In the U S the FDA describes this as chocolate that does not contain any sugar, though it may contain natural or artificial flavoring This pure chocolate is intended for cooking as only real fanatics will enjoy this very bitter chocolate substance with a solid cocoa content in excess of 85%
Used to describe very dry Champagne or Sparkling wine; 0 5 to 1% sugar added Less than 15 grams of sugar are added per litre (The EEC only allows 9 grams for dry table wines )
A rhyming chronicle, as the Brut d'Angleterre and Le Roman de Brut, by Wace (twelfth century) Brut is the Romance word bruit (a rumour, hence a tradition, or a chronicle based on tradition) It is by mere accident that the word resembles Brute or Brutus, the traditional king (See next column )