To provide a composition capable of effectively scavenging active oxygen, and further to provide a method for producing the composition, and an edible composition.

This composition for scavenging the active oxygen contains an extract obtained by using a plant body of Cruciferae plant such as a kale as a raw material, extracting the plant body by using water and/or a hydrophilic organic solvent, more preferably acidic above extracting solvent, more preferably, the one obtained by subjecting the resultant extract to ion-exchange treatment. The edible composition is obtained by formulating the composition.