Cooking Wines: version 1

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# Cooking Wines <!--category-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Cooking Wines
gpc_code: 10000052
gpc_level: brick
parent: category/50171700
gpc_publication: 286 GPC as of May 2026
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## About <!--about-->
Includes any products that can be described/observed as a typically inferior variety of wine to Drinking Wine, sometimes adulterated with salt, which is used in cooking to enhance the flavour or colour of a prepared recipe. These products are specifically labelled and marketed as cooking wine, and their alcohol content ensures that they do not need to be refrigerated.

### Excludes

Excludes products such as Wine or Sherry Alcoholic Beverages, and any alcohol not specifically used for cooking.
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