Rum is an alcoholic drink prepared from sugarcane juice or molasses. It is produced from the process of fermentation. Rum has been a part of traditional and cultural drink in the Caribbean. It is now extensively produced and consumed worldwide. Various varieties of rum are produced and the color of the rum indicates the age of it. The majority of the world’s rum production occurs in the Caribbean and Latin America. Rum is also produced in Scotland, Austria, Spain, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, the Philippines, India, Reunion Island, Mauritius, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, Japan, the United States, and Canada. Rums are produced in various grades. Light rums are commonly used in cocktails, whereas “golden” and “dark” rums were typically consumed straight or neat, on the rocks, or used for cooking, but are now commonly consumed with mixers. Premium rums are also available, made to be consumed either straight or iced. Rum is one of the most popular liquors and it is used in some of our favorite cocktails, including the Daiquiri and Mojito.
| Name | Rum |
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| Name in Other Languages | Albanian: Rum Arabic: Ramm sharab mmuskar (رم شراب مسكر) Armenian: Rrom (ռոմ) Afrikaans: Rum Azerbaijani: Rom Bengali: Rāma (রাম) Basque: Rum Belarusian: Pом Bosnian: Rum Bulgarian: Pом Catalan: Rom Cebuano: Rum Chinese: Lǎng mǔ jiǔ (朗姆酒) Chichewa: Ramu Croatian: Rum Czech: Rum Danish: Rom Dutch: Rum Estonian: Rumm Esperanto: Ron Finnish: Rommi Filipino: Ram French: Rhum Galician : Ron German: Rum Greek: Roúmi (ρούμι) Georgian: romi (რომი) Gujarati : Rama (રમ) Hausa: Giyan rum Haitian: Creole wonm Hebrew : רוֹם Hindi: Ram (रम) Hmong: Rum Hungarian: Rum Icelandic: Romm Igbo: Rọm Irish: Rum Italian: Rum Indonesian: Rum Javanese: Rum Japanese: Ramu sake (ラム酒) Kannada: Ram (ರಮ್) Kazakh: Pом Khmer: Rum Korean: leom ju (럼 주) Latvian: Rums Latin: Rum Lithuanian: Romas Lao: Rum Malayalam: Lemon ju (മദ്യം) Marathi: Camatkārika (चमत्कारिक) Malagasy: Rôma Malay: Rum Maori: Rama Mongolian: Ром дарс Myanmar (Burmese): Ram a raat (ရမ်အရက်) Macedonian: Pум Maltese: Rum Norwegian: Rum Nepali: Rama (रम) Persian: رم Polish: Rum Portuguese: Rum Romanian: Rom Russian: Pом Serbian: Pум Slovak: Rum Slovenian: Rum Spanish: Ron Swedish: rom Sinhala: Rm (රම්) Sesotho: Ramo Somali: Rum Swahili: rom Tajik: ром Tamil: Ram (ரம்) Telugu: Ram (రమ్) Thai: Rạm (รัม) Turkish: ROM Ukrainian: Pом Urdu: رم Uzbek: ROM Vietnamese: Rum Welsh: Rum Yiddish: Ram (ראַם) Yoruba: Oti Romu Zulu: Iramu |
| Rum Flavor/Aroma | Changes with age. Generally gain golden and amber hues as they mature. |
| Rum Taste | Smooth and sweet flavor |
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| Major Nutrition | Copper, Cu 0.021 mg (2.33%) Iron, Fe 0.05 mg (0.63%) Manganese, Mn 0.008 mg (0.35%) Phosphorus, P 2 mg (0.29%) Zinc, Zn 0.03 mg (0.27%) Vitamin B1 (Thiamin) 0.003 mg (0.25%) Potassium, K 1 mg (0.02%) |
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| Calories in 1.5 fl oz 42 g | 97 K cal |