Process for producing vinegar and vinegar produced by this method

摘要

It is intended to provide a process for producing a vinegar in which the characteristic unpleasant smell inherent to vinegars using a material containing rice bran is relieved and which is thus widely usable in drinking, cooking and so on; and the vinegar produced by this method. A process for producing a vinegar using a material containing rice bran wherein the characteristic unpleasant smell is relieved by blending ammonia at a ratio of from 40 to 250 mg/100 ml, preferably from 100 to 200 mg/100 ml, and saccharides at a ratio of from 5 to 50 g/100 ml into the vinegar; the vinegar produced by this process; and a food and a drink containing the same.