Chouchen, Breton honey wine
Chouchen is a Breton honey wine made by fermenting honey and water and served as an alcoholic drink.
About Chouchen, Breton honey wine
Chouchen is a Breton alcoholic honey wine made by fermenting honey with water. It is a fermented beverage rather than honey syrup or a merely honey-flavoured drink. It is served on its own and may accompany desserts, cheeses, or other regional foods.
Its flavour can be floral and honeyed, with notes ranging from fruity and lightly acidic to rounded and dry. Chouchen may be sweet or relatively dry depending on the honey, fermentation, residual sugar, and finishing. It has the light, pourable body of a still wine, though some versions may have gentle sparkle.
The drink is usually bottled as a clear to golden or amber liquid and served chilled or cool. Colour deepens with darker honey and maturation. It can be poured directly, used in cooking, or paired with food. Different fermentation and finishing practices create noticeable differences in sweetness, aroma, and body.
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Chouchen, Breton honey wine nutrition & diet
Chouchen, Breton honey wine nutritional value
Representative benchmark: Wine, red
Per 100 g of 100 g edible portion in the named official reference form.
- Calories
- 80.1kcal
- Protein
- 0.2g
- Carbs
- 0.2g
- Fat
- 0.0g
Representative benchmark from a comparable official food-composition category; it is not a laboratory measurement of this exact ingredient. The displayed reference form must be considered, and species, cultivar, recipe, brand, processing and preparation can change values.
Portions & preparation
Use chouchen as the fermented honey-wine beverage described, distinguishing it from honey liqueur, cider, mead-style products, or mixed drinks. Reference the drink as served and record sweetness, carbonation, aging, dilution, and serving accompaniments. Brand and fermentation method matter because residual honey and added ingredients can vary.
Compare the right form: Match Breton chouchen as a finished fermented beverage, with producer, style, sweetness, and serving form identified. Do not substitute mead, cider, liqueur, or a cocktail.
Diet considerations
Chouchen is made from honey and water; honey is produced by bees and is not generally treated as vegan. Compatibility changes with added dairy, egg, fruit, cereal-based flavorings, or mixed-drink ingredients. Fermentation and residual sweetness vary by product, so review the exact beverage and serving rather than generalizing from honey or alcohol alone.
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Dietary compatibility
- VeganDepends on the version
- VegetarianDepends on the version
- PescatarianDepends on the version
- KetoNot established
- PaleoNot established
- Low-carbNot established
- HalalTypically incompatible
- KosherNot established
What these diet assessments mean
- Vegan · Depends on the version
- Production can involve animal-derived fining agents or other additions; check the producer and formulation.
- Vegetarian · Depends on the version
- Production can involve animal-derived fining agents or other additions; check the producer and formulation.
- Pescatarian · Depends on the version
- Production can involve animal-derived fining agents or other additions; check the producer and formulation.
- Keto · Not established
- A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
- Paleo · Not established
- The ingredient form and processing have not been assessed against this dietary pattern.
- Low-carb · Not established
- A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
- Halal · Typically incompatible
- This profile identifies an alcoholic ingredient. Check the actual formulation and preparation against your halal requirements.
- Kosher · Not established
- Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish kosher status.
For the plain ingredient · Awaiting review. Diet compatibility is not allergy suitability or halal/kosher certification. Keto and low-carb depend on the portion.
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Sources & review
Nutrition reference: Australian Food Composition Database, Release 3 — F009571 ↗. Values are scaled from 100 g of the recorded edible form. Individual portions have no assumed fixed weight.
Expanded overview, name examples and nutrition notes are database drafts awaiting editorial review. Numeric nutrition values, where shown, have their own source and food-form reference.
The ingredient description and dish connections come from the draft catalogue and may change after review.
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