Determination of methanol and ethanol concentrations in local and foreign alcoholic drinks and food products (Banku, Ga kenkey, Fante kenkey and Hausa koko) in Ghana

Table 2 Summary of the mean concentrations of methanol and ethanol in the analyzed alcoholic drinks

Drinking spot	Location	Alcohol type	Origin	Code	Methanol (%vol)	Ethanol (%vol)
Maxi spot	Mafi Asiekpe	Spirit	Local	S2	–	37
Home	Osu-Nyaneba Est.	Wine	Foreign	S3	0.009	12
Home	Osu- Nyaneba Est.	Whisky/spirit	Foreign	S4	0.007	40
Home	Osu- Nyaneba Est.	Wine	Foreign	S5	0.007	17
Maxi spot	Mafi Asiekpe	Bitters/spirit	Local	S6		40
Distillation point	Mafi Mankukope	Akpeteshie/spirit	Local	S7	0.052	45
Maxi spot	Mafi Asiekpe	bitters/spirit	Local	S8	–	29
Maxi spot	Mafi Asiekpe	bitters/spirit, med. Alcohol	Local	S9	–	32
Home	Osu-Nyaneba Est.	Wine	Foreign	S10	0.003	8
Maxi spot	Mafi Asiekpe	dry gin/spirit	Local	S11	–	37
Desiadenyo spot	Mafi Asiekpe	Spirit	Local	S12	–	31
Desiadenyo spot	Mafi Asiekpe	spirit, med. Alcohol	Local	S13	–	37
Desiadenyo spot	Mafi Asiekpe	bitters/spirit	Local	S14	0.063	38
Maxi spot	Mafi Asiekpe	spirit, med. Alcohol	Local	S15	0.112	22
TOR Bush Canteen	Tema-Accra	Akpeteshie/spirit	Local	S16	–	36
Original Auntie BB	Osu-Nyaneba Est.	Akpeteshie/spirit	Local	S17	0.126	42
VYKISS spot	Osu-Ako-Adjei	spirit, med. Alcohol	Local	S18	0.142	43
Auntie Afi’s Enterprise	Osu-Ako-Adjei	Akpeteshie/spirit	Local	S19	0.141	39
Jomens Enterprise	Osu-Ako-Adjei	Akpeteshie/spirit	Local	S20	0.161	39

Note that the brand names of these alcoholic beverages have been withheld for security reasons

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