The difference between real vodka and burnt vodka. Vodka poisoning How to identify burnt vodka at home

Samples of counterfeit alcohol products often contain impurities of low-purity ethyl alcohol and non-food alcohols (hydrolytic and synthetic), which are considered highly toxic.

In terms of mortality from accidental poisoning with counterfeit drugs in the 2000s, the Yaroslavl region was in the lead in the Central Federal District of Russia.

In 2012, after the end of the holiday lineup, four 12-year-old students of Vladivostok School No. 18 purchased 2 bottles of cheap vodka from a kiosk, which turned out to be counterfeit. Two girls were hospitalized in a coma.

Differences between fake vodka and real vodka

Counterfeit vodka has several characteristic differences from real vodka:

Most counterfeit vodkas do not meet the strength standards. Instead of 40° it can be much less.

Often in bottles one can discern sediment, lint, films, etc., which indicates its production in artisanal conditions.

After two to three weeks, fake vodka acquires a matte color.

The markings of the caps and the inscriptions on the labels do not correspond to each other. For example, it happens that different manufacturers are indicated on them.

At home, when making fake vodka, glue is applied to labels, in most cases, with a brush, and therefore the strokes are uneven. For factory-made vodka, if you look at the label from the inside, you can often see several even strips of glue. True, there is also a continuous coating of glue.

On factory-made vodka, the cap should not rotate around its axis (otherwise the bottle would be considered defective by the manufacturer).

In counterfeit vodka, the edges of the “alka” cap (with a “tongue”) are not tightly fitted in some places and, in addition, have small “waves.” In real vodka, the lower edges of such a cap are smooth and fit flush. The varnished coating must not have scratches.

On screw-on bottle labels, the last two digits of the code indicate the name of the city (01 - Moscow, 02 - St. Petersburg, 62 - Smolensk, etc.). On the Alka cap, in addition to the name of the manufacturer, the name of the vodka is indicated (P - wheat, R - Russian, MO - Moscow special, etc.).

Fake vodka has missing or unclear production date symbols on the back of the label.

When opening a bottle of counterfeit vodka, the dispenser often remains in the opened lid.

Often counterfeit products have suspicious names - Beware, Super, Petrovich, Traffic Police, etc.

To detect fusel oils in suspicious vodka, you need to add an equal volume of sulfuric acid to it. Blackening of the vodka will indicate the presence of a large amount of fusel oils.

You can also dip blue litmus paper into the vodka. Its red color indicates an admixture of acids, which are added to increase the “strength”.

The consumer can test the vodka by pouring it into the cap and holding a match. Normal vodka burns with a weak blue flame. Bad vodka will either flare up like gasoline or not burn at all.

You can also simply shake the bottle.

If vodka is excessively diluted with water, the bubbles in the bottle will be large. Normal vodka will shake up like a “snake” of small bubbles.

If vodka has a strong unpleasant odor, then it is better for the consumer not to drink it.

How to spot fake vodka

To determine the authenticity of wine, you need to pour it into a small bottle, close the neck with your finger and tip it into a glass of water. The finger is released in the water. If the wine does not mix with water, then it is natural. If the wine begins to flow in streams from the bubble into the water and descend to the bottom of the glass, then it is clearly fake. The faster the wine is poured from the bottle into the water, the more severe the falsification, and the more impurities there are in the wine.

To identify counterfeit alcohol, you need to prepare a weak solution of potassium permanganate and then mix it with alcohol in a ratio of 4:1. If at a temperature of 15-20 degrees the alcohol turns pink after 5 minutes, this means that it is pure. If the alcohol turns color under the same conditions in less than 5 minutes, then the alcohol is fake. The faster it stains and the darker it becomes, the more dangerous it is. Poorly purified alcohol with a large number of foreign impurities turns dark brown instantly.

Counterfeit vodka is produced not only in Russia. In Ukraine, according to experts, every second bottle is counterfeit. It is recommended not to buy Ukrainian vodka priced below 26 hryvnia, which will obviously be counterfeit.

It is better to buy vodka in specialized stores. In order to ensure the quality of the product, the consumer should ask the seller for a certificate, which must be original and not copied. In addition, it is worth paying attention to which batch of goods the certificate was issued for.Saving on quality vodka can be very expensive.

