも、その苦味を安全に安価に簡単に、常温含水状態でも長期に防菌的防変性的に、その含有成分を破壊変性させずに、胃腸吸収させ、かつ産業廃棄物を生じない苦味マスキング剤と方法、及びその方法を用いた医薬品飲食品を包含する可食物と、これを利用した可食物の輸出入方法。生鮮外国可食物を、大量にでも、安全に安価に簡単に、防疫的に輸出入させることができる。【選択図】なし
