A toner containing a lignin resin, a carbon-neutral biomass polymer having
a low environmental load and taking global environmental protection into
account, as a constitutional component of a binder resin, and having a
wide fixing non-offset range and an excellent fixing property, is
provided. The toner contains at least a binder resin, a colorant, and a
release agent. Furthermore, in the toner, the binder resin includes a
resin A that is a lignin resin and a resin B that is another resin
component, and the resin B has a peak top molecular weight of 10.sup.3 to
10.sup.4 and an acid number of 20 or less.