PURPOSE: To provide a method for producing a food raw material containing bean curd refuse.

CONSTITUTION: A method for producing a food raw material comprises coagulating the mixture of bean curd refuse, a starchy material, a water-soluble alginate salt, and water with a coagulating agent containing a calcium salt into a coagulated product. The method provides a bean curd-containing food raw material improved in cooking characteristics and texture, and since being good in the miscibility with other food raw materials, the bean curd refuse can be utilized as a raw material for various processed foods. Since the effective utilization and massive consumption of bean curd are therefore contrived, the method can contribute to the solution of a problem on the treatment of the bean curd refuse.