Meat improving agent

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a meat modifier for improving residual feeling of streaks by retaining the original texture of meat of a portion hard and hardly becoming tasty, giving moderate softness, and retaining high water retention and a yield ratio.SOLUTION: A meat modifier contains carbonate, protease, and peptidase. The present invention can moderately soften meat which is frequently avoided to be eaten due to a lot of streaks and hardness, without spoiling the original texture of meat, and improve a yield and dry feeling of processed meat after heating. The meat modifier is widely useful in general food processing industry using meat, supermarkets and department stores, daily dish shops and restaurants.