PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an acidic liquid seasoning masked with sourness of "a first taste", being a taste at the moment when food is put in the mouth although being an acidic liquid seasoning.SOLUTION: The acidic liquid seasoning contains a hot-water extract of one kind or two kinds or more of cereals selected from awa, millet, hie, amaranthus, and quinua, and one kind or two kinds or more of gum substances selected from xanthan gum, gellan gum, and carrageenan.COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT【課題】酸性液状調味料でありながら、食品を口に含んだ瞬間の味「先味」の酸味がマスキングされた酸性液状調味料を提供する。【解決手段】あわ、きび、ひえ、アマランサス及びキヌアから選ばれる一種又は二種以上の雑穀類の熱水抽出液及びキサンタンガム、ジェランガム及びカラギーナンから選ばれる一種又は二種以上のガム質を含有する酸性液状調味料。【選択図】なし