BODY WEIGHT OR VISCERAL FAT INCREASE INHIBITOR, OR FOOD COMPOSITION FOR INHIBITING INCREASE OF BODY WEIGHT OR VISCERAL FAT, OR FEED COMPOSITION FOR INHIBITING INCREASE OF BODY WEIGHT OR VISCERAL FAT
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide body weight or visceral fat increase inhibitors, food compositions for inhibiting the increase of body weight or visceral fat, or feed compositions for inhibiting the increase of body weight or visceral fat which is excellent in safety, mass productivity, and quality stability.SOLUTION: Provided is a body weight or visceral fat increase inhibitor, a food composition for inhibiting the increase of body weight or visceral fat, or a feed composition for inhibiting the increase of body weight or visceral fat which contains bacterial cells of Tetragenococcus lactic acid bacterium and/or cultures thereof as an active ingredient. Experiments have confirmed that the increase of body weight or visceral fat can be inhibited by oral ingestion of these.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1【課題】安全性、量産性、品質の安定性に優れた体重又は内臓脂肪増加抑制剤、体重又は内臓脂肪増加抑制用食品組成物、体重又は内臓脂肪増加抑制用飼料組成物を提供する【解決手段】テトラジェノコッカス属の乳酸菌の菌体及び/又はその培養物を有効成分とする体重又は内臓脂肪増加抑制剤、体重又は内臓脂肪増加抑制用食品組成物、体重又は内臓脂肪増加抑制用飼料組成物を提供する。これらを経口摂取することにより、体重又は内臓脂肪の増加を抑制し得ることが実験により確認された。【選択図】 図1