PACKAGED TOMATO-CONTAINING BEVERAGE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND IMPROVEMENT METHOD OF TEXTURE AND TASTE OF PACKAGED TOMATO-CONTAINING BEVERAGE

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a packaged tomato-containing beverage easy to drink with strong feeling of fully-ripened sweetness and flavor without feeling of grassy smell, and with smooth and dry texture and to provide an inhibition method of acid taste of the packaged tomato-containing beverage and an improvement method of texture and taste of the packaged tomato-containing beverage.;SOLUTION: A packaged tomato-containing beverage contains 0.7 to 2.2 mg/100 g of plant sterols and a ratio [Ga/Glu] of the content of GABA (GA) to the content of glutamic acid (Glu) in the beverage is 0.30 to 0.50. A manufacturing method of the packaged tomato-containing beverage and an improvement method of texture and taste of the packaged tomato-containing beverage include the steps of adjusting the content of the plant sterols to 0.7 to 2.2 mg/100 g and adjusting the ratio [Ga/Glu] of the content of GABA (Ga) to the content of glutamic acid (Glu) in the beverage to 0.30 to 0.50.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2014,JPO&INPIT