The study showed that imported vodka is stronger than Russian. Thus, the average strength of imported vodka is 40.04% by volume, and that of the Russian - 39.9% by volume.
This corresponds to the standards - the strength of vodka is permissible within 37.5-56% vol., The text of the work says.
The study also revealed that the content of fusel oils (a by-product of alcoholic fermentation, gives vodka an unpleasant smell and taste) in imported vodka is higher than in Russia: 0.4 - 6.0 milligrams per cubic decimeter against 0.2 - 0, 4 milligrams.
In addition, imported vodka was worse than the Russian content of acetaldehyde (toxic impurity) and methanol. However, all indicators were within acceptable limits, clarify the authors of the study.
They also noted that all the studied samples meet the requirements of the standard, no falsification was revealed.
For analysis, samples of ten imported vodka samples (including from Armenia, Finland and Belarus) and the same number of Russian vodka samples (various brands) were studied.
Earlier, Rospotrebnadzor made recommendations on the choice of alcohol.