Food grade ethyl alcohol follows a different path entirely. No denaturants are added. The product is subjected to contamination testing, including High Performance Liquid Chromatography, which identifies and quantifies heavy metals such as lead, thallium, and arsenic, among other contaminants. These are removed during refinement. The result is ethanol verified safe for use in food products, pharmaceutical preparations, herbal tinctures, and skin applications. Even after testing, the actual purity typically reaches approximately 99.98% ethanol, with about 0.02% of residual water that standard