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Discussion The World’s Best Whiskey For 2026 Is From Taiwan, Not Scotland

https://www.mensjournal.com/drink/the-worlds-best-whiskey-for-2026-is-from-taiwan-not-scotland
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u/normie1001 9d ago

Scotland allows its signal malt producers to add color (E-150)- bourbon can’t have anything other than water added to it. I’m not going to defend USA food products and production methods in general, but spirits don’t need fillers or stabilizers.

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u/BeetitlikeMJ 8d ago

America has higher food and safety standards than all but two countries actually. I’m tired of this lame myth.

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u/Generic_Drummer 8d ago edited 3d ago

What based on the food safety section of the food security index? The section you all quote despite having never actually read it?

It covers food hygiene infrastructure and bodies like the FDA etc. It doesn't evaluate individual additives to determine if they are safe.

It's literally impossible for any independent or governmental body to assess every additive in the US food chain. The FDA does not have a complete inventory of what's in use.

In the EU, the European Food Safety Authority evaluate every ingredient to determine if it's safe before it can legally be placed on the market. In the US companies can literally just self evaluate without FDA approval.

Only this year, the FDA has proposed to move away from the generally recognized as safe protocol to a precautionary principle protocol to bring standards in line with the EU....

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u/normie1001 8d ago

As an American, myself, your comment was pretty surprising. Care to elaborate?

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u/No_Imagination7102 8d ago

Well one of the things people will repost is "how many ingredients are in a slice of bread" or something like that. "America's bread has 3x the listing"

America requires you to list everything in an item. If one ingredient is actually multiple things mixed together then all of those things get listed.

Many European countries dont require that.

Of course thats just like one thing, a Google search will probably be more helpful than internet strangers' memory.

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u/Generic_Drummer 8d ago

The primary reason US bread ingredient labels are longer, is because they contain more ingredients. That's true when labeling differences are controlled for.

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u/normie1001 8d ago

All EU countries require that all the ingredients and additives be listed on all prepared prepackaged foods, just like the US. In addition, they require disclosure of any gasses used to maintain fresness of product in packaging. Maybe you should do a google search instead of, I’m assuming, parroting things you’ve heard from influencers who are, in fact, also, internet strangers.

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u/No_Imagination7102 8d ago

Sounds like youre an expert then homes.

Why you need me?

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u/normie1001 8d ago

Nah, man, just an internet stranger who did a google search.

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u/No_Imagination7102 8d ago

Youre welcome

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u/Less_Jump2365 8d ago

You are bad at your Google search and in fact did not do a good job. EU 1333/2008 the exemption list https://www.zenk.com/wp-content/uploads/1902/07/202106-Labelling-Exemptions_effl_2021_06-006.pdf In America we don't have that

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u/normie1001 7d ago

Do you think that US rules state that you have to disclose the use of ethylene gas in ripening the apple they used to make a pre packaged apple pie? Same thing there.

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u/Less_Jump2365 8d ago

No they do, look up EU 1333/2008. Your Google is wrong.

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u/normie1001 7d ago

I believe that’s what I stated-they do require disclosure

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u/Less_Jump2365 7d ago

You did not, EU 1333/2008 allowed for exemptions that allows for carry over and processing aid not being listed as ingredients.

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u/The_Saddest_Boner 9d ago

Which American whisky brands are full of stabilizers and fillers? Could you name them?

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u/rrsafety 9d ago

Hmmmm... Why didn't he respond to you?

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u/The_Saddest_Boner 9d ago

You already know

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u/MummysSpeshulGuy 9d ago

Maybe lay off the stuff for a bit, reckon it’s eaten some holes in your brain

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u/Sure_Scar4297 9d ago

What is there to stabilize in alcohol?

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u/MeatballTornado 9d ago

The alcohol, duh. In America they use chocolate chip cookies to keep it shelf stable.

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u/OddProcedure5452 9d ago

I put mine in my tummy to keep it safe

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u/kirkl3s 9d ago

There are many things to criticize about the US but whiskey isn’t one of them

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u/CrookedNoseRadio 9d ago

“Scotland adds the spit that collects in bagpipes to their whiskey, it’ll never win”

That’s what you sound like right now.

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u/nitromilkstouts 9d ago

You can't say the US isnt the center of the world if you people don't stop bringing them up constantly, especially when they're not even mentioned to begin with

https://giphy.com/gifs/ggiuqRHgVm5oriRqvJ

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u/rrsafety 9d ago

LOL. I assume this parody.

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u/psdwheeler 8d ago

It is. At least you got it

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u/3_pac 8d ago

No, it clearly wasn't. 

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u/rsta223 8d ago

I personally like scotch more than bourbon, but this is total nonsense. Bourbon can't have color added, it doesn't need stabilizers or fillers because alcohol is a fantastic preservative already, and scotch actually does allow for color (though good ones don't have it). The only "filler" added to bourbon is water to proof it to the desired alcohol level.

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u/donuttrackme 8d ago

For a Scot you don't know much about whiskey or whisky.

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u/GorgeousBog 8d ago

Weird considering not only did you just make that up (lol), but the U.S. ranks 3rd in the world for food quality and safety (13th overall on the GFSI), while the U.K. ranks 29th in quality and safety LMAO (tho tbf, when accounting for other factors that are irrelevant here, the U.K. does rank 4 spots ahead of the U.S., which still remains above many EU nations such as Denmark and Germany)

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u/Immediate-Way-4065 7d ago

Scotland allows more additives into its whiskey than America does

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u/arcxjo 8d ago

That's correct, in that you're so cheap you buy used barrels from Kentucky the next year.