FOOD MATERIAL SUITABLE FOR PATIENTS WITH DISTURBANCE OF MASTICATION/SWALLOWING

摘要

[PROBLEMS] To provide a food material which is suitable for elderly persons and patients with disturbance of mastication/swallowing. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] The target food material, which sustains the natural shape and color tone of a starting material, has such a softness as allowing mashing with the gum or tongue in the oral cavity and a smooth texture, and shows a compression stress of 5x10N/mor less when measured by using a plunger of 3 mm in diameter at a compression rate of 10 mm/second while setting the clearance to 30% of the sample thickness, is obtained by enzymatically treating the starting material by impregnating with an enzyme.