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Dark rum

Dark rum is a deeply colored distilled spirit used in cocktails, desserts, marinades, and sauces.

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About Dark rum

Dark rum is a distilled alcoholic spirit with a deep amber to brown colour and a pronounced molasses, caramel, toasted, or oak-like flavour. Its character and colour vary with the base material, maturation, blending, and any permitted colouring used by the producer.

It is poured into cocktails and mixed drinks, and is also used in cakes, puddings, flambéed desserts, marinades, glazes, and sauces. Styles range from relatively smooth and sweet to robust and strongly barrel-influenced.

Dark rum is generally sold as a bottled liquid spirit. Its appearance can deepen with maturation, blending, or permitted colouring, while processing and formulation influence its flavour, sweetness, and body.

Ingredient type
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English

dark rum

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Dark rum nutrition & diet

Dark rum nutritional value

Alcoholic beverage, distilled, rum, 80 proof

Per 100 g of the edible portion in the recorded food form.

Calories
231kcal
Protein
0.0g
Carbs
0.0g
Fat
0.0g

Reference values for the specific food form shown. Other varieties, brands and preparations can differ.

Portions & preparation

Match the reference to dark rum as bottled and poured, not rum-flavored syrup, extract, or a mixed drink. Account for whether it is consumed directly, cooked into a sauce, or incorporated into a dessert; recipe preparation can change the retained amount. Measure the edible serving without cocktail mixers.

Compare the right form: Use a reference for bottled dark rum as a distilled spirit, matching alcohol strength and excluding cocktails, extracts, rum flavoring, or dessert preparations.

Diet considerations

Dark rum is distilled from fermented plant-derived sugarcane products, while the final drink may be blended or flavored. Cocktails and foods containing it can add syrups, dairy, eggs, gelatin, or cereal ingredients. Compatibility depends on the product label, preparation method, and whether alcohol-containing servings are acceptable.

AI-authored reading notes · Awaiting editorial review. Measured values, where available, have a separate source above.

Dietary compatibility

  • Vegan
    Depends on the version
  • Vegetarian
    Depends on the version
  • Pescatarian
    Depends on the version
  • Keto
    Not established
  • Paleo
    Not established
  • Low-carb
    Not established
  • Halal
    Typically incompatible
  • Kosher
    Not 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: USDA FoodData Central — Alcoholic beverage, distilled, rum, 80 proof ↗. 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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