PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an oil and fat composition that suppresses the increase of peroxide value due to light irradiation and reduces the generation of acidified flavor without making an eater feel unfavorable strange flavor, to provide a food product using the composition, to provide a method for producing the oil and fat composition and to provide a method for suppressing photo-degradation of edible oil and fat for the oil and fat composition.SOLUTION: A method for suppressing strange flavor in an edible oil and fat comprises adding carotene to an edible oil and fat and further adding lecithin to the edible oil and fat making an eater flavor derived from carotene to suppress the flavor derived from carotene. The method for suppressing strange flavor in an edible oil and fat comprises adding lecithin to an edible oil and fat and further adding carotene to the edible oil and fat making an eater feel flavor derived from lecithin to suppress the flavor derived from lecithin.SELECTED DRAWING: None
