MILK COMPONENT-CONTAINING COFFEE BEVERAGE OR TEA BEVERAGE PRACTICALLY WITHOUT USING SALT AS pH ADJUSTMENT AGENT DURING MANUFACTURING

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a milk component-containing coffee beverage or tea beverage excellent in quality maintenance and stability by significantly suppressing generation of upper transparency, deposition, ring and the like during sterilization treatment and long-term storage even when a salt as a pH adjustment agent is not practically used during manufacturing, and further to provide the milk component-containing coffee beverage or tea beverage having good aroma generation and rich flavor while having high stability.SOLUTION: Carrageenan having a μ component and a &ngr; component is used as a stabilizer for a coffee beverage or a tea beverage capable of remarkably suppressing generation of upper transparency, deposition, ring and the like during sterilization treatment and long-term storage even when a salt as pH adjustment agent is not practically used during manufacturing.