摘要:
To develop a meat improving agent which is used in heat-cooked foods of animal and fishery products at the stage of pretreatment before heating, whereby even after storage at room temperature or under chilling or freezing for 24 hours, a soft feel, a juicy feel and a fibrous feel are maintained while keeping a yield equal to a yield given by ordinary products, and a taste is not deteriorated. A meat improving agent comprising, per part by weight of a roast salt, from 0.001 to 0.1 part by weight of glutathione, from 2.5 to 5.5 parts by weight of a sugar alcohol and from 1.0 to 2.5 parts by weight of a starch derivative obtained by esterifying or/and etherifying starch.