PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cellulose composite for manufacturing beverage excellent in mouth melting and throat-passing when proteins are blended in the beverage at high concentration.SOLUTION: There is provided a cellulose composite containing cellulose and anionic polysaccharide and maintenance factor of storage elastic modulus is 92.2% or less in a water dispersion with 1.0 mass% concentration by dispersing the composite into an ion exchange water.SELECTED DRAWING: NoneCOPYRIGHT: (C)2016,JPO&INPIT