Manufacturer: Tropical Traditions
Brand: Tropical Traditions
Our Organic Apple Cider Vinegar starts with Organic Apple Juice, made from a blend of apple varieties, organically grown on family owned orchards on the shores of the Great Lakes, an ideal fruit producing area because of the seasonal lake effects. These juice apples are slowly pressed and lightly filtered, using no 'press aids' or enzymes, then slowly transformed into the finest Apple Cider Vinegar.
Organic Apple Cider Vinegar is naturally fermented with 'mother' of vinegar, a friendly natural bacteria culture similar to 'starter' used to make country bread. Appearing as cloudiness in the final product, the presence of mother indicates the best quality raw vinegar. The apple juice goes through a primary fermentation to reach the desired alcohol content, and a secondary fermentation to change the alcohol into acetic acid. Then it is patiently aged in cedar wood casks. Apple Cider Vinegar is traditionally the most widely relied upon vinegar in North America.
Most commercial vinegars are highly denatured through the use of extreme heat and chemical solvents. They are formulated rather than fermented. Please avoid any vinegar labeled 'distilled', as it is the most highly refined and least healthful.
