Everything I ingest seems to include an ingredients list, which i actually use. I try to avoid high fructose corn syrup and, for the most part, the ingredients i don't recognize. Beer seems to skirt this requirement and frankly I don't trust that the cheaper stuff actually only has the four ingredients typically associated with beer. Even the quality stuff could easily get away with sketchiness if they so chose based on the loose ingredient listing regulations currently in place. Is there just a super powerful beer lobby?
2007-07-20 17:55:26 · 5 answers · asked by eggsncerts 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Beer, Wine & Spirits
The short answer is that beer is not legally a food. It is not regulated by the FDA (Food and Drug Administration), but by the ATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms).
Labeling beer is also problematic because the ingredients are transformed through the fermentation process, and much of them are not present in beer in the chemical form that they were initially put in.
I would not worry too much about high fructose corn syrup entering beer. High fructose corn syrup is normally used as a sweetener, not as a basis for fermentation. As long as you are not drinking sweet beer, my guess is that high fructose corn syrup is not a starting ingredient.
2007-07-24 08:15:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is no conspiracy involved. The four ingredients listed is what is in beer. Look around some beer labels will say grains, beers like American Budweiser, Coors, and large brewers use rice, whereas Miller use corn. It is corn that gives Miller a different taste than Bud or Coors. That flavor & aroma is caused by dimethyl sulfide (DMS) inparted to the beer naturally by the corn.
Adjunts such as sugars may also be used but would unlikely be required to be listed on beer labels since it is consumed by the yeast during fermentation.
I am tired and buzzed now so if during the weekend I find more info I will update this entry.
2007-07-20 20:27:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Alcohol isn't required to list ingredients because.. its not a necessity. However, as there are more and more people with allergies and food concerns, ingredient labels on alcohol may soon appear.
If you're looking to avoid corn in beer.. Try Sierra Nevada. Budwieser & Bud Light are also supposed to be free of corn, but as a corn allergic person myself.. I've had trouble with their beers. Sierra Nevada has confirmed their beers to be corn-free though, and I've done very well with them.
2007-07-22 21:03:29 · answer #3 · answered by V 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
most alcoholic beverages do not list the ingredients. Though wine labels may soon require it. wine does not list what's in the bottle at the present time nor do most hard liquors.
2007-07-20 18:30:03 · answer #4 · answered by Lisa H 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-22 05:42:50 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