Abstract: To provide a microbial oil that contains eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) at a high concentration and can effectively exert the function of EPA. A microbial oil containing EPA and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), in which the content of EPA is 38% by area or greater relative to the total fatty acids and which has at least one fatty acid ratio selected from the group consisting of (a) to (c): (a) a ratio of the content of EPA to the content of DHA of 1.7 or more; (b) a ratio of the content of fatty acid(s) having 18 carbon atoms to the content of fatty acid(s) having 20 carbon atoms of 0.3 or less; and (c) a ratio of the content of fatty acid(s) having 18 carbon atoms to the content of fatty acid(s) having 22 carbon atoms of 1.5 or less.

Abstract: Provided is a dried powder of microorganisms, which is highly suitable for processing and has excellent usefulness as one component of various products. The present invention provides: a dried powder of microorganisms, the dried powder exhibiting a brightness of 55 or more and a chromaticness of 18 or less; and a method for producing a dried powder of microorganisms, the method comprising: washing microorganisms at least once with a liquid having an osmotic pressure lower than that of a liquid culture medium for culturing the microorganisms; and drying and heating the microorganisms after the washing to thereby obtain the dried powder of the microorganisms, which exhibits a brightness of 55 or more and a chromaticness of 18 or less.

Abstract: To provide a microbial oil that contains eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) at a high concentration and can effectively exert the function of EPA. A microbial oil containing EPA and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), in which the content of EPA is 38% by area or greater relative to the total fatty acids and which has at least one fatty acid ratio selected from the group consisting of (a) to (c): (a) a ratio of the content of EPA to the content of DHA of 1.7 or more; (b) a ratio of the content of fatty acid(s) having 18 carbon atoms to the content of fatty acid(s) having 20 carbon atoms of 0.3 or less; and (c) a ratio of the content of fatty acid(s) having 18 carbon atoms to the content of fatty acid(s) having 22 carbon atoms of 1.5 or less.

Abstract: Provided is a dried powder of microorganisms, which is highly suitable for processing and has excellent usefulness as one component of various products. The present invention provides: a dried powder of microorganisms, the dried powder exhibiting a brightness of 55 or more and a chromaticness of 18 or less; and a method for producing a dried powder of microorganisms, the method comprising: washing microorganisms at least once with a liquid having an osmotic pressure lower than that of a liquid culture medium for culturing the microorganisms; and drying and heating the microorganisms after the washing to thereby obtain the dried powder of the microorganisms, which exhibits a brightness of 55 or more and a chromaticness of 18 or less.