Suntory Holdings Limited

Ryoki Mitsui

Yoshiaki Yokoo

Soichiro Urai

Koji Nagao

Tomoyuki Nishibori

Yui Utsumi

Keisuke Takayanagi

The present invention provides: a novel beverage having foam retentivity; and a method for improving foam retentivity. The present invention provides a beverage containing rebaudioside D and a compound represented by formula (1)(in the formula, Rrepresents Xyl(1-2)Glc1-, and Rrepresents Glc(1-2)[Glc(1-3)]Glc1-, Glc represents glucose, and Xyl represents xylose), wherein the sum of the content of rebaudioside D and the compound represented by formula (1) is 30-600 ppm, and the content of the compound represented by formula (1) in terms of mass is 0.5-95% of the aforementioned sum.

Beverage having foam retentivity and method for improving foam retentivity of beverage

A steviol glycoside composition having a total content of specific nine types of steviol glycosides is equal to or more than 60% by weight and less than 95% by weight and the total content of other steviol glycosides and-derived components is 5 to 40% by weight each relative to the total solid content weight of composition, weight-based ratios of rebaudioside A and rebaudioside D relative to the total content of the nine steviol glycosides are 35 to 75% and 5 to 30% by weight, respectively, and the composition has at least one of: methanol content is 0.10% by weight or less relative to the total content of the nine steviol glycosides; polyphenol content is 2.0% by weight or less relative to the total content of the nine steviol glycosides; and nitrogen amount is 0.40% by weight or less relative to the total amount of the nine steviol glycosides.

Steviol glycoside composition

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