PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a thickener granule that is excellent in dispersibility to water, prevents the generation of undissolved flour lump, quickly increases viscosity and has high balanced viscosity without deteriorating the flavor of food and drink, and a method of producing the thickener granule and to provide the food and drink for people having a difficulty in chewing-swallowing by using the thickener granule.SOLUTION: The method for producing the thickener granule includes steps of: obtaining a first granule by spraying a binder solution on a first raw material including a polysaccharide thickener and coating the first granule with &ge85 mass% of dextrin for 100 mass% of the polysaccharide thickener.COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT【課題】水への分散性が良好で、ダマが発生せず、粘度の立ち上がりが早く、かつ平衡粘度が高く、その上で、飲食品の風味を損なうことのない増粘剤造粒物及びその製造方法、並びに前記増粘剤造粒物を使用した、咀嚼・嚥下困難者向け飲食物を提供する。【解決手段】本発明の増粘剤造粒物の製造方法は、増粘多糖類を含有する1次原料にバインダー液を噴霧して1次造粒物を得る工程と、前記1次造粒物に前記増粘多糖類100質量部に対して85質量部以上のデキストリンを被覆する工程とを有する。【選択図】図1
