There have been plenty of non-German beer brewers who hide behind the so-called "beer purity laws" to claim some cachet for themselves. In America they tout the

There have been plenty of non-German beer brewers who hide behind the so-called "beer purity laws" to claim some cachet for themselves. In America they tout themselves as adhering to these laws, which is sort of nonsensical if you think about it, because how could they be prosecuted or sued for breaking them? They are not in Germany; perhaps the brewing occurs in Germany and the product is exported from there? I don't know. Anyway, it's just one of those examples of corporate hypocrisy that the FDA/USDA doesn't really require them to label any ingredients at all, and they could put anything in there -- not saying that they do, of course, but we have no actual guarantees that they don't.