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Liquor Products Act, 1989 (Act No. 60 of 1989)

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Liquor Products Act: Regulations

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Table 5 : Classes of and Requirements for spirit-based liquors [Reg. 28; 29]

 

Class

Manner of production

Alcohol content

Minimum

%

Maximum

%

1

2

3

1. Liqueur

The product shall be produced by—

(a) macerating fresh or dried fruit, or peels thereof, or aromatic plants, or leaves, herbs, roots or seeds in a spirit;
(b) adding flavourings of vegetable origin or extracts thereof, herbs or natural extracts of herbs or egg, to a spirit; or
(c) redistilling of the product obtained in terms of paragraph (a) or (b),

and thereafter adding thereto a syrup containing honey or sugar derived from cane or grain, and, if applicable, colourant.

15,0

*

2. Spirit aperitif

The product shall be produced by the addition of herbs, natural extracts of herbs, other flavourings of vegetable origin or flavourings which are nature-identical (excluding spirit flavourings and Cannabis flavourings), egg, milk, sugar of plant origin or water to only one of the spirits referred to in regulation 10, 10A, 11, 13, 15, 18, 19, 21, 21A, 21B or 22.

24,0

30,0

3. Cream liqueur

The product shall be produced by the addition of a dairy product to a spirit, to the extent specified in Table 6.

15,0

*

4. Spirit cooler

The product shall be produced by adding cooldrink, fruit juice or water to a spirit.

2,5

15,0

5. Bitter-tasting spirit-based drink/ Bitters

The product shall have a predominantly bitter taste produced by adding flavourings of plant origin or nature-identical flavourings to a spirit.

15,0

*"

 

[Table 5 substituted by section 18 of Regulations: Amendment under Notice No. R. 2247, GG46681, dated 8 July 2022]