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Provided is a solid paste composition for cooking, which has elasticity, suppresses a rubber-like texture, and has a good chewy texture. This composition satisfies the following (1) to (4):(1) containing 2.0 mass% or more of an insoluble dietary fiber in terms of dry mass;(2) containing 15 mass% or more of a starch in terms of dry mass;(3) containing 5.5 mass% or more of a protein in terms of dry mass; and(4) satisfying at least one of the following (4a) or (4b) when at least one composition frozen section A obtained from [Condition A] below is stained with Coomassie Brilliant Blue (CBB) and observed.(4a) The ratio of the number of parts to be stained with CBB, which have an area of at least 200 µm2 and a roundness coefficient of at least 0.3, to the number of parts to be stained with CBB which have an area of at least 30 µm2 is 3% or more.(4b) The ratio of the total area of parts to be stained with CBB, which have an area of at least 200 µm2 and a roundness coefficient of at least 0.3, to the image area of a cross-section of the composition is 0.3% or more.[Condition A] Said composition is heated in 90 °C water for 6 minutes, and is then frozen at -25 °C. The frozen composition is cut along any cut surface A to a thickness of 30 µm to obtain composition frozen section A. |