PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a volume decrease relaxation agent to be added to chewing gum in order to maintain the chewy volume of the chewing gum for a long time, and a method for relaxing volume decrease of the chewing gum, and to provide a method for producing the chewing gum capable of maintaining the chewy volume during chewing for a long time by adding the volume decrease relaxation agent.SOLUTION: A volume decrease relaxation agent containing lecithin as an active ingredient is added to the chewing gum. Alternatively the volume decrease relaxation agent is added as the amount of phospholipid in a specific range to produce the chewing gum.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
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