# Alfaliquid Fruits Rouges, an unchilled red berry blend on the flavour map > Alfaliquid Fruits Rouges placed on our flavour compass, its 70/30 or 50/50 base, and the UK rules that explain its small 10 ml bottle. Plenty of red berry e-liquids lean on mint or an icy finish. Alfaliquid Fruits Rouges announces neither, and that is exactly what makes it awkward to place. Its French name simply means red fruits, so it tells you nothing about which berry opens the puff, why it comes in such a small bottle, or where it belongs once you know your own taste. Three questions, answered by the maker's own listing, by the rules on refill bottles and by the compass on this site. ## Alfaliquid Fruits Rouges, what the maker's listing says **Alfaliquid Fruits Rouges** is a ready-to-vape e-liquid that blends four flavourings, raspberry, blackberry, strawberry and blueberry. The maker's listing spreads them over three stages, with raspberry on the attack, blackberry at the heart, then strawberry and blueberry at the base. No cooling agent or menthol appears in that line-up. The 10 ml bottle comes in two bases, 70/30 and 50/50, with nicotine options of 0, 3, 6, 12 or 16 mg/ml. The brand belongs to the Gaïatrend group and makes its liquids in France, at its production unit in the Grand Est region. It also holds the Origine France Garantie certification, awarded by AFNOR Certification after yearly checks. The same recipe also comes as a nicotine salt and as a larger nicotine-free bottle. Of these, the 10 ml freebase version serves as the reference, the one whose recipe the other formats carry over. ## Where the blend sits on the flavour compass The compass on this site sorts every e-liquid along two axes, from fruity to classic and from cool to warm. Placing this recipe means looking at what it lists, but above all at what it leaves out, because the lack of coolness matters as much as the choice of fruit. ### Heading west, on the fruity side Four berries and no tobacco note put the recipe firmly in the west of the map, where the fruit profiles gather. The real question is how far from the centre it stops. Nothing in the line-up suggests cooked fruit, compote or caramel. The point therefore does not drift south-west towards the candied fruits. It stays on fresh fruit, fairly close to the centre, which the compass calls a nuanced profile rather than a bold one. ### Well away from the frosted orchards The north-west of the map is home to tart red berries with an icy finish. This blend stays out of it, since no coolness is announced. That is what sets it apart from a recipe such as Ragnarok by A&L, whose [colder and milder versions](/uk/ragnarok-e-liquid-versions/) we have already followed. Within the same house, the contrast is even sharper. Purple Blood, which Alfaliquid files in the same family, pairs blackcurrant, blackberry, blueberry and strawberry with menthol. Nearly the same berries, yet a different heading on the map. ### A lively attack, not a dominant fruit Two French retailer listings describe a blend in which no single fruit leads. The maker's pyramid nevertheless puts raspberry alone at the top. Both readings fit once you separate the order in which notes arrive from their weight. An attack is the first flavour you notice, not the strongest one. Raspberry sets the tart opening, then blackberry and the strawberry and blueberry pair round out what follows. One of those retailers sums it up as a rather sweet inhale with a small-berry tartness that comes through on the exhale. ## Why Alfaliquid Fruits Rouges comes in a 10 ml bottle The bottle size is not a marketing decision. In the UK, regulation 36 of the Tobacco and Related Products Regulations 2016 states that nicotine-containing liquid sold in a dedicated refill container cannot exceed 10 millilitres. The same regulation caps nicotine at 20 milligrams per millilitre and limits refillable tanks to 2 millilitres. It also requires refill containers to be child-resistant, tamper-evident and protected against breakage and leakage. The rule goes further than bottle size. A bottle counts as leak-free when refilling if it uses a docking system, or else combines two features. The first is a securely attached nozzle at least 9 millimetres long that slots into the tank opening, the second a flow control that releases no more than 20 drops a minute when held upright at 15 to 25 degrees Celsius. The maker describes a soft plastic 10 ml bottle with a safety cap and a dropper nozzle, supplied in a box with an instruction leaflet. Its nicotine options stop at 16 mg/ml, below