PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a beverage and a method for producing the beverage of preference without a bitter or unpleasant taste causing neither aggregation nor precipitation while containing three components of a gallate catechin, water-soluble food fiber, and water-soluble collagen with an average molecular weight of 4,000 or more.SOLUTION: The beverage contains (a) gallate catechin, (b) water-soluble collagen with an average molecular weight of 4,000 or more, and (c) water-soluble soybean food fiber, and the respective contents are within a range expressed by the following formulas: b/a≥5.0, c/a≥0.4, and c/b≥0.08.COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT【課題】ガレート型カテキン、水溶性食物繊維および平均分子量4,000以上の水溶性コラーゲンの3成分を含有しながら、凝集・沈殿がなく、苦渋味や不快味のない嗜好性の高い飲料ならびに製造方法を提供すること。【解決手段】平均分子量4,000以上の水溶性コラーゲン(b)、ガレート型カテキン(a)および水溶性大豆食物繊維(c)を含有し、それぞれの含有量が重量比で以下の式:b/a≧5.0、c/a≧0.4、c/b≧0.08の範囲内にある飲料。【選択図】なし
