To provide a chlorella essence-containing material that uses taste modulating function of the chlorella essence. There is provided a chlorella essence-containing material obtained by impregnating grain with a chlorella essence and drying the mixture thereof； and the chlorella essence-containing material in which the grain is a grain powder, a roasted grain, or rice or flour.本發明的目的在於提供一種具有小球藻提取物所具有的效果，且保存穩定性優越的小球藻提取物含有體。上述小球藻提取物含有體是使小球藻提取物浸滲在穀物中，並使該混合物乾燥而得。該小球藻提取物含有體能夠作為食品的味覺改良增味劑使用，或作為乳酸菌的生長促進劑使用。
