Provided are: a beverage containing a vegetable fat or oil and having a high emulsification stability during storage even in the case of performing retort pasteurization or UHT pasteurization; and anemulsified fat or oil composition from which such a beverage as described above can be obtained and which has a high stability at low temperature and shows little churning or separation caused by thickening or solidification during chilled distribution or chilled storage. In an embodiment of the present invention, provided is a beverage which contains a vegetable fat or oil and a sucrose fatty acid ester having a fatty acid residue carrying 19 or more carbon atoms. Also provided is a beverage which further contains a milk component. Also provided is an emulsified fat or oil composition for beverage which contains a vegetable fat or oil and a sucrose fatty acid ester having a fatty acid residue carrying 19 or more carbon atoms. As the sucrose fatty acid ester having a fatty acid residue carrying 19 or more carbon atoms, sucrose behenate is preferred.