Patent ID: 8427042

Claim:
A light-emitting device comprising: a light-emitting element placed on a wiring pattern, with said wiring pattern and an upper portion of said light-emitting element being connected to each other by a bonding wire; and a phosphor kneaded matter obtained from a phosphor kneaded matter packaging container, the phosphor kneaded matter comprising a transparent resin, a red phosphor, and a calcium compound, wherein said phosphor kneaded matter is sealed on said wiring pattern and said light-emitting element by a sealing resin, wherein said red phosphor is a tetravalent manganese-activated tetravalent fluoride metal salt phosphor, wherein said calcium compound is calcium gluconate, calcium borogluconate, calcium glycerophosphate, calcium lactate, calcium propionate, calcium pantothenate, calcium citrate or calcium hydrogenphosphate, and said calcium compound is 30 to 50% in weight ratio relative to the transparent resin.