Non-alcoholic drink containing more than 1.2% ABV must state the actual alcoholic strength (i.e., show the word "alcohol" or the abbreviation "alc." followed by the symbol "% vol."). The government of Denmark have decided to change the "alcohol free" legal definition from 0.1% alcohol by volume to 0.5%. Non-alcoholic beer, termed as "birra analcolica", is regulated as equal to or less than 1.2% ABV Systembolaget defines "alcohol-free" as a drink that contains no more than 0.5% alcohol by volume. Licensing laws only place restrictions on the sale or consumption of drinks with an alcohol content of over 0.5% An "alcohol free" drink
Barley The preparatory "kykeon" or mixed drink of the initiates, prepared from barley and herbs, referred in the Homeric hymn to Demeter, whose name some scholars believe meant "Barley-mother". The practice was to dry the barley groats and roast them before preparing the porridge, according to Pliny the Elder's "Natural History" (xviii.72). This produces malt that soon ferments and becomes slightly alcoholic. Pliny also noted barley was a special food of gladiators known as "hordearii", "barley-eaters". However, by Roman times, he added that wheat had replaced barley as a staple. Tibetan barley has been a staple food in Tibetan cuisine since