Culture · Sep 3, 2026
Non-Alcoholic, Alcohol-Free, Zero-Proof: They Do Not Mean the Same Thing.
Three words get used as if they were interchangeable, and they are not. The gap between them is 0.5 percent, and for some drinkers that number is the whole point. Here is what the labels actually mean, and why the industry is finally being pushed to say so plainly.
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