The conservative improvement mannered null riyuuzetsuran family yucca of the antifungal agent, the constituent, and the mildewproofing Characteristic food and drink,

摘要

PPROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a natural substance-based mildewproofing agent excellent in the mildewproofing effect on a mold which causes spoilage and putrefaction of food and drink, a mildewproofing composition comprising the mildewproofing agent, to provide mildew-resistant food and drink to which at least one of the mildewproofing agent and the mildewproofing composition is added or attached, and a method for improving the storability of food and drink. PSOLUTION: The mildewproofing agent comprises an extract of a plant of Yucca, the family Agavaceae as an active ingredient. The mildewproofing agent has a mildewproofing effect on at least one mold selected from Penicillium, Aspergillus, Eurotium, and Cladosoprium. The mildewproofing composition comprises at least one kind selected from an edible organic acid, ethanol, sugar, sodium chloride and water, and the above mildewproofing agent. The mildew-resistant food and drink, and the method for improving the storability of food and drink comprise adding or attaching at least one of the mildewproofing agent and the mildewproofing composition to food and drink. PCOPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI