42. Väkevä glögi or spritglögg

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

Väkevä glögi or spritglögg is a spirit drink produced by flavouring wine or wine products and ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin with the flavour of cloves or cinnamon or both, using one of the following processes or a combination thereof: maceration or distillation, distillation of the alcohol in the presence of parts of the plants specified above, addition of natural flavouring substances of cloves or cinnamon. The minimum alcoholic strength by volume of väkevä glögi or spritglögg shall be 15 %. Väkevä glögi or spritglögg may only be flavoured with flavouring substances, flavouring preparations or other flavourings but the flavour of the spices specified in point (a) shall be predominant. The content of wine or wine products shall not exceed 50 % of the final product.

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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.