Trying to figure out what happened here. Bought a 1-gallon plastic jug full of fresh cider from my local apple festival this weekend.
The label says "Pasteurized" and also "100% Juice no additives".
Brought the cider home, put it in my pantry (70F degrees) and two days later I noticed bubbles near the top. Sure enough the container was hardening as pressure was building up.
My question is if it was pasteurized and I never even opened the container, how could it just start fermenting on its own?!
Will there be any risk of e-coli at the end of this process if I drink it without adding any Camden?
The label says "Pasteurized" and also "100% Juice no additives".
Brought the cider home, put it in my pantry (70F degrees) and two days later I noticed bubbles near the top. Sure enough the container was hardening as pressure was building up.
My question is if it was pasteurized and I never even opened the container, how could it just start fermenting on its own?!
Will there be any risk of e-coli at the end of this process if I drink it without adding any Camden?