Potato spirit may become a Polish specialty in the EU market

Published 2024년 5월 3일

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The Polish Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has announced new European Union regulations on alcoholic products, set to take effect on May 13, 2024. These regulations will introduce a separate category for potato spirits, a traditional Polish drink that was previously classified as a fruit spirit. The new regulations will allow for clearer labeling and will stipulate that potato spirit can only be distilled to below 94.8% volume, with a minimum alcohol content of 38% by volume. Additionally, the spirit can only be colored with caramel and sweetened to a maximum of 10 grams per liter. The regulations also cover spirit drinks produced from other non-agricultural raw materials like birch sap, maple sap, and fresh bread.

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Potato spirit may become a Polish specialty on the EU spirits market, as indicated in the announcement of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development published on Thursday, referring to the change of EU regulations regarding alcoholic products. The new regulations will come into force on May 13 this year. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, new EU regulations will enter into force on May 13, 2024, introducing new definitions of spirit drinks that can be produced in the European Union. The regulations - as indicated - will allow for better information for consumers. It was explained that the old EU regulations from 2019 on spirit drinks did not include, for example, a separate category for potato spirits produced in Poland. "In 2019, the European Commission was of the opinion that spirits made from potato distillate could be classified as fruit spirits. Such a classification, due to limitations in the definition of fruit spirit, did not cover all methods of producing ...

Source: AgroPolska