PURPOSE: To obtain the subject composition composed of an organic acid- aliphatic acid glycerin ester, etc., sodium chloride and water at specific ratios and useful for the quality improvement of a food mainly containing flour or rice powder, e.g. bread, doughnut, bun with a bean-jam filling, dumpling, noodle or spaghetti.
CONSTITUTION: This composition is composed of (A) 0.05-20wt.% of an organic acid-aliphatic acid glycerin ester (preferably a glycerin ester of succinic acid and an aliphatic acid, a glycerin eater of citric acid and an aliphatic acid, a glycerin ester of diacetyltartaric acid and an aliphatic acid or a glycerin ester of lactic acid and an aliphatic acid) and/or a salt of stearyllactic acid (preferably calcium stearyllactate or sodium stearyllactate), (B) 0.01-10wt.% of sodium chloride and (C) 20-95wt.% of water. The composition is fluidal at 10°C.