Patent ID: 7993696

Claim:
A packaged beverage containing a vegetable juice and/or a fruit juice, which comprises the following components (A) to (D): (A) from 0.5 to 12 wt. % of polydextrose, (B) from 0.5 to 12 wt. % of (b1) indigestible dextrose or (b2) a degraded guar gum, (C) from 2 to 30 vol. % of an insoluble solid, and (D) 50 wt. % or greater of water; wherein the following conditions are satisfied: (1) 0.1≦((A)+(b1))/(C)≦4 (wt. %/vol. %) or 0.05≦((A)+(b2))/(C)≦2 (wt. %/vol. %), (2) a pH after a heat sterilization is from 3 to 5, and (3) a viscosity after a heat sterilization is 300 mPa·s or less.