Patent ID: 7691828

Claim:
A fecal condition improving composition, which comprises the following components (a), (b) and (c): (a) 0.001 to 5 wt. % of at least one compound selected from the group consisting of caffeic acid, chlorogenic acid and ferulic acid, esters thereof, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, (b) a water-soluble and hardly-fermentable dietary fiber which is at least one selected from the group consisting of molecular-weight-reduced alginic acid and a salt thereof, and (c) a water-soluble and fermentable dietary fiber which is at least one selected from the group consisting of molecular-weight-reduced hemicellulose, indigestible dextrin and molecular weight reduced guar gum wherein Components (b) and (c) are present in a total amount of 0.1 to 80 wt. % and a viscosity of a 5% aqueous solution of each dietary fiber Component (b) and Component (c) is 40 mPa·s or less.