PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bottled citric acid highly containing acidic beverage, in an acidic beverage containing citric acid with high concentration, reduced in foreign taste derived from citric acid, and further, to provide a bottled citric acid highly containing acidic beverage easy to be drunk and high in palatability, in which foreign matter derived from citric acid, and further, foreign matter derived from high sweetness sweetener is reduced by being applied to an acidic beverage containing high concentration citric acid and a high sweetness sweetener.SOLUTION: Provided is a bottled citric acid highly containing acidic beverage in which foreign taste derived from citric acid is reduced, in a bottled citric acid highly containing organic beverage having a citric acid concentration of 0.3 to 1.5 wt.%, by adding and incorporating theanine therein. Also provided is a bottled citric acid highly containing organic beverage in which foreign taste derived from citric acid and a high sweetness sweetener is reduced, in the citric acid highly containing acid beverage, by adding and incorporating theanine.SELECTED DRAWING: NoneCOPYRIGHT: (C)2017,JPO&INPIT【課題】高濃度のクエン酸を含有する酸性飲料において、クエン酸由来の異味を低減したクエン酸高含有酸性飲料を提供すること、更に、高濃度のクエン酸と高甘味度甘味料とを含有する酸性飲料に適用して、クエン酸由来の異味と、更に高甘味度甘味料由来の異味を低減した、飲みやすく嗜好性が高い容器詰めクエン酸高含有酸性飲料を提供すること。【解決手段】、クエン酸濃度が0.3~1.5重量%である容器詰めクエン酸高含有酸性飲料において、テアニンを添加、含有させたことにより、クエン酸由来の異味が低減された容器詰めクエン酸高含有酸性飲料を提供する。更には、該容器詰めクエン酸高含有酸性飲料において、高甘味度甘味料を含有させ、テアニンを添加、含有させたことにより、クエン酸と高甘味度甘味料由来の異味が低減された容器詰めクエン酸高含有酸性飲料を提供する。【選択図】なし
