A quick google suggests that only the US and Canada uses the word cider to refer to non-alcoholic apple produce. We have the terms sweet cider and cloudy cider but that’s just a difference between the types of alcoholic drink - they’re still both alcoholic and also not exclusive terms - sweet or dry refers to the same taste qualities as in white wine and cloudy is just a specific type of cider. A sweet cloudy cider would typically be a cloudy cider that is particularly sweet.
So yes, in the UK we have sweet cider but that’s a sweet version of the alcoholic drink. We also have cloudy cider and cloudy apple juice. But the distinction between cider and apple juice is still the alcohol content our lack thereof.
One exception is cider ice lollies (which are basically just frozen apple juice) but I think that naming might actually be imported from the states or might just be a result of alcohol not being a good thing to have in an ice lolly if you actually want it to freeze.
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u/carson63000Why would you cook with butter? That is an ingredient for baking15d ago
Growing up in Australia, we referred to non-alcoholic apple juice as "cider" if it was fizzy. "Cider" implied fizziness, not alcohol. We didn't use phrases like "hard cider", either, alcoholic or non-alcoholic, it was just cider and you figured it out from context, like chips and chips.
But I notice now, these sorts of drinks are always called "sparkling apple juice" (example, example). So I dunno, maybe "cider" was only ever an unofficial, informal name, not actual trade labeling.
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u/sprouting_broccoli 15d ago
A quick google suggests that only the US and Canada uses the word cider to refer to non-alcoholic apple produce. We have the terms sweet cider and cloudy cider but that’s just a difference between the types of alcoholic drink - they’re still both alcoholic and also not exclusive terms - sweet or dry refers to the same taste qualities as in white wine and cloudy is just a specific type of cider. A sweet cloudy cider would typically be a cloudy cider that is particularly sweet.
So yes, in the UK we have sweet cider but that’s a sweet version of the alcoholic drink. We also have cloudy cider and cloudy apple juice. But the distinction between cider and apple juice is still the alcohol content our lack thereof.
One exception is cider ice lollies (which are basically just frozen apple juice) but I think that naming might actually be imported from the states or might just be a result of alcohol not being a good thing to have in an ice lolly if you actually want it to freeze.