Historical context
Early settlements in Nordfjord. People lived by hunting, gathering and fishing. Fermentation of honey and fruit may have occurred.
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Stone Age
c. 10,000 - 1800 BCE
Typical ingredients
Honey, wild berries, wild apples, herbs
Drink types
Mead and simple fruit fermentation
Alcohol-free
Frisider eple
Timeline: Stone Age (c. 10,000 - 1800 BCE)
Product in the timeline
- Time period
- Stone Age (c. 10,000 - 1800 BCE)
- Historical narrative
- Linked to Nordfjord's earliest ingredient traditions, with natural fermentation cues and fruit character from the landscape.
- Ingredients
- Honey, wild berries, wild apples, herbs
- Historically imagined production method
- Ingredients could have been hand-crushed in stone or wooden vessels, mixed with water and natural yeast from fruit or honey, and left cool for spontaneous fermentation before simple decanting.
- Current production method
- Cold-pressed råsaft of apples that is spontantgjæret, filtrert and bottled
- Type
- Alcohol-free Norwegian craft cider
- Alcohol content
-
<0,7 % Read more about the alcohol threshold
Frisider is an alcohol-free cider. In Norway, the Norwegian Food Safety Authority accepts the claim "alcohol-free" for beverages containing less than 0.7% alcohol by volume. We analyse Frisider, and it always remains below 0.7% vol.
Why can fermented "alcohol-free" drinks contain trace amounts of alcohol?
When a drink is based on fermentation, microorganisms use sugar as an energy source. During alcoholic fermentation, yeast converts sugar (glucose) into ethanol (alcohol) and carbon dioxide (CO2). This means that drinks made through, or exposed to, a fermentation process can often contain small residual amounts of ethanol, even when the process is stopped early, the alcohol is removed, or production is adjusted so that only minimal amounts of alcohol are formed.
Examples of other "alcohol-free" products where trace amounts may occur
- Alcohol-free beer: In practice it is brewed like beer, but fermentation is stopped or adjusted to keep the alcohol level low (in Norway typically within the "alcohol-free" threshold).
- Kombucha: Made with a culture of bacteria and yeast (SCOBY). During fermentation, sugar can first be converted into alcohol, which is then largely converted further into acids, but very small traces of alcohol may still remain in the finished drink.
- Kvass: A fermented drink, often made from bread or rye. The alcohol content is usually very low, but it can vary with the process and the time involved.
- Fermented milk drinks, for example kefir: May contain small amounts of ethanol as part of fermentation.
About alcohol percentage labelling
Under food information rules, alcoholic strength must be stated for drinks containing more than 1.2% alcohol by volume.
Pregnancy
Health authorities recommend that pregnant people avoid alcohol, because no safe lower limit has been established. Frisider is still within the Norwegian definition of "alcohol-free" (<0.7% vol.). If you want to follow that advice as strictly as possible, you can choose alternatives labelled 0.0%, or consult your midwife or doctor.
- Sugar content
- 100 g/l
- Color
- Medium deep golden yellow
- Aroma
- Complex apple-driven aroma with hints of baked fruit, forest floor and herbs.
- Taste
- Juicy notes of tart ripe apples with a light firmness, hints of spice, apple cake and herbs. Soft sparkle.
- Pairing
- Fisk, lightt kjøtt, svin
- Packaging
- 75 cl glass bottle with crown cap
- EPD
- 6136717
- Available at
- Meny, Coop Nordvest, Asko, Vinmonopolet, Gardsutsalg, Dyrket, Kolonihagen, Grøde and flere andre utsalg
Alcohol-free
Frisider eple, granskudd, einebær og hylleblomst
Timeline: Stone Age (c. 10,000 - 1800 BCE)
Product in the timeline
- Time period
- Stone Age (c. 10,000 - 1800 BCE)
- Historical narrative
- Linked to Nordfjord's earliest ingredient traditions, with natural fermentation cues and fruit character from the landscape.
- Ingredients
- Honey, wild berries, wild apples, herbs
- Historically imagined production method
- Ingredients could have been hand-crushed in stone or wooden vessels, mixed with water and natural yeast from fruit or honey, and left cool for spontaneous fermentation before simple decanting.
- Current production method
- Cold-pressed råsaft of apples that is spontantgjæret, filtrert and bottled
- Type
- Alcohol-free Norwegian craft cider
- Alcohol content
-
<0,7 % Read more about the alcohol threshold
Frisider is an alcohol-free cider. In Norway, the Norwegian Food Safety Authority accepts the claim "alcohol-free" for beverages containing less than 0.7% alcohol by volume. We analyse Frisider, and it always remains below 0.7% vol.
Why can fermented "alcohol-free" drinks contain trace amounts of alcohol?
When a drink is based on fermentation, microorganisms use sugar as an energy source. During alcoholic fermentation, yeast converts sugar (glucose) into ethanol (alcohol) and carbon dioxide (CO2). This means that drinks made through, or exposed to, a fermentation process can often contain small residual amounts of ethanol, even when the process is stopped early, the alcohol is removed, or production is adjusted so that only minimal amounts of alcohol are formed.
