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Apple cider (also called sweet cider or soft cider) is the name used in the United States and parts of Canada for an unfiltered, unsweetened, non-alcoholic beverage made from apples. Though typically referred to simply as "cider" in those areas, it is not to be confused with the alcoholic beverage known as ''cider'' throughout most of the world, called ''hard cider'' in North America. Once widely pressed at farmsteads and local mills, apple cider is easy and inexpensive to make. It is typically opaque due to fine apple particles in suspension and generally tangier than conventional filtered apple juice, depending on the apples used.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Effects of climate on character )〕 Today, most cider is treated to kill bacteria and extend its shelf life, but untreated cider can still be found. In either form apple cider is a seasonally produced drink of limited shelf-life that is typically available only in autumn. It is traditionally served on the Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and various New Year's Eve holidays, sometimes heated and mulled. It is the official state beverage of New Hampshire. ==Nomenclature== Although the term ''cider'' is used for the fermented alcoholic drink in most of the world, it refers to fresh "apple cider" in the United States and much of Canada; ''hard cider'' is used there for it instead. While some states specify a difference between apple juice and cider, the distinction is not well established across the U.S.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=What's the difference between apple juice and apple cider? )〕 Massachusetts makes an attempt to at least differentiate ''fresh'' cider and processed apple juice: according to its Department of Agricultural Resources, "apple juice and apple cider are both fruit beverages made from apples, but there is a difference between the two. Fresh cider is raw apple juice that has not undergone a filtration process to remove coarse particles of pulp or sediment. Apple juice is juice that has been filtered to remove solids and pasteurized so that it will stay fresh longer. Vacuum sealing and additional filtering extend the shelf life of the juice." This still leaves unfiltered apple juice that is no longer raw in a gray area, presumably cider but not labeled as such. The addition of sweeteners or reconstitution from concentrate are left even grayer. Canada recognizes unfiltered, unsweetened apple juice as cider, fresh or not.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Unpasteurized fruit juices )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Apple cider」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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