Cider Nutrition

[moze229]

Along with the beer I've been making, I've also always got a couple of gallons of cider going. I've always just bought store brand fruit juices of different types and let them ferment out. I don't sweeten at all. I've actually grown to like the taste of cider every so often. Sweet drinks don't really appeal all that much to me. There is a bit of a bite for the first couple sips, but that goes away soon enough.

I have a silly question. Maybe it's not silly, but I was thinking about something the other day. I was wondering - since fruit juices (not apple so much, but grape, cherry, etc.) contain vitamins and other beneficial elements if we are getting them after fermentation. I realize the sugar is pretty much gone (which really isn't a bad thing), but it seems to me that everything else contained in the juice should remain in tact. Am I correct?

 

[gregbathurst]

Along with the beer I've been making, I've also always got a couple of gallons of cider going. I've always just bought store brand fruit juices of different types and let them ferment out. I don't sweeten at all. I've actually grown to like the taste of cider every so often. Sweet drinks don't really appeal all that much to me. There is a bit of a bite for the first couple sips, but that goes away soon enough.

I have a silly question. Maybe it's not silly, but I was thinking about something the other day. I was wondering - since fruit juices (not apple so much, but grape, cherry, etc.) contain vitamins and other beneficial elements if we are getting them after fermentation. I realize the sugar is pretty much gone (which really isn't a bad thing), but it seems to me that everything else contained in the juice should remain in tact. Am I correct?

If one glass of cider has a little bit of vitamins then lots of glasses of cider would give you lots of vitamins. In reality the detrimental effects of alcohol outweigh the benefits. It is healthier to drink your alcohol "dry" to avoid extra calories and tooth decay, but I wouldn't rely on cider for vitamins, better to eat lots of healthy fresh fruit and vegies.

 

[RPowell]

The contents, nutritional or otherwise, contained in post-fermentation cider may not be good for the body but they are wonderful for the soul. Since my soul will last far longer than this frail body, I know which way I'm going.