Packaged beverages contain the following ingredients: (A) from 0.07 to
0.45 wt. % of non-polymer catechins, (B) from 0.06 to 0.5 wt. % of
ascorbic acid or a metal salt thereof, and (C) non-polymer
catechingallates. A content weight ratio (C/A) of the non-polymer
catechingallates (C) to the non-polymer catechins (A) is from 0.8 to 1.0,
and the packaged beverages have a pH of from 4.5 to 7. Another type of
packaged beverages contain the following ingredients: (A) from 0.05 to
0.45 wt. % of non-polymer catechins, and (D) from 0.07 to 0.49 wt. % of
.beta.-cyclodextrin. The non-polymer catechins (A) contain (C)
non-polymer catechingallates at a weight ratio (C/A) of from 0.7 to 1.0
relative to the non-polymer catechins (A).
