PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a beverage for the purpose of smooth hydration or the like improved in sliminess, bitter taste, a feeling of stimulation in oral mucosa and peculiar aftertaste derived from electrolytes such as K+, Ca2+, Mg2+ and C1-.SOLUTION: The beverage composition characterized by not containing specified beverage additives has an Na+ concentration of 20-80 mg/100 ml, an osmotic pressure of 100-400 mOsm/kg, an Na+: grape sugar ratio (molar ratio) of 1:0.1-10, and an Na+:K+(molar ratio) of 1:0.05-1, and contains (1) 1-30% fruit juice, (2) 0.01-10% natural sweetener, (3) 0.005-0.1% salt, and (4) 0.005-1% natural flavor/body source selected from a group consisting of alga extract, dried fish extract, mushroom extract, grain extract, tea extract, vegetable extract, fruit extract, herb extract, mesophyll extract, bean extract, nut extract, yeast extract, sap, juice squeezed out of sugarcane (brown sugar syrup), and sugar (soft brown sugar and brown sugar).COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT【課題】K+、Ca2+、Mg2+、Cl-などの電解質に由来するぬめりや苦味、口腔粘膜の刺激感、クセのある後味が改善されたスムーズな水分補給等を目的にした飲料を提供する。【解決手段】飲料指定添加物を含まないことを特徴とした、以下の成分を含む、Na+濃度20~80mg/100ml、浸透圧100~400mOsm/kg、Na+:ぶどう糖(モル比)1:0.1~10、及びNa+:K+(モル比)1:0.05~1である、飲料組成物。(1)1~30%の果汁;(2)0.01~10%の天然甘味料;(3)0.005~0.1%の食塩;(4)0.005~1%の下記からなる群より選択される天然旨味・コク味源;藻類エキス、節類エキス、きのこ類エキス、穀類エキス、茶エキス、野菜エキス、果実エキス、ハーブエキス、葉肉エキス、豆類エキス、種実類エキス、酵母エキス、樹液類、サトウキビ搾汁液(黒糖蜜)及び砂糖(三温糖、黒糖)。【選択図】なし
