Chromatographic study of the chemical composition and potential toxicity of spirits and alcoholic beverages

Savchuk, S. A.; Колесов, Г. М.; Nuzhnyi, V. P.

doi:10.1134/s1061934807060147

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“…Greater alcohol graduations are sometimes required, either by legislation or for improving the beverage aging process. Whisky (Gaiser et al, 2002;Suomalainen et al, 1974), Absinthe (Lachenmeier, 2007) and Vodka (Legin et al, 2005;Savchuk et al, 2007), by virtue of their specific legislation, should be distillated to higher alcohol graduations and later diluted to acceptable levels for human consumption (see Table 1). In case of Brazilian cachaça, only the aged spirit is distillated to higher alcohol graduations and diluted after the aging process.…”

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“…Examples include Whisky, a typical UK spirit (Scotland, Ireland) produced by distillation of fermented grain mash and aged in wooden casks (Gaiser, Bell, & Lim, 2002;Piggott, Conner, Paterson, & Clyne, 1993;Suomalainen, Nykanen, & Eriksson, 1974), Rum, a typical Caribbean drink produced by distillation of sugar cane molasses and aged in oak barrels (Da Porto & Soldera, 2008;Pino, 2007), Vodka, a typical Russian beverage obtained by distillation of alimentary ethanol from grain or potato fermented must, usually distilled to higher alcohol graduation and afterwards diluted (Legin, Rudnitskaya, Seleznev, & Vlasov, 2005;Savchuk, Kolesov, & Nuzhnyi, 2007) and Cachaça (casha-sa), a typical Brazilian spirit produced by the distillation of fermented sugar cane juice, with an alcoholic graduation within the range of 38e54% by volume (Brazil, 2005;Cardoso, Lima-Neto, Franco, & Nascimento, 2003;Scanavini et al, 2010).…”

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Computer simulation applied to studying continuous spirit distillation and product quality control

Batista

Meirelles

2011

Food Control

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a b s t r a c tThis work aims to study continuous spirit distillation by computational simulation, presenting some strategies of process control to regulate the volatile content. The commercial simulator Aspen (Plus and dynamics) was selected. A standard solution containing ethanol, water and 10 minor components represented the wine to be distilled. A careful investigation of the vaporeliquid equilibrium was performed for the simulation of two different industrial plants. The simulation procedure was validated against experimental results collected from an industrial plant for bioethanol distillation. The simulations were conducted with and without the presence of a degassing system, in order to evaluate the efficiency of this system in the control of the volatile content. To improve the efficiency of the degassing system, a control loop based on a feedback controller was developed. The results showed that reflux ratio and product flow rate have an important influence on the spirit composition. High reflux ratios and spirit flow rates allow for better control of spirit contamination. As an alternative to control the volatile contents, the degassing system was highly efficient in the case of low contamination. For a wine with high volatile contamination, the pasteurized spirit distillation unit was the best alternative.

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Computer simulation applied to studying continuous spirit distillation and product quality control

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Meirelles

2011

Food Control

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“…Higher of pure alcohol for the sum of all higher alcohols [86]. Limited and contradictory evidence [32,39,[60][61][62][63]87,88] Own research shows that the content of higher alcohols in unrecorded alcohol is very similar to recorded distilled beverages (e.g. fruit spirits, rum) [7,86].…”

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Unrecorded consumption, quality of alcohol and health consequences

Rehm

Kanteres

Lachenmeier

2010

Drug and Alcohol Review

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“…DEP was a common denaturing agent for ethanol and alcohol-containing products in Russia before 2006 (Savchuk et al , 2007; Tsisanova & Salomatin, 2010). Now the list of denaturants in Russia specified by the Federal Law No 171 from July 27, 2010 for all kinds of alcoholic products includes kerosin and gasoline (no less than 0.5% vol), bitrex (no less than 0.0015% mas), crotonaldehyde (no less than 0.2% vol) (Federal Law, 2010) but DEP was excluded from this list.…”

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Unrecorded alcohol consumption in Russia: toxic denaturants and disinfectants pose additional risks

Solodun¹,

Monakhova²,

Kuballa³

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Interdisciplinary Toxicology

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In 2005, 30% of all alcohol consumption in Russia was unrecorded. This paper describes the chemical composition of unrecorded and low cost alcohol, including a toxicological evaluation. Alcohol products (n=22) from both recorded and unrecorded sources were obtained from three Russian cities (Saratov, Lipetsk and Irkutsk) and were chemically analyzed. Unrecorded alcohols included homemade samogons, medicinal alcohols and surrogate alcohols. Analysis included alcoholic strength, levels of volatile compounds (methanol, acetaldehyde, higher alcohols), ethyl carbamate, diethyl phthalate (DEP) and polyhexamethyleneguanidine hydrochloride (PHMG). Single samples showed contamination with DEP (275–1269 mg/l) and PHMG (515 mg/l) above levels of toxicological concern. Our detailed chemical analysis of Russian alcohols showed that the composition of vodka, samogon and medicinal alcohols generally did not raise major public health concerns other than for ethanol. It was shown, however, that concentration levels of DEP and PHMG in some surrogate alcohols make these samples unfit for human consumption as even moderate drinking would exceed acceptable daily intakes.

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Chromatographic study of the chemical composition and potential toxicity of spirits and alcoholic beverages

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Computer simulation applied to studying continuous spirit distillation and product quality control

Computer simulation applied to studying continuous spirit distillation and product quality control

Unrecorded consumption, quality of alcohol and health consequences

Unrecorded alcohol consumption in Russia: toxic denaturants and disinfectants pose additional risks

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