PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a hop-containing composition suitable for edible use which is excellent in palatability to a degree that it can be taken daily.SOLUTION: An edible composition containing a leaf and/or a stem of hop and any one kind of ingredient selected from the group consisting of a leaf and a stem of barley, a leaf and a stem of sweet potato, a leaf and a stem of Peucedanum japonicum Thunb, a leaf and a stem of mulberry and a water-soluble dietary fiber is provided to solve the object as mentioned above. As another embodiment of the present invention, a method for improving the flavor, taste or coloration of the edible composition containing a leaf and/or a stem of hop is provided, which includes mixing a leaf and/or a stem of hop with any one kind of ingredient selected from the group consisting of a leaf and a stem of barley, a leaf and a stem of sweet potato, a leaf and a stem of Peucedanum japonicum Thunb, a leaf and a stem of mulberry and a water-soluble dietary fiber.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1COPYRIGHT: (C)2017,JPO&INPIT【課題】本発明の目的は、日常的に摂取が可能な程度に嗜好性に優れた、飲食用途に適したホップを含有する組成物を提供することにある。【解決手段】上記目的は、ホップの葉及び/又は茎と、大麦の葉及び茎、甘藷の葉及び茎、長命草の葉及び茎、桑の葉及び茎並びに水溶性食物繊維からなる群から選ばれるいずれか一種の成分と、を含有する飲食用組成物により解決される。また、本発明の別の態様として、ホップの葉及び/又は茎と、大麦の葉及び茎、甘藷の葉及び茎、長命草の葉及び茎、桑の葉及び茎並びに水溶性食物繊維からなる群から選ばれるいずれか一種の成分と、を混合することを含む、ホップの葉及び/又は茎を含有する飲食用組成物の風味、呈味又は呈色を改善する方法が提供される。【選択図】図1
