Spoiler Alert: Artificial additives are extremely common in most vodkas.

Vodka’s a neutral spirit. That’s why it mixes well with damn near everything: Soda. OJ. Ginger beer. Pickle brine (personal favorite). Red Bull. Choose your own adventure.

So why would it need chemical additives?

It’s a big secret in spirit production that mass market vodkas – including top-shelf brands – contain additives to ‘optimize’ taste and viscosity. 

United States vodka laws permit producers to add up to 2.5% by volume of any additive that’s generally deemed safe. Vodka makers include them as a way to formulate greater ‘mouthfeel’ and ‘smoothness.’

If that sounds shady to you, we agree. Fact is, it’s a lot easier and a lot cheaper to manufacture vodka with ‘taste-enhancer’ additives and sweeteners. Without these chemical additives, they don’t think their vodka would be as palatable (or popular).

And since the U.S. government doesn’t require vodka brands to disclose additives on labelling – they have no incentive to change what they’re doing.

Valentine Vodka is measurably, scientifically purer than the name brand vodkas we tested at our distillery.

It’s 100% all natural. What you see is what you get. There’s no more than meets the eye. It contains no glycerol, limonine, or any other chemical additives for that matter.

We make it using the traditional process European and Russian vodka distillers have used for centuries. The outcome?

Pure vodka. No additives. No chemicals. No GMOs. No gluten. No BS.

Here’s how our vodka’s made:

Step 1

Mash and ferment grains. Distill to at least 95% abv / 190 proof, the legal limit to be considered vodka (ours is actually to 96% abv / 192 proof). 

Step 2

Filter with activated carbon to remove even more undesirable flavor components. Instead of coal based activated carbon, we use activated carbon made from coconut shells – it gives our vodka a smoother flavor and it’s more sustainable than conventional activated carbon.

Step 3

Add reverse osmosis water, which is 99.9% H2O.

The lesson? Less is more, and quality is everything.

In addition to our traditional vodka, our elderflower-flavored White Blossom Vodka has a floral, award-winning tasting profile. It achieves that flavor with all-natural flavors and without using corn syrup – instead, we use pure beet sugar grown 60 miles from our distillery in Michigan.

Even better, White Blossom is one of the lowest-calorie flavored vodkas money can buy with 20% fewer calories and 7x fewer carbs than leading flavored vodkas.

Clean plus green.