All along, Old Monk hasn't been a rum at all, but a "rum flavoured spirit", based not on sugarcane juice or by-products, but a cheap, neutral base spirit, caramel colouring & additives to pass it off as a dark aromatic rum ?!? 😭😭😭
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Old Monk can’t be sold as rum, FSSAI tells Bombay High Court, as company submits revised labels | Today News
The food regulator argues the beverage is a ‘rum-flavoured spirit’ made from neutral alcohol and rum flavouring.
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