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Characterization of Cachac¸ a and Rum Aroma MARIA D. C. A. DE SOUZA,† PABLO VAÄ SQUEZ,† NEÄ LIDA L. DEL MASTRO,† TERRY E. ACREE,*,§ AND EDWARD H. LAVIN§ Food Science and Technology Department, Cornell University, 630 West North Street, Geneva, New York 14456, and Instituto de Pesquisas Energe´ticas e Nucleares, Universidade de Sa˜o Paulo, Sa˜o Paulo, Brazil
Cachac¸ a, the most popular alcoholic beverage in Brazil, is a sugar cane spirit similar to rum. Its production is around 2 billion liters per year, of which
