Malt beverages are beverages based on malt that may resemble beer in flavour and appearance but do not comply with national legal definitions of beer — for example low-alcohol and non-alcoholic malt drinks, malt-based soft drinks and certain flavoured malt beverages. They are brewed from malted cereals with controlled or arrested fermentation, then formulated, carbonated and flavoured to the target style. Because they fall outside beer regulations in many jurisdictions, they are labelled under general beverage or soft-drink rules, with alcohol content, ingredients, allergens (gluten from barley malt) and nutrition declared as required; the low-alcohol segment serves consumers seeking beer flavour without full alcohol content.