Meat-like food product

Abstract

The present invention is directed to provide a meat-like food product having good food texture and being free of meat. The meat-like food product is produced by a method for producing a meat-like food product. The method includes an extrusion molding a kneaded product using an extruder while forcibly cooling to thereby produce an extrusion-molded product. The kneaded product is produced by kneading water and a raw material containing a protein while heating. In the extrusion molding, the extrusion-molded product is forcibly cooled when discharged from the extruder such that the temperature of a central portion of the extrusion-molded product is in a range from 110° ° C. to 125° C. The water content of the extrusion-molded product is from 45 mass % to 60 mass % with respect to the total mass of the extrusion-molded product.

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