Highly flavored ornithine-containing alcohol-free malt beverage

摘要

Disclosed are: an ornithine-containing alcohol-free malt beverage which is produced by imparting a health care function of ornithine to an alcohol-free malt beverage that contains substantially no alcohol component and has a flavor of an alcohol beverage and which retains an excellent flavor of the alcohol-free malt beverage; and a process for producing the ornithine-containing alcohol-free malt beverage. In the process for producing an ornithine-containing alcohol-free malt beverage, ornithine hydrochloride and ornithine aspartate are used in combination as ornithine raw materials in such amounts that the ratio of ornithine hydrochloride in terms of ornithine content to the total weight of ornithine hydrochloride and ornithine aspartate in terms of ornithine content becomes 20% or more. In this manner, an ornithine-containing alcohol-free malt beverage that has, imparted thereto, a health care function of ornithine and retains an excellent flavor of an alcohol-free malt beverage can be produced. In the process, in addition to ornithine hydrochloride and ornithine aspartate, an organic acid may be added to control the pH value of the product. The organic acid to be added may be at least one organic acid selected from malic acid, gluconic acid and phytic acid.