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Hi,

I only picked this because it's the only one I havent tried at Sainsbury's (London) out of their limited range, which is mostly their own brand! I noticed on the box some German (?) it says "Farven justeret med karamel Mit Farbstoff (Zuckercouleur) 3001608". Now I've not Googled to see 'exactly' what it means, but it's pretty obvious that were talking Caramel and artificial colourings here. I'm not that worried just wondered why it's not also printed in English?

Me.

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Halitosis
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We've just had a discussion on that in the "Spirit of Islay" Yahoo group. Part of one of the messages: "In the UK it doesn't have to state if the bottling contains Caramel but in some euro states it does (Germany for one ) , could be Switzerland as well"

Another message says: "The laws in the EU says that the manufacturer MUST declare what's in the bottle. Germany and Denmark is the only two countries that observe the rules."

There you are, it seems like some countries are more law-abiding than others! It's good to know though, isn't it, wether there's caramel colouring added? Black Bottle is coloured as well.

Marjon

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Marjon

"Halitosis" skrev i melding news: snipped-for-privacy@news1.homechoice.co.uk...

"Farven justeret med karamel" is Danish, meaning "Colour adjusted with caramel" "Mit Farbstoff (Zuckercouleur) 3001608" is German, meaning "With coloring substance (sugar color) 3001608" Anders

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Anders Tørneskog

"Halitosis" skrev i melding news:41a23ecb$ snipped-for-privacy@news1.homechoice.co.uk...

'The list' doesn't seem to have won much respect in this ng, I believe. Defining 'bad' is hard. I'd guess that sugar coloring is harmless, physiologically, at least far less harmful than the alcohol... (how much do you need to color the contents of a bottle?) Obviously not all of the color is sugar... I'd guess there are two reasons for coloring:

  1. To keep whisky color constant. Batches and barrels differ and so will blends. Customers prefer their new bottle to look like the old did. (Hey, this is not the same colour we got last year - must be a bad bottle!)
  2. To make whisky appear older than it is. (Look at that mahogany colour - gotta be very old, very fine stuff, very expensive!)

Now, can you taste the sugar? (Lovely sweet peaty scent of heather, tar and... yes, honey?) I don't know... Anders

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Anders Tørneskog

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