Abstract: A freeze-dried beverage solidified product to be mixed with water or hot water in order to prepare a beverage, the beverage solidified product comprising dextrin, wherein the contained amount of sugars in the beverage solidified product is 8.5 mass % or less.

Abstract: A filling valve device having a gripper and a container mouth seal, in which vertical movement of the gripper holding an empty beverage container relative to a filling valve causes a filling valve container mouth seal to be brought into contact with a neck ring to form a gas seal and fill a beverage containing carbon dioxide. The cross-sectional shape of the container mouth seal approximates an inwardly facing lip shape. Flexibility is imparted in the vertical direction of the filling valve. The inside of the container mouth seal is brought into contact with the neck ring during beverage filling, and a sealing force is applied to the beverage container and the container mouth seal by the gas pressure applied during filling.

Abstract: An aseptic filling device for filling carbonate beverages capable of decreasing the size of the clean booth, facilitating maintenance around the filling valve, and reliably sterilizing the interior of gas piping is provided. The aseptic filling device includes a plurality of filling valves, a fluid rotary joint, a filling fluid tank, a fluid surface level sensor, a fluid flow adjustment valve, a container gripper, a plurality of exhaust conduits, an exhaust conduit on/off valve, a plurality of counter gas conduits, a counter gas conduit on/off valve, a rotary joint, an ascetic gas conduit, a flow meter, and a sterilizing filter, wherein rotary conveyed containers contact at least one of the filling valves and are sealed by a sealing member. Filling is performed under a gas pressure, for example, carbon dioxide gas pressure, and a sterilizing filter for sterilizing the gas is mounted on a gas pipe connecting the rotary joint and the filling fluid tank.