J-oil Mills, Inc.

Yuya Nagahata

Isao Kobayashi

Masaru Goto

Junpei Kubota

A composition containing a starch at a content of equal to or higher than 75% by mass, wherein the composition contains a low molecular weight starch as the starch at a content of equal to or higher than 3% by mass and equal to or lower than 45% by mass, the low molecular weight starch being obtainable from a starch containing amylose at a content of equal to or higher than 5% by mass as a raw material, wherein a peak molecular weight of the low molecular weight starch is equal to or higher than 3&#xd7;10and equal to or lower than 5&#xd7;10, wherein a degree of swelling in cold water of the composition at 25 degrees C. is equal to or higher than 7 and equal to or lower than 20, and wherein a content of an oversieve fraction of a granulated material in the composition on 0.5 mm mesh is equal to or lower than 50% by mass.

Composition, batter material using same, food or drink and feed, and method of producing composition

An intestinal environment-improving agent containing, as an effective component, a starch with a high resistant starch content that satisfies the following conditions (a), (b), (c), and (d):

Intestinal environment-improving agent

Disclosed is a resistant starch-rich starch which satisfies the requirements (a), (b), (c) and (d), below:

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Tokyo, Japan

Yuya Nagahata