Editing Kvass (section)

===Latvia===
[[File:Un marchand de kwass, en Livonie. — Dessin de d'Henriet.jpg|thumb|A 19th century [[engraving]] by Dessin de d'Henriet depicting kvass vendors in [[Governorate of Livonia|Livonia]]]]
[[File:kvass-Jul77.png|thumb|A kvass street vendor in [[Riga|Rīga]] (1977)]]

In [[Latvian language|Latvian]], kvass was also called {{Lang|lv|dzersis}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=What and How Latvians Used to Eat. Acorn Coffee, Beer, Sugar and Sweets. |date=11 March 2021 |url=https://latvianeats.com/what-and-how-latvians-used-to-eat-acorn-coffee-beer-sugar-and-sweets/ |website=Latvia Eats |access-date=30 July 2021 |archive-date=27 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727235812/https://latvianeats.com/what-and-how-latvians-used-to-eat-acorn-coffee-beer-sugar-and-sweets/ |url-status=live }}</ref> After the [[dissolution of the Soviet Union]] in 1991, the street vendors disappeared from the streets of Latvia due to new health laws that banned its sale on the street. Economic disruptions forced many kvass factories to close. The Coca-Cola Company moved in and began quickly dominating the soft drink market. In 1998, the local soft drink industry adapted by selling bottled kvass and launching aggressive marketing campaigns. This surge in sales was stimulated by the fact that kvass sold for about half the price of Coca-Cola. In just three years, kvass constituted as much as 30% of the soft drink market in Latvia, while the market share of Coca-Cola fell from 65% to 44%. The Coca-Cola Company had losses in Latvia of about $1&nbsp;million in 1999 and 2000. Coca-Cola responded by purchasing kvass manufacturers and producing kvass at their own soft drink plants.<ref>{{cite news |last=Lyons |first=J. Michael |date=31 March 2002 |title=Soviet Brew Is Back, This Time, in Bottles |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2002/03/31/soviet-brew-is-back-this-time-in-bottles/066718dc-feb1-4382-85fa-c3eb36d2bcb3/ |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=14 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Smith |first=Benjamin |date=7 September 2002 |title=In Latvia, Forces of Globalism Ferment Market for Traditional Soft-Drink Brew |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB968266405767974068 |newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |access-date=14 July 2020 |archive-date=4 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204125730/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB968266405767974068 |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 30 September 2010, the [[Saeima]] (parliament) adopted quality and classification requirements for kvass, defining it as "a beverage obtained by fermenting a mixture of kvass wort with a yeast of microorganism cultures to which sugar and other food sources and food additives are added or not added after the fermentation" with a maximum ABV of 1.2 percent, and differentiating it from an unfermented non-alcoholic mixture of grain product extract, water, flavourings, preservatives, and other ingredients, which is designated as a "kvass (malt) beverage".<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://likumi.lv/ta/en/en/id/218950-quality-and-classification-requirements-for-kvass-and-kvass-malt-beverage |title=Quality and Classification Requirements for Kvass and Kvass (Malt) Beverage |website=[[likumi.lv]] |access-date=30 July 2021 |archive-date=29 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211229231131/https://likumi.lv/ta/en/en/id/218950-quality-and-classification-requirements-for-kvass-and-kvass-malt-beverage |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2014, Latvian kvass producers won seven medals at the Russian Beverage exposition in Moscow, with [[Ilgezeem]]'s ''Porter Tanheiser'' kvass winning two gold medals.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Latvian kvass takes awards at Moscow beverage expo |date=1 September 2014 |url=https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/economy/latvian-kvass-takes-awards-at-moscow-beverage-expo.a96725/ |publisher=[[Public Broadcasting of Latvia]] |accessdate=19 December 2021 |archive-date=21 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211221121643/https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/economy/latvian-kvass-takes-awards-at-moscow-beverage-expo.a96725/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2019, ''Iļģuciema kvass'' ranked second in the Most Loved Latvian Beverage Brand Top,<ref>{{cite web |title=Iļģuciema kvass won the 2nd place in The Latvia's Most Loved Drink top |date=9 October 2019 |url=https://ilgezeem.lv/en/ilguciema-kvass-won-the-2nd-place-in-the-latvias-most-loved-drink-top/ |publisher=[[Ilgezeem]] |accessdate=30 July 2021 |archive-date=19 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210619034801/https://ilgezeem.lv/en/ilguciema-kvass-won-the-2nd-place-in-the-latvias-most-loved-drink-top/ |url-status=live }}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|date=May 2022}} and first in the subsequent 2020 top.<ref>{{cite web |title=Iļģuciema kvass won 1st place in the Most Loved Latvian Beverage Brand top! |date=21 October 2020 |url=https://ilgezeem.lv/en/ilguciema-kvass-won-1st-place-in-the-most-loved-latvian-beverage-brand-top/ |publisher=[[Ilgezeem]] |accessdate=30 July 2021 |archive-date=24 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210924154636/https://ilgezeem.lv/en/ilguciema-kvass-won-1st-place-in-the-most-loved-latvian-beverage-brand-top/ |url-status=live }}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|date=May 2022}}