Stop Drinking Poison, See How To Identify Fake Drinks In The Market

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Many website boast of showing readers how to spot fake drinks, but only few show how to identify fakes in the market, saving you  extra cash wasted on buying fakes and disposing the content.


It's of little gain realising a drink is counterfeited  after purchasing and about to consume or after consumption finding out you just ingested a fake beverage.

Spotting a fake right at the market will not only spare you from the unnecessary expenses but other prospective buyers.

The epidermic of Fake beverages is becoming worrisome!
Just one glass of a fake drink can cause potentially harm full toxins in the body, with effects lasting for a life time and even death.

Fakes products are usually manufactured under unhygienic conditions. With makers of these counterfeits under minding the health implications of their products on consumers.

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There are several ways to spot fake beverages from the counter. Companies usually will make effort to embed extra security features on their cans, bottles and labels to reduce the rate of imitation.

Consumers have to pay attention to detail when purchasing beverages with  high rate of being counterfeited.
''You do not need to down the content before realising it's fake''.

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Below are simple ways to tell a fake from the original when purchasing alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages


We keep reading reports of the Nigeria Police bursting illegal  factories within Lagos and environs.
Fake Guinness malt and stout being illegally brewed in their thousands and transferred to other locations.

Please note that the widely spread logo difference in the Amstel malt is not a counterfeit identifier.
The Nigerian Breweries PLC, makers of Amstel malt had issued  a statement that their packaging was changed to denote the new NIS logo.

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We all know that if a drink taste or smell bad, then it's bad!

More than that, if logos and labels are distorted, then it's fake! Repackaged, re bottled or re boxed drinks never look the same from it's original packaging.
Counterfeiter's usually purchase already consumed and disposed bottles for their imitation, refilling the content with their products.

For bottled drinks - look out for crooked corks.

Ensure the ridges of corks are intact, snug fit to the bottle.
Check out for tamper-proof seals, ribbons or holograms that's available in known original sample of that drink.
Give that bottle a shake, if there's any spills or escaped bubbles, then it's fake!

For boxed drinks - look at for over dyed or faded lettering.

 Companies would never use low quality markings on their packages, being aware that labels attracts consumers to their products, most manufacturers  brand their products with long lasting and attractive labels.
Pay attention to detail, look out for spelling mistakes and anachronisms in the text on labels.

Price

Imitators tends to bait wholesalers with a huge  price reduction. To maximise profits sellers would knowingly purchase counterfeits.
In some cases, a retailer would  give consumers the choice to purchase an original or counterfeit, with the fakes price significantly lower than the original.

Look at for fill levels

The fill level is an indicator whether a beverage was brewed from it's known source or at an imitator's factory.
Be suspicious of bottles with high neck fills or discrepancy in fills contained in a particular cartoon.