Patent ID: 8088428

Claim:
A packaged coffee beverage subjected to heat sterilization treatment, comprising (A) monocaffeoylquinic acid, (B) feruloylquinic acid and (C) dicaffeoylquinic acid, wherein (a) a total content of said ingredients (A), (B) and (C) contained in dissolved states in said beverage is from 0.14 to 4% by weight based on said beverage, and said beverage comprises: (b) 80% by weight or more of water, (c) magnesium and sodium at a Mg/Na weight ratio of from 0.04 to 0.7, (d) a coffee extract obtained from roasted coffee beans having an L value of from 16 to 25, and (e) an amount of brown colorant to achieve an equivalent degree of coloration as compared to that achieved from a 0.0024 to 0.0122% by weight solution of Food Yellow No. 4.