Somerset Cider Vinegar is different from other vinegars in that it is produced from pure cider apple juice. No concentrate, sugar or imported fruit has been used. If vinegar doen't state that it is made with pure cider apple juice - you can be sure that it is not!

Not adding sugar - like industrial producers -results in a lower alcohol and finally acid content (3.5%) in our cider vinegar. This increased flavour with less bite is greatly appreciated by chefs. We could add sugar to our juice but this is would make our vinegar the same as everybody else's and greatly diminish its quality.

Somerset Cider Vinegar is not pasteurised and still contains aceatobactors (mother-of-vinegar). Occasionally, these may make the vinegar appear cloudy or be present in whispy, gelatinous particles when the vinegar is kept for long periods. These are tasteless and nutritious. In North America vinegar containing vinegar mother is sold at a premium. Mother can easily be removed using muslin or a tea-strainer.

 

Somerset Cider Vinegar is very useful ingredient for anyone seriously interested in food. Top TV chef, Rick Stein has used our cider vinegar and is impressed with its quality. Somerset Cider Vinegar is used in many top restaurants in the Bristol and Bath area. Andrew Green (head chef at the Green's Diner, Bristol) thinks Somerset Cider Vinegar is ideal for deglazing pans and using as a base for sauces, "It's rich apple flavor can compliment many dishes and the lower acidity helps as it doesn't overpower. I use it with pork and chicken and it makes great mayonnaise!" he said. Somerset Cider vinegar can also be used for great salad dressings and marinades and the Vinegar's lower acidity makes it ideal for preparing allsorts of seafood because it adds flavor without too much bite!

Chef Rick Stein (and the 'Food Hero's' production team) at Westcroft Farm with Cider Maker John Harris. Westcroft Ciders have won many National Awards including the Gold Medal from the Royal Bath & West Show and the first ever clean sweep at The Mid-Somerset Show 2005. It is also the CAMRA National Campion cider of 2007.