It is aimed to provide an allergen reduction method which can be carried
out without the need for a large or complicated apparatus and which
allows an allergen content to be reduced while maintaining basic
characteristics intrinsic to albumen, such as texture, foaming property,
and foam stability, a method of producing allergen-reduced albumen, a
method of producing an allergen-reduced albumen composition, and an
allergen-reduced food product. The present invention relates to an
allergen reduction method to reduce a content of an allergen in albumen
by a heating and pressurizing treatment with a treatment pressure set in
a range of 140 to 400 kPa and a treatment temperature set in a range of
110 to 150.degree. C., a method of producing allergen-reduced albumen, a
method of producing an allergen-reduced albumen composition, and an
allergen-reduced food product.