The present invention provides a fruit-based food and beverage having excellent richness and full bodiness, a method for enhancing richness and full bodiness of a fruit-based food and beverage without imparting astringent taste and bitter taste more than necessary, and a method for improving the quality of taste in a food and beverage.[Means for Solving Problem]The fruit-based food and beverage containing a component derived from amla of the present invention comprises at least one selected from a group consisting of amla fruit, amla fruit juice and amla fruit extract.