Consumption of counterfeit products is fraught with poisoning, dangerous not only to the health, but also to the life of the consumer.

When purchasing this product, even in a store, it is easy to stumble upon a counterfeit. And this is fraught with not at all fun consequences - from deterioration of health to death. In order to minimize the risk as much as possible, when choosing vodka you need to know some rules and adhere to them. This will help distinguish the real product from the fake.

And so, all vodka products are divided into three main groups: elite vodka, Premium vodka and so-called folk vodka. As for “Elite” vodka, until recently, it was believed that it was exclusively foreign production. Recently, domestic producers have also mastered this class of vodka quite well and have become worthy competitors to foreign producers, and have even succeeded in some ways. Elite vodka has always had an appropriate price.

According to experts, vodka of this level is practically not counterfeited, based on economic indicators: quickly invested (that is, quickly counterfeited) - quickly received (that is, returned the money). It sells out much slower than “folk” vodka. In addition, it requires more investment to fake it. However, “practically do not forge” and “do not forge at all” are not at all the same thing: our “craftsmen” are capable of anything.

After 1991, when the state monopoly on alcohol was abolished, domestic shelves began to be filled with Premium vodka. Initially, these were exclusively imported products, and not always meeting the quality and established standards. Today, domestic manufacturers have practically ousted foreign competitors from this market and filled the niche with their products. As a rule, the bottles into which Premium vodka is bottled are not standard: shaped bottles with embossing, engravings, “floating” designs and illustrations that appear when the temperature changes - there are a great many options. Of course, counterfeiting such vodka is a troublesome task, however, according to various experts, approximately 5–7 percent of counterfeiting occurs here.

But the most favorite object of counterfeiting by the “guild workers” was and remains the so-called “folk” vodka. And the cheaper it is, the more dangerous it is. It’s no secret that inexpensive vodka is in considerable demand, which means that quite a lot of people are at risk of being poisoned by the “vodka”. The following recommendations will significantly reduce this risk. So, take a close look at the bottle.

Label. This is what buyers look at when choosing a product. But take a closer look... On factory-produced vodka, the label on the bottle is always glued evenly - the glue is applied automatically. If you look through the bottle at the other side of the label, you can see even strips of applied glue, spaced equally apart from each other. In addition, the label on “real” vodka, unlike the “leftist” one, is smooth and gives the impression of being polished. The markings on the label must correspond to the markings on the cork: the date and manufacturer must match. The presence of a back label and a tax stamp with a hologram applied is mandatory! Excise stamps are numbered, and numbers on excise stamps cannot be repeated. The repetition of numbers on the same batch of alcohol indicates that the excise stamps were stamped somewhere in a handicraft way, and the vodka is counterfeit.

Cork. First of all, the plug should not rotate. In factory manufacturing conditions, such a product is subject to rejection. If the bottle is rolled up with the so-called capless cap, then in factory vodka the cork fits exactly tightly around the circumference of the bottle neck. And most importantly, there are no marking defects. A fake is always distinguished by the presence of small waves on the cork and looseness of adherence to the neck of the bottle. It is also necessary to pay attention to the filling capacity of the bottle. In the factory, bottles with a screw cap are filled to the middle of the neck, with a capless cap - slightly higher than the “shoulder” of the bottle.

Laser engraving. Laser engraving is rightfully considered to be reliable protection against counterfeiting, since its application is possible only in a factory assembly line with special equipment. At the moment when the bottle is about to leave the conveyor, an engraving is applied on the cap and at the same time on the glass of the bottle neck using a laser beam, indicating the date and time the bottle left the conveyor. The numbers printed on the cap perfectly match the similar characters printed on the neck of the bottle. It will be immediately obvious if the bottle has been used before and has been rolled around with new contents.

Bottom. A bottle of factory-produced vodka may have slight traces of oil on the bottom - this is the result of the bottle passing through the factory conveyor. If vodka is the “product” of illegal workshops, then the oil trace will be much more noticeable.

