Why are zero-proof spirits priced similarly to alcoholic spirits?
Zero-proof spirits are priced similarly to alcoholic spirits because the cost sits in botanicals, extraction and quality control — not in a cheap ethanol fill. Alcohol is both flavour solvent and preservative. Take it out and you still have to buy the raw materials, run the process, and keep a 0.0% bottle stable without that crutch.
You are not paying for proof
Why are zero-proof spirits priced similarly to alcoholic spirits if there is no duty on ethanol? Because non-alcoholic spirits are not leftover mixer. They are built to stand in 1:1 for gin, tequila, rum or an aperitif. That means premium botanicals, extraction and blending — the same class of work as a craft spirit, minus the alcohol. See what zero-proof means.
A juice mocktail is cheaper because it is juice and syrup. That is a different product. Zero-proof versus mocktails.
No alcohol as a cheap preservative
Ethanol keeps a bottle quiet on the shelf. Alcohol-free spirits cannot lean on that. Once opened they need cold storage in Singapore and a shorter drinking window. That is process cost, not marketing. How to store zero-proof spirits.
What you are buying in this line
Barnes & Brown on What We Distribute — gin, tequila, rum, bourbon, aperitif, vermouth, triple sec. Stock: where to buy in Singapore.
