Tag: Fruit spirits

With an Alcohol By Volume (ABV) that typically falls between 15% and 30%, peach liqueur is definitively an alcoholic beverage. This sweet, fruity spirit, made by infusing ripe peaches into a base alcohol, is a common and versatile ingredient in many popular cocktails.

According to Doctors Without Borders, thousands of people are poisoned by methanol every year, with fatality rates ranging from 20% to 40% in outbreaks. Though commercial alcoholic beverages are regulated to contain safe, negligible amounts, illicitly produced alcohol poses a severe risk of high, toxic concentrations of methanol.

According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), primary sources of methanol in the human diet include fruits, vegetables, and beverages containing aspartame. However, specific processing and fermentation methods can dramatically increase the concentration, raising the question: what food contains the most methanol?