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[Problem] To provide: a food packaged in a hard container for normal-temperature or chilled distribution use, which can be produced at low cost and by a simple procedure without requiring the use of any specialized apparatus, and in which a softened food material can be packaged while keeping the shape thereof; and a method for producing the food.n[Solution] A food packaged in a hard container for normal-temperature or chilled distribution use can be developed by: a method in which a food material, a degrading enzyme and a seasoning solution are packaged in a hard container, the hard container is warmed in a hermetically sealed state to achieve an enzyme impregnation step and an enzymatic reaction step in the hard container, and then the hard container is heated without any modification to achieve the entire process of an enzyme deactivation step and a sterilization step in the hard container; or a method in which the degrading enzyme is introduced into the food material and then the enzymatic reaction step, the enzyme deactivation step and a part of the sterilization step are achieved in the hard container. |