The present invention provides: a non-fermented beer-like effervescent beverage which has an extremely low purine body concentration but still maintains a "beer-like taste"； and a method for producing the beverage. The non-fermented beer-like effervescent beverage according to the present invention has any one of the following characteristic properties: the non-fermented beer-like effervescent beverage contains a foaming agent a pigment and has a purine body concentration of 0.2 mg/100 mL or less； the non-fermented beer-like effervescent beverage is produced without being subjected to a purine body removal step； the non-fermented beer-like effervescent beverage has a NIBEM value of 80 or more； the non-fermented beer-like effervescent beverage has a chromaticity of 2&ring； EBC or more； the foaming agent is at least one component selected from the group consisting of a soybean dietary fiber, a soybean saponin, a Quillaja saponin, a soybean peptide and an alginate ester； and the pigment is a caramelization reaction product.
