Provided is a culture product that contains a large amount of ethyl benzoate and has a more delicate and fresh fruit-like odor than chemically synthesized products. The culture product is obtained by culturing a microorganism belonging to the genus Wickerhamomyces in a milk component-containing medium.本發明提供一種大量含有苯甲酸乙酯,具有較化學合成品更複雜且更新鮮之如水果般之香味的培養物。一種培養物,其係將屬於維克哈默酵母菌屬之微生物於含乳成分之培養基中進行培養而獲得。