Food Category Details

Distilled spirituous beverages containing more than 15% alcohol (14.2.6)

Description:
Includes all distilled spirituous beverages derived from grain (e.g. corn, barley, rye, wheat), tubers (e.g. potato), fruit (e.g. grapes, berries) or sugar cane that contain greater than 15% alcohol. Examples include: aperteifs, brandy (distilled wine), cordials, liqueurs (including emulsified liqueurs), bagaceira belha (grappa from Portugal; bagaceira is a drink distilled from bagaço (pressed skins, seeds and stalks of the grapes)), eau de vie (a brandy), gin, grappa (Italian brandy distilled from the residues of pressed wine), marc (brandy distilled from grape or apple residue), korn (grain spirit (schnapps) of Germany, usually derived from rye (Roggen), sometimes from wheat (Weizen) or both (Getreide); also labeled as Kornbrantt or Kornbranttwein),¹ mistela (also mistelle (France) and jeropico (South Africa); unfermented grape juice fortified with grape alcohol), ouzo (Greek spirit drink flavoured with aniseed), rum, tsikoudia (grape marc spirit from Crete), tsipouro (grape marc spirit from certain regions in Greece), wienbrand (style of grape brandy devised by Hugo Asbach, Rudesheim, Germany; literally, “burnt wine”)⁰, cachaça (Brazilian liquor made from fermented distilled sugar cane juice)², tequila, whiskey, and vodka.^3,4,5

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