PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an acetic acid-containing beverage having improved acid taste and pungent odor specific for the acetic acid-containing beverage and excellent in fresh acid taste.SOLUTION: There is provided an acetic acid-containing beverage containing lemon vinegar and apple juice and having a ratio of content of the apple juice (in terms of juice w/v%) based on the acetic acid content (w/v%) of 2.3 to 22.6 and a ratio of content of apple juice to lemon vinegar content of 0.2 to 2.0, containing limonene, acetic acid and malic acid and having the content of malic acid based on acetic acid of 0.003 to 0.098 by mass ratio. There is provided an acetic acid-containing beverage having content of limonene of 10 ppb or more based on all acetic acid content and content of acetic acid of 1000 to 10000 mg/L.SELECTED DRAWING: NoneCOPYRIGHT: (C)2017,JPO&INPIT【課題】酢酸含有飲料の特有の酸味及び刺激臭が改善された、爽やかな酸味に優れる酢酸含有飲料の提供。【解決手段】レモン酢及びリンゴ果汁を含み、酢酸含有量(w/v%)に対するリンゴ果汁の含有量(果汁率換算w/v%)の比が、2.3~22.6、レモン酢含有量に対するリンゴ果汁の含有量の比が、0.2~2.0であり、リモネンと、酢酸と、リンゴ酸と、を含み、酢酸に対するリンゴ酸の含有量が、質量比で0.003~0.098である、酢酸含有飲料。リモネンの含有量が酢酸含有料全体に対して、10ppb以上であり、酢酸の含有量が1000~10000mg/Lである酢酸飲料。【選択図】なし
