Charlie4
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"I don't get why people think Magners is cider in the first place."
Prompted by this quote from another thread, it got me thinking about the German purity laws for bier and sausages etc. The laws only allow for good old fashioned produce like water and grain in bier and meat % in wurst.
We alternatively have beer that, if I remember correctly (?), the producer doesn't have to disclose ingredients, bread with all sorts, but lacking flour and yeast, sausages the same, and cider with no apples?
When did this all start happening, and are these EU laws? How do manufacturers get away with calling things Cider as apposed to Cider like drink?
Do you care what you eat and drink, or do you stay clear of White bread, Richmond Pink sausages and Strongbow like drinks? I have thought for a while that what we consume may be causing more issues than we realise, but then, most of us can't afford to up the shopping budget by 400% to but free range meat or artisan breads.
Your take on things, and those with industry/law experience, welcomed.
Prompted by this quote from another thread, it got me thinking about the German purity laws for bier and sausages etc. The laws only allow for good old fashioned produce like water and grain in bier and meat % in wurst.
We alternatively have beer that, if I remember correctly (?), the producer doesn't have to disclose ingredients, bread with all sorts, but lacking flour and yeast, sausages the same, and cider with no apples?
When did this all start happening, and are these EU laws? How do manufacturers get away with calling things Cider as apposed to Cider like drink?
Do you care what you eat and drink, or do you stay clear of White bread, Richmond Pink sausages and Strongbow like drinks? I have thought for a while that what we consume may be causing more issues than we realise, but then, most of us can't afford to up the shopping budget by 400% to but free range meat or artisan breads.
Your take on things, and those with industry/law experience, welcomed.