DENTAL ENAMEL RECALCIFICATION ACCELERATOR AND CONTAINING THE SAME, ORAL COMPOSITION AND FOOD OR BEVERAGE

摘要

A dental enamel recalcification accelerator that even when used in oral compositions and food or beverage, poses no safety problem, and that is capable of effectively promoting the recalcification of decalcified dental enamel to thereby positively suppress any dental caries; and containing the same, an oral composition and food or beverage. There is provided a dental enamel recalcification accelerator comprising anhydrogalactose-containing red algae and/or an extract thereof as an active ingredient. Further, there are provided an oral composition and food or beverage comprising the dental enamel recalcification accelerator.