PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a sodium chloride containing food and drink that has a sufficient salty taste while reducing sodium chloride contents, and is free from foreign taste/foreign odor.SOLUTION: A sodium chloride containing food and drink comprises an effective amount of octane acid ethyl for enhancing a salty taste. A content of octane acid ethyl is 0.1-800 ppb based on the total amount of the sodium chloride containing food and drink. The sodium chloride containing food and drink is a soup.SELECTED DRAWING: NoneCOPYRIGHT: (C)2016,JPO&INPIT【課題】食塩の含有量を減じつつ充分な塩味を有し、かつ異味・異臭を感じさせない食塩含有飲食品の提供。【解決手段】塩味を増強させる有効量のオクタン酸エチルを含有する、食塩含有飲食品。オクタン酸エチルの含有量が前記食塩含有飲食品全量を基準として0.1~800ppbである、食塩含有飲食品。食塩含有飲食品がスープである食塩含有飲食品。【選択図】なし