PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide new means for specifically removing a sulphur-containing compound including polysulfide such as DMTS without spoiling umami components, flavor components and the other components, from various kinds of liquids containing beverage.SOLUTION: Inventors have found as a result that: it is possible to absorb and remove DMTS without spoiling flavor components such as isoamyl acetate and ethyl caproate by using as an absorbent, fine particles of late-periodic transition metal, carried on a carrier and having a nano size or less; it is possible to absorb and remove by the absorber, various sulphur-containing compounds to be a factor of sulfide-like off-flavor without spoiling umami/flavor components of various kinds of beverages; and it is possible to absorb and remove DMTS from not only an aqueous liquid but also a liquid of a lipophilic organic compound.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5COPYRIGHT: (C)2016,JPO&INPIT【課題】飲料を包含する各種の液体から、うま味成分や香気成分などのその他の成分を損なうことなく、DMTS等のポリスルフィドをはじめとする含硫黄化合物を特異的に除去することができる新規な手段を提供すること。【解決手段】本願発明者らは、鋭意研究の結果、担体上に担持させたナノサイズ以下の後周期遷移金属の微粒子を吸着剤として用いることにより、酢酸イソアミルやカプロン酸エチル等の香気成分を損なうことなくDMTSを吸着除去できること、当該吸着剤によれば各種飲料のうま味・香気成分を損なうことなく硫化物様オフフレーバーの原因となる様々な含硫黄化合物を吸着除去できること、水系の液体のみならず親油性の有機化合物の液体からもDMTSを吸着除去できることを見出した。【選択図】図5