Apple Cider Vinegar

Apple cider vinegar, often simply referred to as apple vinegar, is a type of vinegar made from the fermentation of apples. The process begins by crushing apples and extracting their juice, which is then combined with yeast to ferment the sugars in the apple juice into alcohol. This initial product, similar to hard apple cider, undergoes a second fermentation where bacteria convert the alcohol into acetic acid, the primary component that gives vinegar its characteristic sour taste and smell.