PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a brain function improving composition capable of improving dementia, particularly Alzheimer's dementia. SOLUTION: In the manufacturing process of single-distilled shochu, shochu oil obtained by floating during the cooling of the raw liquor during atmospheric distillation or reduced pressure distillation is used as an active ingredient of a brain function improving composition. [Selection diagram] Fig. 1【課題】認知症、特にアルツハイマー型認知症の改善を図ることができる脳機能改善組成物を提供する。【解決手段】単式蒸留焼酎の製造過程において、常圧又は減圧蒸留を行った際の原酒の冷却中に浮上して得られる焼酎油を脳機能改善組成物の有効成分とする。【選択図】図1