Abstract: Provided is a novel functional composition having an excellent beneficial effect on memory-learning ability that can also be utilized in the form of a food or beverage, etc. Phosphatidylinositol is used as an active ingredient of an oral composition for improving memory-learning ability. The phosphatidylinositol is preferably derived from soybeans. This composition can be used suitably in the form of a food or beverage, food additive, pharmaceutical, supplement, animal feed, etc.
Abstract: A powder mix containing soluble pectin which easily dissolves in cold water at about 5° C. is provided. A powder mix including pectin in which the calcium content in pectin has been adjusted to 500 ppm or less is provided. The cold water-solubility of pectin is further enhanced by adjusting the pectin such that 80% by mass or more has a particle size of 150 ?m or less, or by dissolving the pectin together with one kind or two or more kinds of sodium salts, potassium salts, and magnesium salts.