A process for preparing the raw material of paste products, comprising the first step of pulverizing frozen ground meat into a particulate frozen ground meat, or thawing and cutting frozen ground meat to prepare a thawed ground meat and the second step of mixing the ground meat prepared in the first step by means of agitating means (provided that when the frozen ground meat is thawed in the first step, a cake mixer is used as the agitating means). This process can efficiently provide raw material for the production of high-quality paste products.