Nikken Sohonsha Corporation

Ami Ben-Amotz

Nobuo Mori

In a step of producing a powder product of the alga belonging to the genus, a pH adjusting step is included in which an alga belonging to the genusis allowed to be in a basic state of pH 9.5 or higher. According to the method, it is possible to provide driedpowder containing &#x3b2;-carotene at a high content by suppressing degradation of &#x3b2;-carotene as an active ingredient while decreasing each of the total pheophorbide amount and the existing pheophorbide amount to a predetermined value or less, even if the total pheophorbide amount and the existing pheophorbide amount of the cultured algae belonging to the genusare higher in summer.

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Gifu, Japan

Ami Ben-Amotz