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Provided are: a rice flour composition that is free from wheat flour and any wheat-derived ingredient and can be produced by a process similar to a conventional process and can produce a confection excellent in appearance, internal phase, taste, and keeping quality; a dough product and a confection product each produced with the composition; and a method of producing the confection product. The rice flour composition for use in confectionery comprises rice flour as a main ingredient and is free from wheat flour and any wheat-derived ingredient. The dough product and the confection product are each produced with the rice flour composition. The method of producing the confection mainly made from rice flour includes the steps of: adding a liquid to the rice flour composition and mixing them to make dough; and shaping the dough and cooking the shaped dough by baking, frying, steam-boiling, microwave-heating, or pressurizing and heating it. |