Abstract: The present invention provides a prophylactic or therapeutic composition for a metabolic disorder, a composition for amplifying the amount of short-chain fatty acid in the intestine, or a composition for decreasing a ratio of bacteria belonging to the Firmicutes to bacteria belonging to the Bacteroidetes in the intestine, each containing an exopolysaccharide produced by Leuconostoc mesenteroides, and further, a food, a pharmaceutical product, a feed and the like containing the composition.

Abstract: The present invention provides a lactobacillus that improves hyperuricemia, fatty liver and a lifestyle-related disease, and a composition containing the lactobacillus.

Abstract: The present invention provides lactic acid bacterium-containing chocolate containing a lactic acid bacterium in a living state, wherein the average particle size of the solid particles in the lactic acid bacterium-containing chocolate is larger than 1 ?m and less than 9 ?m, and a manufacturing method thereof.

Abstract: The present invention provides a prophylactic or therapeutic composition for a metabolic disorder, a composition for amplifying the amount of short-chain fatty acid in the intestine, or a composition for decreasing a ratio of bacteria belonging to the Firmicutes to bacteria belonging to the Bacteroidetes in the intestine, each containing an exopolysaccharide produced by Leuconostoc mesenteroides, and further, a food, a pharmaceutical product, a feed and the like containing the composition.

Abstract: Provided are exopolysaccharide produced by novel lactic acid bacteria having an IgA production promoting ability, a production method of the exopolysaccharide, a composition containing the exopolysaccharide, and the like.

Abstract: By adding a viable lactic acid bacterium to a fat or oil composition, the present invention has succeeded in producing a lactic acid bacterium-containing fat or oil composition that has a high viability of the lactic acid bacterium and an excellent resistance to acids. By adding lactic acid bacteria powder or a chocolate with a high lactic acid bacterium concentration to a chocolate dough after tempering and before molding, moreover, the present invention has succeeded in producing a lactic acid bacterium-containing chocolate including a viable lactic acid bacterium by a simple producing method. Thus, provided is a lactic acid bacterium-containing chocolate with high palatability that contains a viable lactic acid bacterium.

Abstract: The present invention provides a lactobacillus that improves hyperuricemia, fatty liver and a lifestyle-related disease, and a composition containing the lactobacillus.

Abstract: The present invention provides Leuconostoc mesenteroides NTM048 strain deposited under accession No. NITE BP-1519, or a mutant strain thereof or a processed bacterium thereof, and a lactobacillus preparation and an immunity (particularly intestinal immunity) stimulant, containing the lactobacillus or a processed bacterium thereof.

Abstract: Provided are exopolysaccharide produced by novel lactic acid bacteria having an IgA production promoting ability, a production method of the exopolysaccharide, a composition containing the exopolysaccharide, and the like.

Abstract: The present invention provides Leuconostoc mesenteroides NTM048 strain deposited under accession No. NITE BP-1519, or a mutant strain thereof or a processed bacterium thereof, and a lactobacillus preparation and an immunity (particularly intestinal immunity) stimulant, containing the lactobacillus or a processed bacterium thereof.