About vinegars?!
About vinegars?
i just wanna know..do certain vinegars contain alcohol in them? such as red wine vinegar... im a recovering alcoholic and i really wanna know about this but cant seem to get a clear answer
Additional Details18 hours ago
ok well i posted this question 8 hours ago and the answer is still unclear...some say yes others say NO...well...you seem like you're all pretty confident in your knowledge but im gonna have talk to some sort of nutritionist/food expert on this one.
18 hours ago
oh...and the reason i wanna know so badly is because i friggin love vinegar but dude if it has alcohol in it im gonna have to drop it. i just have to...if that's the case.
Answers:
No. Only if it has been blended in after production would it contain alcohol. But why do that?
Vinegar is often made from an alcohol source wine for example. Alcohol is changed (chemically speaking) through oxidation to acetaldehyde and finally acetic acid. A food safe bacteria {Acetobacter aceti, Acetobacter pasteurians, Acetobacteur hansenii, and Gluconobacter oxydans} is used for this change. This process occurs naturally in alcoholic beverages when alcohol is present in the presence of the bacteria.
The bacteria is voracious and will reduce all the alcohol to the acid.
No alcohol in vinegar.