Liquid. When visually examining the bottle, take a closer look at the contents. The filling must be transparent. The presence of any white deposits or crystals on the glass is excluded. Vodka can be checked with litum paper. Reddening of the paper indicates the addition of sulfuric or acetic acid to the vodka. You can heat a spoon with vodka over low heat until the liquid ignites. The presence of a sharp and unpleasant odor will indicate the presence of fusel oils in the contents of the bottle.
Consuming a low-quality counterfeit product can lead to very tragic consequences. The human body’s reaction to the substances that make up low-quality alcohol, from which lovers of easy money on other people’s health make their vodka, is completely unpredictable. Someone's liver may simply fail, someone may lose their sight, and someone may lose their life.

Don't skimp on your health! It's not worth it. Think about those who are close to you and to whom you can cause pain and grief with your careless actions! Be healthy and happy!

According to independent experts, up to 46% of the domestic alcohol market is filled with counterfeit vodka, which is also popularly called “palena.” The consequences of consuming this “infection” are unpredictable: from headaches in the morning to disability and death. Therefore, it is very important to be able to distinguish vodka from counterfeit vodka while still in the store. There are a number of signs that make this possible with a high degree of probability, but only laboratory tests can give a 100% result.

Burnt vodka is a cheap alcohol and vodka surrogate produced from low-quality raw materials in underground workshops, which criminals try to sell under the guise of recognizable vodka brands by forging the label, bottle, excise stamp and other related documents.

It is the “palenka” that accounts for 53% of fatal cases of alcohol poisoning. The production of burnt vodka is several times cheaper than the original drink. Criminals, having sold a counterfeit, receive fabulous profits. Just one underground workshop brings its owners several million dollars in profit per year.

There is a difference between the concepts of “scorched” and “left” vodka. “Levak” is the name given to a batch of high-quality vodka from a distillery, which is not listed in the enterprise’s reporting. It is cheaper because it is not subject to taxes. But when buying, there is a risk that, under the guise of fake vodka, they may sell you fake vodka. This is what criminals do who do not want or are unable to forge excise stamps and quality certificates. Without these documents, they cannot hand over their surrogate to the store, so they are looking for gullible citizens.

How to identify burnt vodka

It's about checking appearance drink before purchasing it. There are signs whose presence should motivate you to choose another vodka or even a store.

1. Price. If you prefer a certain brand of vodka, then you should know the average price of a bottle. If in one of the stores the price is 15-30% lower, then the risk of purchasing counterfeit vodka there increases several times. Miracles do not happen; the cost of the same vodka in different stores cannot differ much.

Previously, it was the low price that gave burnt vodka, but now the counterfeiters have wised up and in most cases sell their surrogate at the price of the original. Therefore, related factors need to be taken into account.

2. Point of sale. General rule: The smaller the store, the higher the likelihood of buying fake vodka there. In large supermarkets you will be given a receipt, which is proof of the purchase made. It’s easier for the supermarket to make a claim, so they sell less “palenka” there, but more and more often it comes across it there too. At the same time, large stores do not always sell counterfeit goods deliberately. More often they buy high-quality fakes with all quality certificates (also fake) at wholesale stores.

3. Color. Real vodka is absolutely transparent without turbidity or sediment at the bottom. To check this, just turn the bottle upside down, hold it for a few seconds and look through it at the sunlight. Vodka should not have foreign particles, orange, light yellow or other shades. If the color changes, it means that you have poorly purified vodka, the alcohol or water of which contains foreign impurities.

4. Cap. The factory bottle has a neat cap that does not twist or leak. It is better to buy vodka with a ball dispenser, since in an underground workshop it is more difficult to counterfeit such a bottle.

5. Label. It must be glued evenly, and all inscriptions are written legibly. This also applies to the excise stamp. The plant is required to indicate its full legal address, the address of production facilities, the composition of the drink and the GOST according to which it is made. This is how new little-known vodka brands are tested. Sometimes a surrogate hides under the guise of a completely new vodka that has just appeared on the market.

In the case of a well-known brand, checking the address and composition will not yield anything (with rare exceptions), since counterfeiters simply copy a ready-made label. They can only be identified by faded paper with hard-to-read letters, the quality of which they decided to skimp on.

The bottling dates on the bottle label and cap must match. Although checking the dates takes a few seconds, many are too lazy to do this when buying burnt vodka. Not all underground workshops control the spill time. This is especially true for counterfeiting the cheapest brands.

6. Protection of producers. Understanding that it is difficult for the buyer to distinguish good vodka against scorching, well-known brands are developing their own protection systems that are difficult to counterfeit. These can be embossed signs, coats of arms and other quality markers applied to the bottle.

