Patent ID: 8067050

Claim:
A process for the production of balsamic vinegar from vinegar and concentrated must, comprising carrying out a production process that includes all the steps of: carrying out freeze concentrating of vinegar that preserves volatile acidity of the vinegar and attains a total acidity expressed in acetic acid of at least 15% (15 g/100 ml) and a total volume of 0.25-0.7 of the original volume of the vinegar by partially freezing an aqueous portion of the vinegar until ice crystals are obtained in a remaining liquid portion of the vinegar; and then separating the ice crystals from the remaining liquid portion of the vinegar so that the remaining liquid portion constitutes concentrated liquid vinegar; and mixing the concentrated liquid vinegar with concentrated must to produce an aromatic, balsamic vinegar that has a total acidity expressed in acetic acid of at least 6% (6 g/100 ml) and a sugar content of at least 400 g/l, without adding sugar, caramel, alcohol, or artificial aromas to the production process.