To provide an apparatus for producing food which is easily reduced in pressure so as to be reliably and easily operated even when being used by a child.

The apparatus for producing food 100 includes a container 1 charged with chocolate material A, a housing case 4, and a pressure-reducing pump 3. The pressure-reducing pump 3 is fixed to a base board 2. A placing portion 214 to which the housing case 4 can be detachably attached, is provided on the upper surface of the base board 2. The housing case 4 includes a case lower frame 42 having a check valve 424 and attachable to the placing portion 214, and a case upper frame 44 attachable or detachable to or from the case lower frame 42. The case upper frame 44 is attached to the case lower frame 42, and thereby the container 1 provided on the case lower frame 42 is hermetically covered. A suction pipe 31 arranged under the base board 2 is connected to the pressure-reducing pump 3. The pressure-reducing pump 3 and the housing case 4 communicate with each other via the suction pipe 31 while the housing case 4 is provided at the placing portion 214.