PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide food and drink which contain lactobacillus with a high survival rate and which make it possible to ingest a large amount of live lactobacillus.SOLUTION: By obtaining lactobacillus having a high survival rate even under conditions stressful to lactobacillus, and by preserving lactobacillus under the conditions which do not allow it to proliferate, food and drink which contain the lactobacillus and which make it possible to ingest a large amount of live lactobacillus are provided.