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Soju () is a distilled beverage containing ethanol and water. It is usually consumed neat. Considered as "Korea's most popular alcoholic beverage" in 2010,〔Alcohol consumption and mortality from all-cause and cancers among 1.34 million Koreans: the results from the Korea national health insurance corporation's health examinee cohort in 2000 Mi Kyung Kim, Min Jung Ko and Jun Tae Han Cancer Causes & Control, Vol. 21, No. 12, Comprehensive Cancer Control in US (December 2010), pp. 2295-2302〕 most brands of soju are made in South Korea. While it is traditionally made from rice, wheat, or barley, modern producers often replace rice with other starches such as potatoes, sweet potatoes, or tapioca. Soju is clear and colorless. Its alcohol content varies from about 16.7% to 45% alcohol by volume (ABV) for traditional Andong soju,〔http://www.hansik.org/zh/restaurant/recommendRestaurantView.do?currentPage=2&fboardId=1064〕 with 20% ABV being most common. However, by using freeze distillation, ABV can be increased to the desired percentage. There are two different ways to produce soju: the classic way of distilling soju that uses the single distillation method, and the modern way of diluted soju that uses the chain distillation method.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=TED Case Study--soju )〕 Distilled soju usually has a higher ABV of 30–35% than diluted soju with ABV of 21–30%, and therefore a stronger smell. Its popularity is in part due to its relatively low price in Korea: A typical 375 mL bottle of soju costs the consumer 1,000 to 3,000 South Korean won. Soju is exported to 80 countries and is in the top market share of diluted alcohol market. Statistically, soju ranked number one in world sale records of the diluted alcohol market in 2002.〔 ==Etymology== Soju (燒酒) literally means "burn liquor". In 2008, the word "soju" was included in the ''Merriam-Webster Dictionary''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=merriam-webster.com )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Merriam-Webster new words for 2008 )〕 Merriam-Webster dated the word's appearance in the American English lexicon at 1978.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「soju」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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