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Vinegar is made by first fermenting sugar into alcohol with yeast and then a bacteria converts the alcohol into acetic acid.

White vinegar is distilled so it contains to a certain level of purity only acetic acid and water.

Apple cider vinegar uses apples as the source material and isn't distilled so it contains some apple flavor.

Apple cider vinegar is just white vinegar with a little flavor.

It's also a favorite of health wonks. It don't mean the opposite of everything the crazies say is true, but you get a lot of people with virtually no information "teaching" each other about apple cider vinegar which leads to the silly idea that apple cider vinegar is a base.




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