STEROL COMPOSITIONS, FAT COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING THE SAME AND FOODS

摘要

It is intended to provide a sterol composition and a fat/oil composition, which have a higher effect of lowering the cholesterol level than commercially available phytosterol containing beta -Sitosterol as a main component, and to provide foods containing the above compositions. Thus, the present invention relates to a sterol composition having a total sterol content of 70% by weight or more and the ratio of DELTA 7-type sterol content of 13% by weight or more of the total sterol content; a fat/oil composition having a total sterol content of 1.0% by weight or more, preferably of 1.5% by weight or more, and the ratio of DELTA 7-type sterol content of 13% by weight or more, preferably of 25% by weight or more of the total sterol content; an agent for lowering cholesterol in serum, comprising the fat/oil composition; and food containing the fat/oil composition.