You can find out about the protection of the vodka you choose on the manufacturer’s website. At least there you will see what the original looks like, and then compare it with the bottles that are on store shelves.

Attention! Compliance of a bottle with all the criteria does not guarantee 100% protection against counterfeiting. Burnt vodka has a strong, unpleasant odor. It is better to throw away a fake you accidentally bought than to risk your health and even life.

Vodka is poison

The fact that vodka contains ethanol, being its base and having the ability to dissolve in fats, can be the basis for the development of alcohol addiction and intoxication. It is thanks to its ability to dissolve in fats that ethyl alcohol is distributed throughout the body and fixed in fatty tissues.

Possibility of toxemia

Vodka has a confident leadership position among alcoholic beverages, being an accomplice of alcohol toxicosis.

This is due to the strength of the alcoholic drink. If their strength is within 20-30 degrees, they are absorbed more slowly into the bloodstream.

They are gradually removed outside, without accumulating or lingering during alcoholic libations.

Guaranteed toxemia and death can be achieved by taking 300 milliliters of ethanol at a time. The liver cannot cope with such an amount of liquid to promptly break it down into water and carbon dioxide and remove it from the human body.

Causes of toxemia

A single dose of a large dose leads to poisoning

Among the reasons leading to vodka poisoning are the following:

• its systematic use;
• one-time large dose;
• mixing with chemically incompatible medications;
• predisposition to an allergic reaction to ethanol or individual intolerance to it;
• drinking burnt vodka.

Often counterfeit products of “Mendeleev’s invention,” in particular, burnt vodka, claim a large number of lives. Cases of allergies to alcohol have also become more frequent recently.

An interesting fact is that the predilection of blood relatives for this alcoholic drink becomes a consequence of intolerance to vodka.

An important question: can you get poisoned if you use vodka externally? Can. This is due to the ability of alcohol to penetrate the skin into the body and accumulate there. Therefore, doctors do not recommend treating sprains, stretch marks and similar injuries in children using alcohol-based compresses.

Signs of toxemia

When starting a conversation about what symptoms will appear in a person who has been poisoned by vodka, a number of factors should be taken into account: age, the amount of alcohol taken, its quality, and sometimes the gender of the drinker.

In case of mild poisoning, the following symptoms are observed:

• Hyperemia of the skin, excessive sweating. Speech becomes slurred, accompanied by intermittent intonations.
• Thoughts lose logic. There is a loss of coordination of movements.
• Painful sensations in the abdominal area. They are often of a pulling and cutting nature. The reason for their occurrence is the irritating effect of alcohols on the gastrointestinal mucosa.
• Diarrhea. Almost always likely. Develops during the first hours. Caused by a violation of the absorption capacity of the large intestine of water.
• Nausea and gag reflexes. The nature of their occurrence is the effect of alcohols on the central nervous system. The brain similarly sends a signal to eliminate toxins from the body.

If toxemia is more severe, then the main symptoms will be supplemented by the following:

• Dizziness appears, accompanied by sharp headaches.
• Vomiting continues, which does not make me feel better. The victim is in a state of prostration. This phase is characterized by the phenomenon of “sea sickness”; it causes you to sway even when lying down.
• The pulse decreases, breathing slows down, and becomes intermittent. Cold sweat appears and the temperature drops.
• Delusional ideas and hallucinations appear. The victim becomes depressed or euphoric.
• Urination becomes more frequent and becomes very copious.

The most severe stage is characterized by the following symptoms:

• Complete absence of urination.
• Falling into a comatose state. Loss of consciousness. Death cannot be ruled out.

Many people may confuse coma with the sleep of a drunk person. Therefore, it is the unconscious state, when the victim loses the ability to perform reflexive actions (in particular tactile and defensive), that is indicative in such a case.

In this case, the person has intermittent breathing, accompanied by wheezing and other unnatural sounds. Skin hyperemia gives way to acidosis.

Surrogate products

Burnt vodka often causes intoxication. This is due to the fact that it is produced with the addition of various methanol-based impurities. After all, they reduce the cost of the production process.

