An object of the present invention is to provide a non-alcoholic or low-alcoholic wine flavor beverage having enhanced wine-like full body. The sodium content of the beverage is adjusted so as to be within a certain range.

A rapid method of brewing malt beverages having 0.00-0.49% alcohol by volume, with the use of yeast in aerobic or anaerobic conditions. The yeast is inactivated by boiling after undergoing fermentative (minimal yeast contact time) growth, during either aerobic or anaerobic conditions. Aspects of the beverage such as sweetness, aldehyde content, flavor-positive components, pH, mouthfeel and heat are controlled to emulate popular styles of beer. The beverage may be fortified with alcohol or rapidly fully fermented to create alcoholic malt beverages with greater than 0.49% alcohol by volume. The beverage may also be fortified with substances such as cannabis, terpenes, cannabinoids, cannabidiols (CBDs), synthetic cannabinoids, mushrooms or peyote to change the psychoactive or physiological properties. Kombucha, hard seltzer, wine or spirits can also be produced using this method in a rapid time frame.

A rapid method of brewing malt beverages having 0.00-0.49% alcohol by volume, with the use of yeast in aerobic or anaerobic conditions. The yeast is inactivated by boiling after undergoing fermentative (minimal yeast contact time) growth, during either aerobic or anaerobic conditions. Aspects of the beverage such as sweetness, aldehyde content, flavor-positive components, pH, mouthfeel and heat are controlled to emulate popular styles of beer. The beverage may be fortified with alcohol or rapidly fully fermented to create alcoholic malt beverages with greater than 0.49% alcohol by volume. The beverage may also be fortified with substances such as cannabis, terpenes, cannabinoids, cannabidiols (CBDs), synthetic cannabinoids, mushrooms or peyote to change the psychoactive or physiological properties. Kombucha, hard seltzer, wine or spirits can also be produced using this method in a rapid time frame.

The present Invention relates to a beverage composition, preferably a fermented beverage composition, comprising gluconic acid and lactic acid, wherein the concentration ratio of gluconic acid to lactic acid is greater than 1, preferably between 2 to 10.

A beverage that contains one or more steviol glycosides selected from the group consisting of rebaudioside A, rebaudioside D and rebaudioside M and has an alcohol content of 0.05 v/v % or more and less than 0.5 v/v %.

The invention relates to a process for preparing a reduced calorie beverage or food product employing fermentation of a plant-derived juice or liquid and removing the ethanol therefrom. This invention also relates to an apparatus for performing the process for preparing a reduced calorie beverage or food product and to the reduced calorie juices and juice products created using this process and apparatus.

The invention relates to a process for preparing a reduced calorie beverage or food product employing fermentation of a plant-derived juice or liquid and removing the ethanol therefrom. This invention also relates to an apparatus for performing the process for preparing a reduced calorie beverage or food product and to the reduced calorie juices and juice products created using this process and apparatus.

A low-alcohol beverage having an alcohol concentration of 6% (v/v) to 13% (v/v), an sake meter value of 30 to +10, an amino acid content of 2.0 to 10.0, and an acidity of 5.0 to 10.0; and a low-alcohol beverage having an alcohol concentration of 6% (v/v) to 13% (v/v), a pantolactone content of 800 ppb to 10,000 ppb, and a eugenol content of 100 ppb to 10,000 ppb, and other such beverage.

A low-alcohol beverage having an alcohol concentration of 6% (v/v) to 13% (v/v), an sake meter value of 30 to +10, an amino acid content of 2.0 to 10.0, and an acidity of 5.0 to 10.0; and a low-alcohol beverage having an alcohol concentration of 6% (v/v) to 13% (v/v), a pantolactone content of 800 ppb to 10,000 ppb, and a eugenol content of 100 ppb to 10,000 ppb, and other such beverage.