FIELD: food industry.
SUBSTANCE: invention relates to beverages enriched with citrus phytochemicals. The beverage contains water, at least one substance improving hydration and at least one microencapsulated photochemical citrus composition containing the first citrus phytochemical. The citrus phytochemical accounts for at least 60% of the total quantity of citrus phytochemical in the microencapsulated citrus phytochemical composition. Additionally, the beverage concentrate and beverage preparation method are proposed.
EFFECT: invention allows to produce improved beverages with one or more citrus phytochemicals without a bitter taste specific to these compounds.
41 cl, 1 tbl
