ABSTRACT
Ethanol is one of the main intoxicants and the one most commonly found in foods and beverages. Alcoholic beverages are produced from a variety of fruits and grains, including grapes, dates, rye, wheat, and barley. Legally, they can contain between 0.5% and 80% ethanol by volume while pure industrial alcohol can contain 95% ethanol. Whereas the use of alcohol in alcoholic drinks is prohibited, converting it to acetic acid makes it halal as it is no longer an intoxicant. Alcoholic beverages are sometimes added to food items during cooking to impart a distinctive flavor to the food item. Wine is the most common form of alcoholic beverage used in cooking, though beer and hard liquors are also used. The alcohol maintains the homogeneity as well as allowing the flavor to be standardized so it can have the same potency when used in a product. To make an orange-flavored carbonated beverage, orange flavor is added to the water.
