The object of the present invention is to provide a food product for enhancing chewing ability having hardness, viscosity and so on suitable for the mouth of a small child from the age of one year to five years and eleven months, in particular a young child in the age of approximately one and one-half years who can utilize teeth for chewing after weaning. The food product for enhancing chewing ability of the present invention contains at least one type of main raw material selected from the flour group consisting of wheat flour, rice flour and starchy flour, and at least one type of secondary raw material selected from the group consisting of sorbitol and glycerol. This food product for enhancing chewing ability preferably has a breaking stress, breaking strain, brittleness stress and cohesiveness within predetermined ranges.