Examples of other "alcohol-free" products where trace amounts may occur
- Alcohol-free beer: In practice it is brewed like beer, but fermentation is stopped or adjusted to keep the alcohol level low (in Norway typically within the "alcohol-free" threshold).
- Kombucha: Made with a culture of bacteria and yeast (SCOBY). During fermentation, sugar can first be converted into alcohol, which is then largely converted further into acids, but very small traces of alcohol may still remain in the finished drink.
- Kvass: A fermented drink, often made from bread or rye. The alcohol content is usually very low, but it can vary with the process and the time involved.
- Fermented milk drinks, for example kefir: May contain small amounts of ethanol as part of fermentation.
About alcohol percentage labelling
Under food information rules, alcoholic strength must be stated for drinks containing more than 1.2% alcohol by volume.
Pregnancy
Health authorities recommend that pregnant people avoid alcohol, because no safe lower limit has been established. Frisider is still within the Norwegian definition of "alcohol-free" (<0.7% vol.). If you want to follow that advice as strictly as possible, you can choose alternatives labelled 0.0%, or consult your midwife or doctor.
- Sugar content
- 100 g/l
- Color
- Medium deep yellow
- Aroma
- Complex apple-driven and cool aroma with notes of pine needles, juniper, herbs and elderflower.
- Taste
- Juicy and soft with good freshness and light firmness, with notes of apple, elderflower, juniper and pine needles.
- Pairing
- Lamb, mutton, game, pork
- Packaging
- 75 cl glass bottle with crown cap
- EPD
- 6137475
- Available at
- Meny, Coop Nordvest, Asko, Vinmonopolet, Gardsutsalg, Dyrket, Kolonihagen, Grøde and flere andre utsalg
Alcohol-free
Frisider eple og bringebær
Timeline: Stone Age (c. 10,000 - 1800 BCE)
Product in the timeline
- Time period
- Stone Age (c. 10,000 - 1800 BCE)
- Historical narrative
- Linked to Nordfjord's earliest ingredient traditions, with natural fermentation cues and fruit character from the landscape.
- Ingredients
- Honey, wild berries, wild apples, herbs
- Historically imagined production method
- Ingredients could have been hand-crushed in stone or wooden vessels, mixed with water and natural yeast from fruit or honey, and left cool for spontaneous fermentation before simple decanting.
- Current production method
- Cold-pressed råsaft of apples and bringebær that is spontantgjæret, filtrert and bottled
- Type
- Alcohol-free Norwegian craft cider
- Alcohol content
-
<0,7 % Read more about the alcohol threshold
Frisider is an alcohol-free cider. In Norway, the Norwegian Food Safety Authority accepts the claim "alcohol-free" for beverages containing less than 0.7% alcohol by volume. We analyse Frisider, and it always remains below 0.7% vol.
Why can fermented "alcohol-free" drinks contain trace amounts of alcohol?
When a drink is based on fermentation, microorganisms use sugar as an energy source. During alcoholic fermentation, yeast converts sugar (glucose) into ethanol (alcohol) and carbon dioxide (CO2). This means that drinks made through, or exposed to, a fermentation process can often contain small residual amounts of ethanol, even when the process is stopped early, the alcohol is removed, or production is adjusted so that only minimal amounts of alcohol are formed.
Examples of other "alcohol-free" products where trace amounts may occur
- Alcohol-free beer: In practice it is brewed like beer, but fermentation is stopped or adjusted to keep the alcohol level low (in Norway typically within the "alcohol-free" threshold).
- Kombucha: Made with a culture of bacteria and yeast (SCOBY). During fermentation, sugar can first be converted into alcohol, which is then largely converted further into acids, but very small traces of alcohol may still remain in the finished drink.
- Kvass: A fermented drink, often made from bread or rye. The alcohol content is usually very low, but it can vary with the process and the time involved.
- Fermented milk drinks, for example kefir: May contain small amounts of ethanol as part of fermentation.
About alcohol percentage labelling
Under food information rules, alcoholic strength must be stated for drinks containing more than 1.2% alcohol by volume.
Pregnancy
Health authorities recommend that pregnant people avoid alcohol, because no safe lower limit has been established. Frisider is still within the Norwegian definition of "alcohol-free" (<0.7% vol.). If you want to follow that advice as strictly as possible, you can choose alternatives labelled 0.0%, or consult your midwife or doctor.
- Sugar content
- 100 g/l
- Color
- Middels deep rød
- Aroma
- Sammensatt, bringebærcharacteret and cool aroma. Freshe bær.
- Taste
- Juicy and soft with good freshness and light firmness, clear notes of raspberry and fresh acidity.
- Pairing
- Lamb, mutton, game, pork, cheese
- Packaging
- 75 cl glass bottle with crown cap
- EPD
- 6137632
- Available at
- Meny, Coop Nordvest, Asko, Vinmonopolet, Gardsutsalg, Dyrket, Kolonihagen, Grøde and flere andre utsalg