the legal ceiling. The rule also explains the shape of the range. Both nicotine versions of the recipe, freebase and salt, come in 10 ml. Only the larger format escapes that volume cap, because it is sold without nicotine. **Alfaliquid Fruits Rouges** in 10 ml is therefore not a sample size of something bigger, it is the largest refill bottle the rules allow for a liquid that already contains nicotine. ## 70/30 or 50/50, matching the base to your coil The ratio on the label gives the share of propylene glycol (PG) and vegetable glycerine (VG) in the base. According to the maker, PG makes the liquid thinner and carries the flavour, while VG thickens the vapour and softens the flavours. Alfaliquid links the choice to coil resistance. It recommends 70/30 above 0.8 ohm for a standard coil and above 0.6 ohm for a mesh coil. Below those thresholds, 50/50 takes over. On the compass, this setting does not move the point. It changes how the recipe comes across, crisper in 70/30 on a tight draw, rounder in 50/50 on a device that runs warmer. ## The neighbours of Alfaliquid Fruits Rouges on the map To step away from a recipe you like, a sideways step works better than a U-turn. Alfaliquid's red fruit family lists more than fifteen 10 ml recipes, enough to move in every direction without leaving the house. | Direction on the map | Recipe from the same house | What changes | |---|---|---| | North, more coolness | Purple Blood | blackcurrant comes in, raspberry goes, menthol is added | | Towards a single fruit | Framboise, Mûre or Cassis | one fruit (raspberry, blackberry or blackcurrant) instead of the blend | | Towards a tighter duo | Framboise Cassis or Fraise Mûre | two fruits instead of four | | Towards the exotic | Fort de France | West Indian cherry paired with strawberry | This small-steps approach, set out in our [map of flavour families](/uk/best-e-liquid-by-flavour-profile/), keeps disappointments to a minimum. Anyone who likes Alfaliquid Fruits Rouges but finds it a little flat could try a duo. Anyone after coolness could look at Purple Blood, or, outside the house, at a more herbal cool fruit such as [Red Astaire and its spin-offs](/uk/red-astaire-family-flavours/). ## FAQ The questions that come up about this recipe and do not fit on the compass. ### Does Alfaliquid Fruits Rouges come as a nicotine salt? Yes. The maker lists it in a 10 ml bottle, on a 50/50 base, at 10 or 20 mg/ml. Its stated flavour pyramid matches the freebase version. ### Why do nicotine strengths differ from one listing to another? The maker's selector offers 0, 3, 6, 12 and 16 mg/ml, but its own description also mentions 11 and 19.6 mg/ml. Among retailers, one listing only shows 3 and 6 mg/ml, another shows 19.6 mg/ml. The exact strength is the one printed on the bottle label. ### Does it taste strongly of strawberry? Strawberry sits at the base of the recipe, alongside blueberry, so it does not come first. For strawberry up front, the house offers single-fruit recipes in the same family, such as Fraise, Fraise Gariguette or Fraise des Bois. ### Where is Alfaliquid sold? The maker sells online, with delivery listed for France. It also publishes a list of the vape shops that stock its e-liquids. ### What is the batch number on the bottle for? It identifies the production run the bottle came from. Alfaliquid states that each of its e-liquids carries one, for product traceability. It is the detail to quote to customer service about a specific bottle. ## Alfaliquid Fruits Rouges, a nuanced fruit in the west of the map **Alfaliquid Fruits Rouges** reads as a landmark rather than a curiosity. Four berries with no coolness, a raspberry that opens without taking over, two bases for two kinds of coil, and a bottle size set by the rules on refills. On the compass, Alfaliquid Fruits Rouges marks a useful point, that of fresh, nuanced fruit, from which you can measure the chill of a Purple Blood or the exotic lean of a Fort de France. Every e-liquid house draws its own map in this way, and travelling it recipe by recipe helps you understand your own taste. ## Next stops - [Best e-liquid, finding your flavour family on the map](/uk/best-e-liquid-by-flavour-profile/) - [Arômes et Liquides, another French flavour house mapped](/uk/aromes-et-liquides-brand/) - [Red Astaire, four cool fruits compared](/uk/red-astaire-family-flavours/) Travel notes for adult readers only. Vaping products can contain nicotine, which is addictive, and vaping products are not for sale to anyone under 18 in the UK. Nothing here is a buying recommendation.