PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an acidic liquid seasoning inhibiting acidic pungency unique to acetic acid, and a foodstuff using the same.SOLUTION: The provided acidic liquid seasoning is an acetic acid-containing acidic liquid seasoning whose pH is 2.3-3.5, which includes 0.01-0.8% of proteins and 0.01-9.0%, as a total sum, of glucose, sucrose, and fructose, and wherein, in a case where flavor components of the acidic liquid seasoning are measured based on solid-phase microextraction-gas chromatographic mass spectrometry, 0.0002-0.1 part of hexyl acetate and 0.0005-0.25 part of phenethyl alcohol are included with respect to 1 part of acetic acid.COPYRIGHT: (C)2014,JPO&INPIT【課題】酢酸特有の鼻に抜けるツンとした酸味を抑制した酸性液状調味料及びこれを用いた食品を提供する。【解決手段】pH2.3~3.5の酢酸含有酸性液状調味料において、蛋白質0.01~0.8%と、グルコース、蔗糖及び果糖の合計0.01~9.0%とを含有し、かつ、酸性液状調味料の香気成分を固相マイクロ抽出-ガスクロマトグラフ分析質量分析法で測定した場合に、酢酸1部に対しHexyl acetate0.0002~0.1部及びPhenethyl alcohol0.0005~0.25部を含有することを特徴とする酸性液状調味料。【選択図】なし