1. Edible alcohol comes from grains or crops. It is made of grains, potatoes and molasses through fermentation and distillation, which is the special edible alcohol for food industry.

2. The main source of industrial alcohol is chemical products.

Second, the materials are different.

1. Edible alcohol, also known as fermented distilled liquor, is mainly made from potatoes, grains and sugars through cooking, saccharification and fermentation, and is used in food industry.

Its flavor characteristics are divided into four parts: color, aroma, taste and body, that is to say, the contents of aldehyde, acid, ester and alcohol in distilled liquor. Different tastes and gases will make the flavor of distilled liquor different.

2. Industrial alcohol, that is, industrial alcohol, also known as denatured alcohol and industrial wine. The purity of industrial alcohol is generally 95% and 99%. There are two main modes of production: synthesis and brewing (corn or cassava). Generally, the cost of synthesis is very low. The ethanol content of brewed industrial alcohol is generally greater than or equal to 95%, and the methanol content is lower than 1%.

Third, the use is different.

1. Edible alcohol is used in food and medicine.

2. Industrial alcohol is used for chemical synthesis, gasoline ethanol and other industrial chemicals.

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