Chemical Analysis of Suspected Unrecorded Alcoholic Beverages from the States of São Paulo and Minas Gerais, Brazil

Table 2

Results obtained in chemical analyses carried out in 65 samples of alcoholic beverages from state of São Paulo and 87 from state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Methanol content (limit 200 ppm), ethanol content in percentage by volume (38% to 48%), and copper (limit 5 ppm).

States	Number of samples	Methanol (ppm)			Ethanol (%)			Copper (ppm)
		<20	20 to 180	>240	>38	20% to 38%	5% to 20%	<5	5 to 28
São Paulo		49	4	1	32	11	22	54	11
Minas Gerais	87	63	24	0	36	13	38	72	15

For analyses of methanol content in samples from São Paulo State, among the 65 samples, 11 were not analyzed, due to impurities.