PROCESSED FOOD FOR PERSON HAVING DIFFICULTY IN CHEWING AND PERSON HAVING SLIGHT DIFFICULTY IN CHEWING AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a processed food for persons having difficulty in chewing and persons having slight difficulty in chewing, and to provide a method for measuring texture by which physical properties thereof can accurately be evaluated.;SOLUTION: The processed food for the persons having the difficulty in chewing and the persons having the slight difficulty in chewing is provided with: a step of mincing a food material; a mixing step of adding and mixing at least starch, oil-and-fat, thickening polysaccharides and water to the food material, and providing a mixed material; a molding step of forming the mixed material into a prescribed shape, and affording a mixed molded material; and a heat-treating step of subjecting the mixed molded material to a heat treatment, and providing an edible form. The processed food such as meat, including fishes and shellfishes usually used for cooking, vegetables, beans, and Tofu is used as the food material.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT