Thanks Tom. Then some of the tafel essigs definitely fulfill this criteria. I went home and checked. I have a bottle from Lidl, a brand called Winarom Tafelessig. The content is "aceto di alcool" which I am guessing is alcohol. I found some photos online and can confirm that the product is crystal clear (I use it for cleaning too).
White vinegar is the kind you find in LIDL in plastic 1 liter transparent bottle very cheap, right? We use it for everything like cleaning the bathroom, softening clothes, spraying it on weeds in the garden to kill them, cleaning windows, but just not for food as it's originally intented to, as it's pure industrially distilled acetic acid diluted in water. For food you supposed to use apple vinegar...
Sorry, but vinegar that one buys at Migros for cleaning (Tafelessig) is 20% stronger than the one used for cooking. I wouldn't put Taffelessig anywhere near my kitchen!
Here is what I found online... (Googled Taffelessig versus white vinegar for cooking)
"Regular white vinegar is 5% acidity and cleaning vinegar is 6% acidity. The one percent actually makes it 20% stronger. Cleaning vinegar is not to be used for cooking. The fresh scent of cleaning vinegar smells exactly the same as white vinegar.May 22, 2016"
You use the distilled vinegar for cooking I also bought the Tafelessig from Migros but I use it only for cleaning and it is typically found in the cleaning product section at the Migros where I shop.
Saw the Tafelessig at Migros today (from a distance) - in the same section as all the rest of the vinegars used in cooking.
If it is 12% you dilute by 3 to 4 with water to get something suitable for food prep. The bottle I have is Ättiksprit from Sweden, so concentrated it has lasted at least 15 years (the obligatory xmas herring prep )
It is definitely with the vinegars in our Migros. The stuff they sell in the cleaning department is not the same at all and is called putzessig or somesuch in German.