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Pernod Ricard, the French beverage company, said it had received European Commission approval for its $14 billion takeover of Allied Domecq.

By early evening, 17 groups had joined the list, including the French beverage company Pernod Ricard, which said it had budgeted 460,000 euros for 2008.

In 2005 Danone, the French beverage and dairy company, tried to buy Knjaz Milos, the leading Serbian water brand, with a market share of close to 50percentt.

Yet companies with large American sales -- like Pernod Ricard, the French beverage company, and L'Oréal, in cosmetics -- are on Merrill's list.

And in November, Suntory completed the $3.9 billion purchase of French beverage producer Orangina Schweppes.

In September French beverage giant Groupe Danone agreed to sell its 51% interest in its joint ventures to its former partner, Chinese beverage tycoon Zong Qinghou's Hangzhou Wahaha, which finally ended all legal proceedings related to trademark and business disputes between the two parties.

"That one definitely has to come with a disclaimer," said Amanda Reade Sturgeon, the restaurant's sommelier, who has amassed a selection of 13 ciders, plus two pommeaux, French beverages that blend apple juice with Calvados, and one ice cider, which is made by freezing cider and removing the frozen water, leaving behind a winelike cider that is sweet, smooth and rich.

French beverages company Pernod Ricard launched its one billion-euro ($1.3 billion) rights issue on Wednesday to slim down its debt pile and stay defensive, while at the same time admitting that sales had fallen in the previous quarter on the back of retailers running down their inventories.

In French cuisine, beverages that precede a meal are called apéritifs (literally: that opens the appetite), and can be served with amuse-bouches (literally: mouth amuser).

Today, the distillery is owned by the French alcoholic beverages company Pernod Ricard and they oversee the distillery's production of 5,900,000 proof litres per annum.

These figures indicate higher fluid intakes in the French (as the beverage intake in the French was just below the total intake from foods plus beverages in the Americans), but the intake of plain water was higher in Americans (Fulgoni, 2007).