Editing Liqueur (section)

=== European Union ===
The European Union directive on [[Liquor|spirit drinks]] provides guidelines applicable to all liqueurs.<ref name="directive">{{Cite web|date=25 May 2021|title=Consolidated text: Regulation (EU) 2019/787 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on the definition, description, presentation and labelling of spirit drinks, the use of the names of spirit drinks in the presentation and labelling of other foodstuffs, the protection of geographical indications for spirit drinks, the use of ethyl alcohol and distillates of agricultural origin in alcoholic beverages, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 110/2008|url=http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2019/787/2021-05-25}}</ref> As such, a liqueur must
* contain a minimum of 15% [[alcohol by volume]],
* in most cases, contain sweetening equivalent to at least 100&nbsp;grams of [[inverted sugar syrup|inverted sugar]] per liter,<ref>The wording is: "a minimum content of sweetening products, expressed as invert sugar". The level is lowered to 70&nbsp;grams per liter for cherry or sour cherry liqueurs, and 80&nbsp;grams per liter for "liqueurs flavoured exclusively with gentian or a similar plant or wormwood".</ref>
* be created using [[Rectified spirit#European Union|neutral grain alcohol]] and/or [[Liquor#Distillate of agricultural origin|distillate(s) of agricultural origin]], 
* be flavored with natural, or nature-identical, flavorings, and
* be labeled with the alcohol content and a list of any [[food coloring]]s.