While this juice delivers a burst of fresh apple, it’s missing the tart kick of a fresh-picked apple. 110 calories, 5 mg sodium, 25 g sugar. $5.29 for 52 ounces at Whole Foods. (2½ stars) ...

There's no heating, there's no distilling. It's just fermenting apple juice. PAVIOUR: But just because it's simple doesn't make it easy, just ask cider maker Patrick Collins.

Now, hard cider production around the country, and in Maine, is on the rise. The number of licensed cider producers in Maine has roughly doubled in the last four years from 18 to more than 35.

Because non-alcoholic apple cider isn't filtered the same way apple juice is, "it’s less processed and thereby retains more fiber and vitamins," says Lisa Young, a registered dietitian ...

Now, hard cider production around the country, and in Maine, is on the rise. The number of licensed cider producers in Maine has roughly doubled in the last four years from 18 to more than 35.

Apple juice and apple cider are both pressed fresh apples, but that is where the similarities stop. The Kitchn states that apple juice is filtered and has added preservatives such as sugar.

Caramel Apple is in the works for Halloween. Heathen Brewing jumped into the hard cider game about a year ago, making several styles with a specially formulated apple juice base from Yakima County.

According to a 2020 report from the Michigan Craft Beverage Council, the Michigan hard cider industry uses some of those apples to create an estimated $35.1 million in gross state product.

Cider makers have begun their annual apple harvest across the U.S. And if you like the hard stuff, you'll be happy to hear there's a hard cider renaissance, and a number of craft cideries are ...