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- From: winalski@adserv.enet.dec.com (Paul S. Winalski)
- Subject: Re: Small amounts of alcohol in fruit and juice: how much?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.022036.11026@e2big.mko.dec.com>
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- Reply-To: winalski@adserv.enet.dec.com (Paul S. Winalski)
- Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation, Nashua NH
- References: <5040@svin09.info.win.tue.nl>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 02:20:36 GMT
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- In article <5040@svin09.info.win.tue.nl>,
- keesh@wsinti01.info.win.tue.nl (Kees Huizing) writes:
- |>
- |>I heard that ripe fruit and, e.g. apple juice, can contain some amounts of
- |>alcohol. Does anybody know how much this can be?
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- Of course they do. Also, bacteria in your gut continually produce alcohol,
- which is absorbed by the small intestines and detoxified in the liver. The
- amount is not worth worrying about, unless, of course, you let the fruit juice
- sit until it starts fermenting into cider or wine.
-
- --PSW
-