Provided are a food-and-drink composition, food-and-drink, and so on containing astaxanthin and/or astaxanthin-containing extract as an active ingredient. The food-and-drink composition, food-and-drink, and so on containing astaxanthin and/or astaxanthin-containing extract as an active ingredient exert actions and effects to improve dull-headedness, improve decreased concentration, improve decreased motivation, improve depressed mood, resolve frustration, reduce feeling of body heaviness, and improve decreased vigor and/or activity, in a healthy human male or female having a sense of fatigue, in particular, a sense of fatigue caused by a mental load or a sense of fatigue caused by a mental load and a physical load.
