Nectars are a type of soft drink made by muddling the flesh of fruits or an alcoholic drink made from the fermentation of honey.
Nectar (soft drink)
Nectars are a type of non-carbonated
soft drink
A soft drink (see #Terminology, § Terminology for other names) is a class of non-alcoholic drink, usually (but not necessarily) Carbonated water, carbonated, and typically including added Sweetness, sweetener. Flavors used to be Natural flav ...
made by
muddling the flesh of fruits
In some countries, the
beverage industry
The drink industry (or drinks industry, also known as the beverage industry) produces drinks, in particular alcoholic beverage, ready to drink and soft drink products.
Drink production can vary greatly depending on the product being made. Manuf ...
distinguishes nectars from drinks labeled as "juice". In the
United States
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and the
United Kingdom
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, the term "fruit juice" is restricted to beverages that are 100% pure juice, whereas a "nectar" may be diluted (to a degree limited by regulations) with water and contain
additive
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Mathematics
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* Additive map, a function that preserves the addition operation
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s besides fruit juice, including natural and artificial
sweeteners
A sweetener is a substance added to food or drink to impart the flavor of sweetness, either because it contains a type of sugar, or because it contains a sweet-tasting sugar substitute. Various natural non-sugar sweeteners (NSS) and artificial s ...
, and
preservative
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s.
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, the usage is reversed, with "juice" denoting a sweetened fruit drink, whereas nectar refers to pure fruit.
Nectar (alcoholic drink)
Nectars are a variant of mead
Mead (), also called honey wine, and hydromel (particularly when low in alcohol content), is an alcoholic beverage made by fermenting honey mixed with water, and sometimes with added ingredients such as fruits, spices, grains, or hops. The alco ...
, alcohol fermented from honey. They are typically fermented to below 6% ABV
Alcohol by volume (abbreviated as alc/vol or ABV) is a common measure of the amount of alcohol contained in a given alcoholic beverage. It is defined as the volume the ethanol in the liquid would take if separated from the rest of the solution, ...
, they often incorporate other flavours such as fruits
In botany, a fruit is the seed-bearing structure in flowering plants (angiosperms) that is formed from the ovary after flowering.
Fruits are the means by which angiosperms disseminate their seeds. Edible fruits in particular have long propaga ...
, herbs and spices
In the culinary arts, a spice is any seed, fruit, root, Bark (botany), bark, or other plant substance in a form primarily used for flavoring or coloring food. Spices are distinguished from herbs, which are the leaves, flowers, or stems of pl ...
.
References
Juice
Non-alcoholic drinks
Soft drinks
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