Non alcoholic beverages

[missmuffet]

Non alcoholic beverages that look like the real thing but are suppose to have zero alcohol. They are quite popular now and will become even more popular through the next few years.It is becoming a fad with the younger generation. Cautions need to be applied to these new non alcoholic beverages. It is possible that they can still contain 25% alcohol. It can also be a gateway to alcoholism with this young generation.It can also cause a relapse for those who are recovering from alcoholism with just the smell. We need to be alert in these end times.

Edited September 26, 2024 by missmuffet

[NConly]

2 hours ago, missmuffet said:

Non alcoholic beverages that look like the real thing but are suppose to have zero alcohol. They are quite popular now and will become even more popular through the next few years.It is becoming a fad with the younger generation. Cautions need to be applied to these new non alcoholic beverages. It is possible that they can still contain 25% alcohol. It can also be a gateway to alcoholism with this young generation.It can also cause a relapse for those who are recovering from alcoholism with just the smell. We need to be alert in these end times.

Alcohol is measured by (abv) alcohol by volume  not sure if your statement 25% is by volume

Edited September 26, 2024 by NConly
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[missmuffet]

8 minutes ago, NConly said:

Alcohol is measured by (abl) alcohol by volume  not sure if your statement 25% is by volume

By volume.

[NConly]

30 minutes ago, missmuffet said:

By volume.

yes if one has 4oz then the formula  is 4 x .05; if one has 32 oz it is the same formula 32 x .05.  That is Federal law in the USA and several other countries. That is the  (ABV) alcohol by volume law. So when you say the non alcohol beverage can have 25% in it that measurement possibly does not equate to ABV law.

[Cyoder]

Nonalcoholic beer by law cannot have more than .5% alcohol by volume.  I don't think you have to worry about people getting drunk on it, but I absolutely agree it can be a problem.  I had a drinking problem, and I tried nonalcoholic beer when I would get a craving.  I eventually figured out it was just torturing me and made it harder to quit.  I put it in the same category as actual beer and stay away from it.  By the grace of God, I hardly think about drinking at all anymore.  I think alcohol has ruined more people's lives than any other drug.  It's so widely accepted, and you are constantly offered it anywhere you go. 

[Cyoder]

9 minutes ago, NConly said:

yes if one has 4oz then the formula  is 4 x .05; if one has 32 oz it is the same formula 32 x .05.  That is Federal law in the USA and several other countries. That is the  (ABV) alcohol by volume law. So when you say the non alcohol beverage can have 25% in it that measurement possibly does not equate to ABV law.

It's .5%. So that's .005.

[Sower]

2 hours ago, missmuffet said:

Cautions need to be applied to these new non alcoholic beverages. It is possible that they can still contain 25% alcohol.

 

         Not sure what you mean by saying non-alcoholic beverages may contain 25% alcohol.
         That would be illegal.

 

There's a difference between Alcohol-Free (AF) and Non-Alcoholic (NA) beers??

 

Don't worry if you didn't know, you wouldn't be the first! The difference is in the alcohol content and the U.S. Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) provides an official definition.

 

Shown below are the rules for labeling malt beverages from 27 CFR § 7.65 Alcohol Content parts (e) and (f):

Non-alcoholic. The term “non-alcoholic” may be used on labels of malt beverages only if the statement “contains less than 0.5 percent (or .5%) alcohol by volume” appears immediately adjacent to it, in readily legible printing, and on a completely contrasting background. No tolerances are permitted for malt beverages labeled as “non-alcoholic” and containing less than 0.5 percent alcohol by volume. A malt beverage may not be labeled with an alcohol content of 0.0 percent alcohol by volume, unless it is also labeled as “alcohol free” in accordance with paragraph (f) of this section, and contains no alcohol.

Alcohol free. The term “alcohol free” may be used only on malt beverages containing no alcohol. No tolerances are permitted for “alcohol free” malt beverages.

 

In fact, when beers are submitted to the TTB to be approved as "alcohol-free", like Ceria's beers, the brewery must send in a sample to the TTB to be analyzed to confirm 0.0% ABV. 

 

 

 

[Jayne]

I've been Googling this and everything I see says that non-alcoholic beverages [beer, wine, etc.] have as little as 0.1% and legally only as much as 0.5% alcohol.

[Cyoder]

45 minutes ago, HopeInHim said:

Smoking (in its various forms) causes a lot of damage as well.

Any addiction of any kind.  They are all the same thing.  They all come from the same place.  

[missmuffet]

2 hours ago, HopeInHim said:

Smoking (in its various forms) causes a lot of damage as well.

Alcohol, nicotine and caffeine are all accepted drugs in our world. They all cause damage.