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Wort
Low concern
Wort is essentially malted-grain extract — a food-grade processing intermediate. Safety equivalent to malt/cereal grains.
Found in
10 products
What it is
Sweet liquid extracted from mashed malted grains during brewing, before fermentation.
Brewing intermediate; sometimes used as a malt-flavored ingredient or in non-alcoholic malt beverages.
Why it's flagged
- high sugar content
- potential gluten content from barley/wheat
What regulators actually say
"Malt syrup (malt extract) is a viscous, concentrated, water extract of sound, malted barley … affirmed as GRAS for direct human food use."
Regulatory status
United States — FDA
Malted-cereal extract is a food ingredient (GRAS as cereal product)
European Union — EFSA
Authorised as food/food ingredient
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