The present invention relates to a melon juice concentrate which is useful as a component in melon juice comprising beverages. Typically such beverage comprises an organoleptically objectionable cucumber flavour which is imported with the melon juice concentrate. In contrast the melon juice concentrate according to the present invention is free of organoleptically objectionable cucumber flavours. The present invention also relates to a process for providing the melon juice concentrate and a beverage comprising the melon juice concentrate. The melon juice concentrate being provided by the following process steps in the indicated order providing a liquid melon extract slurry; adjusting said liquid melon extract slurry to a pH of 4 or less; treating said pH adjusted melon slurry with a pectinase enzyme; clarifying said enzyme treated slurry by filtration to have at least a clarity of 95 % at 630 nanometers wavelength of light to provide a clear liquid; concentrating said clear liquid by heating to remove water and to remove aroma components to a level without detectable organoleptically objectionable cucumber flavour to provide said melon juice concentrate; wherein all process steps are carried out such that the oxygen content in the liquid phase of said liquid melon extract slurry, said clear liquid and said melon juice concentrate is maintained below 4 ppm.
