PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a paprika pigment composition that fully exhibits the storage stability of capsanthin when enclosed in a microcapsule of a multi-core structure.SOLUTION: A paprika pigment composition having a &bgr-cryptoxanthin content of 1.0% or more, and a multi-core microcapsule containing the paprika pigment composition as a core material 2 while using a hydrophilic polymer gelling agent as a film-forming material 1, are provided.