PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a flavor improver useful for improving the flavor of purified catechin formulations and the like.SOLUTION: The flavor improver contains, as an active ingredient, a starch enzyme decomposition product having a weight-average molecular weight of 1,000-10,000 in a gel permeation chromatography measurement.COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT【課題】精製カテキン類製剤の風味改善に有用な風味改善剤を提供すること。【解決手段】ゲルパーミエーションクロマトグラフィ測定における重量平均分子量が1,000~10,000のでんぷん酵素分解物を有効成分とする、風味改善剤。【選択図】なし