Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a cacao bean-derived food material showing little oil seepage and various foods using the same. A composition having a particle size distribution in the range of 10 ?m to 1.5 mm and containing undisrupted cacao bean cells is provided. A composition containing undisrupted cacao bean cells, which has a free fat content ratio of 60% by weight or lower based on oil content is also provided. A composition containing 30% or more of undisrupted cells in cacao bean cells is further provided. A composition containing undisrupted cacao bean cells, which has a breaking strength of 3 kgf or lower is further provided.

Abstract: Provided is a cylindrical puffed snack food comprising a plurality of inner rope parts and a plurality of outer rope parts, wherein the inner rope parts and the outer rope parts are formed by using a die head comprising a circular inner nozzle part and an annular outer nozzle part provided around the inner nozzle part, wherein the inner nozzle part comprises a plurality of inner nozzle recesses, which have arc-shaped cross sections and are disposed around an outer circumferential surface facing the outer nozzle part in the circumferential direction, the outer nozzle part comprises a plurality of outer nozzle recesses, which have arc-shaped cross sections and are disposed around an inner circumferential surface facing the inner nozzle part in the circumferential direction, the outer nozzle part is provided in such a way as to be continuously rotatable around the inner nozzle part, and a total length of the arcs of the plurality of inner nozzle recesses is ? or more and ¾ or less of a length of a circumference

Abstract: The present invention provides an impregnation type puffed food in which an oil and fat confectionery material is impregnated into a food material to be impregnated, wherein the food material to be impregnated is a puffed confectionery having a surface thereof coated with a saccharide layer. Such an impregnation type puffed food has a novel texture, which is a “crunchy” hard texture combined with a texture of an oil and fat confectionery melting out of the inside.