PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an oral ingestion composition that significantly promotes the release of a terpene from a body surface after oral ingestion as a body odor improvement method, and a method of promoting the release of a terpene to the outside of a body used for the same.SOLUTION: A composition for oral ingestion comprises a terpene included in cyclodextrin, with the content of cyclodextrin being 0.004-95.0 wt.% in the total weight of the composition for oral ingestion.COPYRIGHT: (C)2015,JPO&INPIT【課題】体臭改善方法として経口摂取後のテルペン類の体表面からの放出が顕著に促進される経口摂取組成物及びそれに用いるテルペン類の体外放出促進方法の提供。【解決手段】シクロデキストリンで包接したテルペン類を含有し、該シクロデキストリンを経口摂取用組成物全体重量中0.004~95.0重量%含有する経口摂取用組成物によって達成する。【選択図】なし