Why does bottlegreen add a small amount of sugar to their products?
A small amount of natural sugar is added to all of our cordials and sparkling pressés because it is the best flavour carrier. It helps the flavours to build on your palate and leaves a lasting impression on your taste buds.
None of our cordials or sparkling pressés contain artificial sweeteners or artificial flavours which we believe delivers an inferior flavour profile and adds unnecessary chemicals to our products.
In addition, there is continuing debate as to the long-term health benefits of artificial sweeteners such as aspartame.
(The amount of sugar listed on our nutritional information is a combination of natural sugar derived from the fruit juice and a small amount of added sugar).
Why do bottlegreen add a small amount of preservative to their adult cordial range?
We use traditional winemaking methods in the manufacture of our cordials and sparkling pressés which means, wherever possible, we avoid pasteurising our drinks which can ‘cook’ the ingredients, spoiling the crisp, clean taste of the natural flavours as well as affecting the natural colour of the liquid.
Based on a ratio of 1:12, one bottle of our adult cordial range makes 7 litres or 11.5 pints! So, we know how ever much you love our products that you’ll be hard pushed to drink that much within 2 weeks.
We have therefore added a tiny amount of preservative (sulphur dioxide) to this range to allow our customers to enjoy our product for longer ….. To put the amount that we use in our products into context a glass of wine contains 10 times more sulphur dioxide than a diluted glass of our adult cordials!
Why do bottlegreen add citric acid to their range of drinks?
Our cordials contain a very small amount of c itric acid. This is used to make our drinks more acidic, which helps to give our drinks a well balanced and well rounded flavour profile. Citric acid is found naturally in citrus fruits. The ingredient we use within our products is identical to that that makes lemons and limes sour.