Patent ID: 8652560

Claim:
A non-tea based packaged beverage with which a purified product of a green tea extract is mixed, the beverage comprising 0.06 to 0.5% by weight of non-polymer catechins (A), the percentage of non-epimers (B) of the non-polymer catechins in the non-polymer catechins (A) being from 5 to 15% by weight after heat sterilization, the beverage comprising 0.01 to 0.5% by weight of one or more sour seasonings (C) selected from the group consisting of citric acid, gluconic acid, tartaric acid, lactic acid, fumaric acid, malic acid, phosphoric acid, and ascorbic acid, the beverage comprising 0.01 to 0.5% by weight of one or more pH adjusters (D) selected from the group consisting of a sodium salt and a potassium salt of citric acid, gluconic acid, tartaric acid, lactic acid, fumaric acid, malic acid, phosphoric acid, and ascorbic acid, the ratio by weight of the component (D)/the component (C) [(D)/(C)] being from 0.5 to 5.0, the pH of the beverage being 5.1 or less, and the beverage comprising 0.0001 to 20% by weight of a sweetener (E).