Poisoning with burnt vodka has symptoms similar to those that appear during ordinary alcohol toxemia. But the primary symptoms are much more dynamic. After just one drink, symptoms of toxemia appear: dizziness, gag reflexes, confusion, pain in the abdomen, headaches, fog in the eyes.

Intoxication with surrogates is a very long process that reaches its peak 10-12 hours after drinking alcohol.

Therefore, it is often confused with a hangover.

Standard signs indicating surrogate intoxication are:

• Loss of vision due to surrogate toxemia
• general weakness;
• vomiting accompanied by foamy discharge;
• loss of vision;
• confusion;
• fainting states;

death.

Urgent Care Proper first aid is of great importance in the case of treating toxemia with alcoholic drinks.

Because manipulations must be prompt and timely.

Except in cases where the victim can be aware of his actions and actions, and confusion is not observed, you can do without medical help. Other situations require the help of professionals, because the patient’s condition is associated with a risk to life.

First aid measures for a poisoned person consist of standard procedures:

If you lose consciousness, revive with ammonia

• Cleansing the stomach of toxins. For these purposes, you need to give a large amount of water to drink and provoke a gag reflex.
• Conveniently place the patient in a position on his side to avoid choking on vomit.
• Clearing the airways from remnants of vomit and saliva. This is done using a cotton swab and a syringe. If your tongue gets stuck, you need to release it to ensure free access of oxygen.
• Give adsorbents. Activated carbon, Polysorb, Enterosgel, and white carbon have proven themselves well for these needs.
• If necessary, perform cardiopulmonary procedures (massage and artificial respiration).
• If the patient is unconscious, bring him to his senses by placing a cotton or gauze swab soaked in ammonia to the nostrils.
• The victim must be placed in a warm place.

To alleviate a person’s condition, you can prepare a drink consisting of 2 liters of water with 7 teaspoons of honey dissolved. This solution must be drunk in small sips, but quickly.

Treatment in the clinic

Further actions are carried out in a resuscitation hospital. They begin with gastric lavage using a flexible tube. Additional absorbents will then be prescribed.

Next, symptomatic therapy will be carried out. Saline sodium bicarbonate solution will be administered intravenously. If a methanol overdose is diagnosed, an antidote will be prescribed - ethanol (in a therapeutic dosage).

Today, when purchasing alcohol, even in a store, there is a high probability that you will buy low-quality alcoholic beverages. Surrogate or falsified alcohol is all alcoholic beverages that are produced by unscrupulous producers, most of which are found in basements. According to statistics, people who drink such drinks do not live to see 40 years of age.

What is the danger of these drinks? In addition to addiction and its consequences, surrogate alcohol contains many hazardous substances. Unfortunately, in order to save money, manufacturers use cheap alcohol, most often amyl or propyl. The greatest danger to the human body is methyl alcohol. 30 ml of this drug is enough to cause death. Narcologists note an increase in epilepsy among young alcoholics. Having begun once against the background of poisoning or an overdose of alcohol, this disease will only worsen over time. The only thing that can help is complete abstinence from alcohol, which is only possible after alcoholism treatment.

Feedback from a resident who successfully completed a rehabilitation course at the center

Burnt vodka leads to faster destruction of the body. It contributes to the occurrence of heart attacks and strokes, and the patient also experiences regular headaches. It’s not for nothing that after a severe hangover, people themselves come to the conclusion that the vodka was scorched. Also, this burning drink completely destroys male potency. Low-quality vodka quickly destroys brain cells, affecting thinking, memory, and other thought processes. One doctor who conducted research on patients who regularly took surrogate alcohol wrote in his notes that his young patients, 30-35 years old, could not even retell a basic text. Licensed vodka, although it is not healthy drink, however, it is manufactured in accordance with standards and goes through several stages of purification. On the contrary, “scorched” drinks are made from various toxic impurities and are not purified at all. According to expert conclusions, such vodka is even made from manure.

For example, the situation in Russia with surrogate alcoholic beverages is simply colossal. From 50 to 70% of all products do not meet standards. For every 10 thousand bottles of cognac, 2 bottles are quality products; an even worse picture is observed on the shelves with wine products.

The situation is similar with drugs; almost all substances are produced in an artisanal way. That's why drug addiction treatment- the only chance to survive.

Contact rehabilitation center As soon as possible. Your health and future are only in your hands.