To obtain vinegar having a high health promotion effect by combining fruit vinegar abundantly containing carotene and vitamins with essential oil of timber of the family Cupressaceae being a natural aromatic component.

The vinegar comprises fruit vinegar and an essential oil component of timber of the family Cupressaceae. The method for producing the vinegar comprises immersing timber of the family Cupressaceae from which bark is removed and which is cut into chip forms in fruit vinegar, storing the chips at a normal temperature for a fixed time to prepare a fruit vinegar extracted liquid containing essential oil of timber, filtering the extracted liquid and sterilizing the liquid at a low temperature.

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