Provided is a liquid composition that is suitable for mixing with a beverage, that contains 0.2-3.5 mass% of a fruit essential oil, that has an acidity of 2.0% or less, that contains 0.5-10 g/kg/Brix of pectin, in which the total amount of phosphatidylcholine (PC) and phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) is 10-100 mg/kg/Brix, and in which PE/PC is 0.5-1.5. The liquid composition preferably has an ethanol concentration of less than 1%.