The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition, a food composition or a cosmetic composition, containing one or more kinds of a compound represented by the following formula (I&prime；) wherein R1 is a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a methoxy group or an ethoxy group, R2 is a hydroxyl group, a methoxy group or an acetoxy group, or R1 and R2 in combination optionally form a methylenedioxy group, R is represented by the following formula wherein Y is an ethylene group or a vinylene group, m and n are each an integer of 0 to 7, which satisfy m+n=2 to 8, and R3 and R4 are each independently a hydrogen atom, a methyl group or an ethyl group, provided that, (1) when R1 is a methoxy group, then R2 is not a hydroxyl group； and (2) when R1 is a hydroxyl group, then R2 is not a hydroxyl group and an acetoxy group. According to the present invention, a stable capsinoid derivative is provided, and a pharmaceutical composition, a food composition, a cosmetic composition and the like containing the derivative as an active ingredient can be provided.
