Abstract: The present invention provides a metal container of which the interior surface is coated with a resin composition having superior gas barrier properties, eliminates corrosion of the container by sulfurous acid gas, and superior flavor aptitude with little sorption of flavor, and does not contain vinyl chloride. The resin composition provided for this metal container comprising: epoxy acrylic copolymer (a) formed by copolymerizing acrylic resin (A) and epoxy resin (B) at a weight ratio (A)/(B) within the range of 12/88 to 35/65 (provided that, said acrylic resin (A) is composed of 30-60 wt % methacrylic acid, 35-70 wt % styrene and 0-20 wt % of copolymerizing monomer that may be arbitrarily contained, and the epoxy resin (B) contains 5-45 wt % of phenoxy resin), and 1-7 parts by weight of phenol resin (b) to 100 parts by weight of the epoxy acrylic copolymer (a).

Abstract: A beverage is disclosed which contains an anti-foaming agent comprising, as an effective component, a sucrose fatty acid ester wherein the constituting fatty acid is at least one of a saturated fatty acid having from 12 to 22 carbon atoms and an unsaturated fatty acid having from 12 to 22 carbon atoms, and the average substitution degree is from 4 to 7. A method for forming the beverage is also disclosed.