PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide active ingredient-containing particles which are excellent in the in vivo absorption properties of an active ingredient.SOLUTION: The present invention provides an active ingredient-containing particle having a particle body containing an active ingredient, and a coating layer which coats at least one portion of the surface of the particle body and contains a surfactant, the particle body being a solid, and the affinity index X represented by the following formula (1) ranging in 0.05