PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pigment-stabilizing agent which originates from a saccharide, has a sufficiently pigment-stabilizing effect, and does not five an adverse effect, when added, and to provide a pigment-stabilizing method.SOLUTION: 1.5-D-Anhydrofructose originating from starch is added to a drink, food, medicine, quasi drug, cosmetic, or the like together with a carotenoid-based pigment, a flavonoid-based pigment, an anthocyanin-based pigment, an anthraquinone-based pigment, an azaphilone-based pigment, a betacyanine-based pigment, a diketone-based pigment, a porphyrin-based pigment, and the like, or is added to a drink, food, cosmetic or the like which originally contains the pigments.COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO【課題】 糖質由来で、色素の十分な安定化効果を有し、添加による悪影響のない色素の安定化剤および安定化方法を提供すること【解決手段】 澱粉由来の1,5-D-アンヒドロフルクトースをカロチノイド系色素、フラボノイド系色素、アントシアニン系色素、アントラキノン系色素、アザフィロン系色素、ベタシアニン系色素、ジケトン系色素、ポルフィリン系色素などとともに、飲食品、医薬品、医薬部外品、化粧品などに添加する、またはこれらの色素を元々含有する飲食品、化粧品等に添加して色素の安定化をはかる。
