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A rice bran-like composition having higher bioactivity is provided by modifying rice bran. A rice bran-like composition contains a mixture of (1) defatted rice bran obtained by pressing rice bran to remove oil and (2) rice bran oil obtained by refining pressed rice bran oil, wherein a weight ratio of defatted rice bran content to rice bran oil content is 85:15 to 60:40. A food contains (1) defatted rice bran and (2) rice bran oil in a weight ratio of 85:15 to 60:40. Preferable components of the rice bran-like composition are as follows: the fat content is 20 to 40 wt. %, the protein content is 10 to 17 wt. %, the carbohydrate content is 5 to 21 wt. %, the ash content is 7 to 13 wt. %, and the fiber content is 20 to 32 wt. %. The present invention provides an effect of reducing or suppressing an increase in visceral fat; an effect of reducing or suppressing an increase in neutral fat in blood; and an effect of reducing or suppressing an increase in blood cholesterol, all the effects being superior to those of rice bran.

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