PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a packaged beverage in which the bitterness and astringency of St. Johns Wort extract is reduced.SOLUTION: Provided is: a packaged beverage containing a St. Johns Wort extract comprising hypericin and a caffeine, and in which a concentration (a) of hypericin from St. Johns Wort extract in the beverage is 0.3 to 9 mg/L, and the ratio of a caffeine concentration (b) (unit: mg/L) in the beverage to the hypericin concentration (a) (unit: mg/L) is 16 or more (b/a≥16) and a packaged beverage in which the caffeine concentration (b) is 4 to 700 mg/L.SELECTED DRAWING: None
