25. Aniseed-flavoured spirit drink

Regulation (EU) 2019/787 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on the definition, description, presentation and labelling of spirit drinks, the use of the names of spirit drinks in the presentation and labelling of other foodstuffs, the protection of geographical indications for spirit drinks, the use of ethyl alcohol and distillates of agricultural origin in alcoholic beverages, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 · European Union

An aniseed-flavoured spirit drink is a spirit drink produced by flavouring ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin with natural extracts of star anise (Illicium verum Hook f.), anise (Pimpinella anisum L.), fennel (Foeniculum vulgare Mill.), or any other plant which contains the same principal aromatic constituent, using one of the following processes or a combination thereof: maceration or distillation or both; distillation of the alcohol in the presence of the seeds or other parts of the plants specified above; addition of natural distilled extracts of aniseed-flavoured plants. The minimum alcoholic strength by volume of an aniseed-flavoured spirit drink shall be 15 %. An aniseed-flavoured spirit drink may only be flavoured with flavouring preparations and natural flavouring substances. Other natural plant extracts or aromatic seed may also be used, but the aniseed taste shall remain predominant.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-08 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.