| abstract |
Provided is an excellent improving agent for meat products that is obtained by improving tapioca starch. Also provided is a meat product containing the improving agent.nA fat or oil-treated acetylated tapioca starch, which is obtained by acetylating tapioca starch with vinyl acetate and then treated with fat or oil, is used as an improving agent for meat products. The fat or oil-treated acetylated tapioca starch has an acetyl group content of 0.2-1 mass%. When an aqueous suspension having a concentration of the aforesaid starch of 6 mass%, in terms of dry matter, is continuously heated from 50 to 95 o C within 30 minutes under stirring and then maintained at 95 o C for 30 minutes, the break down value, which is calculated by subtracting the bottom viscosity of the starch suspension measured after maintaining at 95 o C for 30 minutes from the peak viscosity thereof, is preferably 200 BU or lower. It is preferred that the heat swelling ratio thereof is 20-40. |