SEASONING

PURPOSE:To economically produce a dried and smoked bonito extract, by extracting and separating the extract from ground powder obtained by grinding and form adjusting of coarse dried bonito in producing dried bonito with carbon dioxide in a subcritical or supercritical state as an extracting reagent. CONSTITUTION:A dried and smoked bonito extract is extracted and separated from ground powder obtained by grinding and form adjusting of coarse dried bonito in producing dried bonito with carbon dioxide in a subcritical or supercritical state as an extracting reagent. Water or ethanol or both as a suitable extraction assistant area, as necessary, incorporated with the carbon dioxide for use. The selective separation and fractionation can be readily carried out with a high efficiency in the above-mentioned step and the fractionated and obtained extract can be reincorporated at a suitable ratio to give a seasoning having a desired flavor and taste. The dried and smoked bonito extract obtained by the extraction in an amount of 0.01-1wt% can be added to a seasoning stock solution obtained from a sardine, mackerel, horse mackerel, tangle, etc., by an enzymic decomposition method, etc., to give remarkable effect on modification of the seasoning stock solution.