# Apple cider vs apple juice

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-cider-vs-apple-juice/565459>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [December 26, 2010, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-cider-vs-apple-juice/565459 "2010-12-26T22:13:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![EasyWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ab992/32.png) [@EasyWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EasyWriter)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2010, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-cider-vs-apple-juice/565459/1 "2010-12-26T22:13:48Z")

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Here are several more definitions which describe the difference between apple cider and apple juice. The first definition describes the difference between apple cider and apple juice as being that “Apple Cider is made by pressing the the apples and “juicing” them. Apple Juice is made by boiling the apples. The liquid left over is the apple juice. This is why cider is more “tart” than juice. It is not diluted with water.” The second definition comes from the Massachusetts Department of Agriculture, “Fresh cider is raw apple juice that has not undergone a filtration process to remove coarse particles of pulp or sediment.”  
Does this add to the confusion or bolster the difference?😕

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**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2010, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-cider-vs-apple-juice/565459/2 "2010-12-26T23:13:00Z")

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There’s no question when you’re drinking them. Apple cider has an unfiltered cloudy consistency and has a bolder flavor than clear apple juice.

I don’t know if apple juice is made from boiling the apples but I suppose it’s possible.

What column is the question referring to?

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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2010, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-cider-vs-apple-juice/565459/3 "2010-12-27T01:47:51Z")

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For all those who may not know, there is a search engine box directly under the Straight Dope logo on the front page of the site.

[http://www.straightdope.com/](http://www.straightdope.com/)

Which is how I found this:

> **[What’s the difference between apple juice and apple cider?](https://www.straightdope.com/21341564/what-s-the-difference-between-apple-juice-and-apple-cider)**

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**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2010, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-cider-vs-apple-juice/565459/4 "2010-12-27T04:27:47Z")

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If it’s clear and yellow, you’ve got juice there, fellow.  
If it’s tangy and brown, you’re in cider-town!

…Of course, in Canada, the whole thing’s flip-flopped.

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**Author:** ![kristy01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c57346/32.png) [@kristy01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kristy01)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2010, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-cider-vs-apple-juice/565459/5 "2010-12-28T10:16:58Z")

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> [@Ruby](#):
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> There’s no question when you’re drinking them. Apple cider has an unfiltered cloudy consistency and has a bolder flavor than clear apple juice.
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> I don’t know if apple juice is made from boiling the apples but I suppose it’s possible.
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> What column is the question referring to?

That’s what i wanna say !!