Patent ID: 8455034

Claim:
A packaged green tea beverage, wherein (A) the packaged green tea beverage comprises from 0.08 to 0.5 wt % of non-polymer catechins, (B) a percentage of non-epicatechin body in the non-polymer catechins is from 5 to 25 wt %, (C) a percentage of gallate body in the non-polymer catechins is from 5 to 95 wt %, (D) pH is from 2.5 to 5.1, (E) the packaged green tea beverage comprises from 0.0001 to 20 wt % of at least one sweetener selected from fructose, glucose, sucrose, fructoglucose syrup and glucofructose syrup, and (F) caffeine, wherein said packaged green tea beverage has a content weight ratio [(F)/(A)] of (F) caffeine to (A) the non-polymer catechins is from 0.05 to 0.13, and wherein said packaged green tea beverage has a calorific value of less than 40 Kcal/240 mL.