PURPOSE: A processed food having a good taste and improved shelf stability free from fatness and heaviness, by blending a food such as butter, etc., with seasoning having a smaller water content than the food, consisting of dried fish or dried small sardines and soy sauce.
CONSTITUTION: Any food selected from butter, mayonnaise, margarine, cheese, etc. is blended with a given ratio of seasoning having a smaller water content than the food, consisting of dried fish such as dried bonito, or dried small fishes such as dried small sardines, etc., and soy sauce to give a processed food. The processed food is added to a food having a fish-like smell such as sardine food, corn beef, etc., so that the fish-like smell is and fatness are eliminated and the food is made easily eatable. Since an equilibrium water is low as mentioned above, decomposition, oxidation, and change in taste can be prevented efficiently.