LEMON-FLAVORED BEVERAGE, LEMON-FLAVORED BEVERAGE BASE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING LEMON-FLAVORED BEVERAGE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING LEMON-FLAVORED BEVERAGE BASE, AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING FLAVOR OF LEMON-FLAVORED BEVERAGE

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide: a lemon-flavored beverage that gives a lemon-flower aroma; a lemon-flavored beverage base; a method for producing a lemon-flavored beverage; a method of producing a lemon-flavored beverage base; and a method for improving the flavor of a lemon-flavored beverage.SOLUTION: A lemon-flavored beverage according to the present invention contains 10 to 20,000 ppb of citral and contains at least either 30 to 5,000 ppb of methyl anthranilate or 2 to 500 ppb of indole. A lemon-flavored beverage base according to the present invention contains: X ppb of citral; Y ppb of methyl anthranilate; Z ppb of indole; and when D represents a dilution factor, X/D is 10 to 20,000 and at least either Y/D is 30 to 5,000 or Z/D is 2 to 500.SELECTED DRAWING: None