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(57) [Summary] [PROBLEMS] To use a natural product with high safety as a raw material, to produce it at low cost and easily, and to have no side effects at all. Provided is an immunostimulant which has a good flavor and can be added to foods and the like and taken in daily. SOLUTION: An extract obtained from cacao beans and / or cacao husk, which is the hull of cacao beans, is used as an active ingredient. Preferably, the extract is obtained by extracting with water and / or an organic solvent compatible with water. Has a molecular weight of 12, An immunostimulator which is a high molecular fraction of 000 or more, and a food or drink containing the same. |