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  2. Sweetness of wine - Wikipedia

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    A Spanish sparkling Cava with its sweetness level (semi-seco) listed on the labelAmong the components influencing how sweet a wine will taste is residual sugar. It is usually measured in grams of sugar per litre of wine, often abbreviated to g/L. Residual sugar typically refers to the sugar remaining after fermentation stops, or is stopped, but it can also result from the addition of ...

  3. Sugar alcohol - Wikipedia

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    Sugar alcohols can be, and often are, produced from renewable resources.Particular feedstocks are starch, cellulose and hemicellulose; the main conversion technologies use H 2 as the reagent: hydrogenolysis, i.e. the cleavage of C−O single bonds, converting polymers to smaller molecules, and hydrogenation of C=O double bonds, converting sugars to sugar alcohols.

  4. Sugars in wine - Wikipedia

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    Sugar's role in dictating the final alcohol content of the wine (and such its resulting body and "mouth-feel") sometimes encourages winemakers to add sugar (usually sucrose) during winemaking in a process known as chaptalization solely in order to boost the alcohol content – chaptalization does not increase the sweetness of a wine. [1]

  5. What is sugar alcohol and is it bad for you? Here's the ...

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    What is sugar alcohol? According to Beaumont Health, sugar alcohol is a reduced-calorie sweetener. It is a carbohydrate with a chemical makeup similar to sugar — meaning it can activate ...

  6. Brix - Wikipedia

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    Degrees Brix (symbol °Bx) is a measure of the dissolved solids in a liquid, based on its specific gravity, and is commonly used to measure dissolved sugar content of a solution. [1] One degree Brix is 1 gram of sucrose in 100 grams of solution and represents the strength of the solution as percentage by mass .

  7. 19 of the best hard seltzers, ranked by alcohol content

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    ABV: 5% White Claw offers a variety of hard-seltzer flavors in 12-ounce cans.. The different variety and single-flavor packs include raspberry, mango, black cherry, natural lime, ruby grapefruit ...

  8. Wine chemistry - Wikipedia

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    Esters: [2] Ethyl acetate is the most common ester in wine, being the product of the most common volatile organic acid — acetic acid, and the ethyl alcohol generated during the fermentation. Norisoprenoids, such as C13-norisoprenoids found in grape (Vitis vinifera) [8] or wine, [9] can be produced by fungal peroxidases [10] or glycosidases. [11]

  9. Is your drinking healthy? 3 charts break down the connection ...

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    According to the then-surgeon general's report, a woman who has two drinks a day faces a nearly 22% chance of developing an alcohol-related cancer, compared with a 16.5% risk for a woman drinking ...