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 Most people think France is the country of wine, but the Bretagne region
in northwest France is blessed with a soil and a climate perfect for growing
apples. The people of the Bretagne region have a well-established apple
culture, so it's no wonder that life seems to revolve around this fruit.
- Cidre
- a fresh, light alcoholic beverage which has been a part of life for more than 2000 years.
- Calvados
- a distilled alcoholic beverage which is sometimes known as "eau de vie", water of life.
- Pommeau
- an apple liqueur made from cidre which is drunk as an aperitif.
As cidre contains much less alcohol than wine, it can play a role similar to that of beer, and can be drunk on many different occasions, casual or formal, to quench thirst or to accompany a meal.
Dry cidre is 5% alcohol and sweet cidre 2%.
Not simply for its taste but also for its health benefits, cidre will become one of the internationally loved beverages of the century.
 Val de Rance Cidre has just right balance of alcohol (5% dry,
2% sweet), is easy to drink, is rich in vitamins,
minerals and amino acid, and also contains
a high amount of polyphenol.
- About polyphenol (tannin)
- This vegetable substance, found in apple, grape and tea, is the reason
for a bitter and astringent taste. This component was responsible for the
red wine boom in Japan which began with reports stating that two glasses
of red wine daily would help preventing hardening of the arteries, and
can benefit your body in several ways.
- The effects of Polyphenol in Cidre
- -Because of the antioxidation action, cholesterol doesn't adhere to blood vessels, preventing hardening of the arteries.
- -Polyphenol has an antiallergic action and bacterio static, so it heals
allergic symptoms such as atopic dermatitis.
- -The restraining action of the thylogenase enzyme prevents melanin synthesis, which helps keep the skin in a good healthy condition.
- -Polyphenol helps prevent the build-up of oral bacterial enzymes and helps prevent tooth decay.
- -It helps to prevent bad breath by restraining outbreaks of methyl mercaptan.
(Researched by L'Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) and
others)
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