A nutritional composition comprising milk protein hydrolyzate a cultured milk protein a phospholipid an oil containing oleic acid and isomaltulose wherein an intestinal flora improvement effect has been found. Specifically this nutritional composition has been found to increase the bacteria count and occupancy of Bifidobacterium genus and Lactobacillus genus in the intestine in in vivo tests using rats. From these results this nutritional composition is understood to promote the propagation of the Bifidobacterium genus and/or the Lactobacillus genus of bacteria.
