Vinegar, distilled

Fun Facts

  1. Vinegar is an alcoholic liquid that has been allowed to sour. It is primarily used to flavor and preserve foods and as an ingredient in salad dressings and marinades.
  2. Vinegar is also used as a cleaning agent. The word is from the French vin (wine) and aigre (sour).
  3. The use of vinegar to flavor food is centuries old. It has also been used as a medicine, a corrosive agent, and as a preservative.
  4. The transformation of wine or fruit juice to vinegar is a chemical process in which ethyl alcohol undergoes partial oxidation that results in the formation of acetaldehyde. In the third stage, the acetaldehyde is converted into acetic acid.
  5. Vinegar is made from a variety of diluted alcohol products, the most common being wine, beer, and rice. Balsamic vinegar is made from the Trebbiano and Lambrusco grapes of Italy’s Emilia-Romagna region. Some distilled vinegars are made from wood products such as beech.

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