Cachaca

Cachaça

Cachaça is a cachaca of Brazil at 40% ABV, used in 1 drink on this site.

Not to be confused withRum (Rum is usually distilled from molasses, a sugar-refining byproduct; cachaça is distilled from fresh-pressed sugarcane juice, which is a Brazilian legal requirement rather than a stylistic choice.)
A bottle of golden cachaça labelled Floresta, on a plain background
Floresta cachaca flaska.JPG by Eniklasc
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A bottle of golden cachaça labelled Floresta, on a plain background

Composition

Strength40% ABV
Density0.94 g/ml (estimated)
Sugar0 g per 100
Acid—
Energy231 kcal per 100
Animal originNone
Allergensnone listed

USDA FoodData Central (SR Legacy) · 174817. FoodData Central carries no cachaça-specific record; Brazilian law sets cachaça's bottled strength at 38-48% ABV, with most commercial brands landing around 39-43%, so 40% is adopted as the representative bottling. The kcal and carbohydrate figures are carried from Alcoholic beverage, distilled, rum, 80 proof (public domain) because energy in an unsweetened spirit is a function of its ethanol content alone, which is identical at the same ABV whatever the base material. Density is the spirit-40 class from density-classes.json rather than the rum record's own, since cachaça and rum are not the same liquid.

Used in these drinks

most first