PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a muscle increasing agent effectively increasing muscles, having high safety, economical, and facilitating continuous use.SOLUTION: A muscle increasing agent contains a collagen peptide, as an active ingredient, obtained by hydrolysing collagen or gelatin derived from any one of a fish scale, fish bone, and fish skin, using a degrading enzyme derived from a bacillus.COPYRIGHT: (C)2014,JPO&INPIT【課題】筋肉を有効に増加させ、安全性が高く、経済的で、継続して用いやすい筋肉増加剤の提供。【解決手段】魚鱗、魚骨、及び魚皮のいずれかに由来するコラーゲン又はゼラチンをバチルス(Bacillus)属由来の分解酵素を用いて加水分解して得られるコラーゲンペプチドを有効成分として含有する筋肉増加剤。【選択図】図1