To obtain both a binder for a processed food originated from a natural product and the processed food obtained by using the binder and useful for taking a nutriment and making a beautiful feature.

This processed food comprises a mixture of one or more kinds of food materials having an element for eliminating an active oxygen, an antioxidative element, an antiallergic element, an element for improving skin, etc., and bonded by a binder consisting essentially of a pulverized molokheiya (Corcharus oltorius). The binder has a safety higher than a synthesized binder or a binder extracted by an organic solvent and contains rich nutriments such as vitamins and minerals because the binder consisting essentially of a material obtained by pulverizing an eatable natural material. The processed food is useful for maintaining of beauty and health because the processed food is obtained by using a food material having the element for eliminating the active oxygen, the antioxidative element, the antiallergic element and the element for improving skin and also has an extremely good utilization efficiency of a food material because the pulverized molokheiya which has rich nutriment is used as the binder.