Composition containing fine food particulate complexes, and method for producing same

A method for producing a food product, comprising:

• preparing a mixture comprising one or more dried food ingredients and at least one oil or fat, wherein a total fat content in the mixture is 34% by mass or more;
• and
• wet pulverizing the dried food ingredients in the mixture to produce a food composition containing fine particles, wherein the food composition comprises the at least one oil or fat and 20% to 98% by mass of the fine particles of the dried food ingredients and/or particulate complexes thereof, and wherein the food composition has a water content of 20% by mass or less;
• wherein:
• the wet pulverization is performed under a pressurized condition with a maximum pressure of 0.01 to 1 MPa and under a rising temperature condition satisfying the following equation:
• T1+1<T2<T1+50
• T1 is a temperature of the mixture at initiation of the wet pulverization, and T2 is the temperature of the mixture at termination of the wet pulverization of 31° C. or above,
• the fine particles and/or the particulate complexes have a maximum size of larger than 100 μm, and
• the fine particles and/or the particulate complexes have the following properties:
• after being subjected to an ultrasonication treatment at a frequency of 40 kHz and an output of 40 W for 180 seconds, the fine particles and/or the particulate complexes after the ultrasonication treatment have a modal diameter of 0.3 to 200 μm and the maximum particle size decreased by 10% or more;
• and
• after 10,000 of the fine particles and/or the fine particulate complexes are subjected to analysis with a particle shape image analyzer, a 10th percentile value of a numerical value N for each fine particle and/or fine particulate complex is 0.40 or less, wherein N is calculated by the following equation:
• N(roughness×circularity)/aspect ratio.