FIELD: food industry.
SUBSTANCE: invention is related to beverages. The tea-based beverage with total calorie content at least 17 kJ per 100 g contains water (at lest 85% of the total beverage weight), catechins;(C) (0.04 - 0.4% of the total beverage weight) and a non-caloric sweetener in a quantity sufficient for sweetness (S) of the non-caloric sweetener in terms of sucrose equivalent is at least 7% of the total beverage weight, with S value determined from the following expression: S=∑i Ri mi, where Ri is sweetness of the non-caloric sweetener in relation to an equivalent sucrose weight andsmisis the non-caloric sweetener quantity (% of the total beverage weight). The beverage specificity consists in it containing a non-caloric sweetener in a quantity meeting the condition: 34<(S/C)<115.
EFFECT: invention enables production of a beverage with a taste well balanced in terms of sweetness and bitterness.
15 cl, 3 tbl, 1 ex
