There are more apple cider vinegar brands out there to choose from than you may think. We sampled several different brands ...

The Vinegar Mother is essentially an acetic acid bacteria that grows on top of fermented apple cider and transforms it into vinegar. It's also known more officially as the mycoderma aceti, which ...

“Liquid apple cider vinegar contains the ‘mother,’ which has beneficial bacteria, enzymes, and protein, while many apple cider vinegar pills may not contain the ‘mother,’” Soans says.

And the results are exciting: Adults who consumed 3 tablespoons of “apple cider vinegar or "ACV” a day lost 15.4 pounds in 12 weeks without changing their diets at all.

Apple cider vinegar products differ in acetic acid content and presence of “the mother,” with unfiltered, organic versions generally offering the most potential benefit.

Apple cider vinegar went from being that dusty bottle hiding behind your olive oil to the star ingredient everyone swears by for everything from weight loss to window cleaning. If you’ve walked ...