How to deceive the sellers of kvass: Choose a useful summer drink
Which drink is primarily associated withsummer heat? Most of the inhabitants of our country will answer - kvass. Maybe we owe this childhood memories when at each stop there was a familiar yellow barrel, or the reason for that is the historical roots. Whatever it was, with the onset of heat, almost everyone at least once a season will try this wonderful drink. What is remarkable about kvass? Is it good for everyone to drink it? How not to be mistaken in the huge assortment presented in stores? Let's try to understand the intricacies of choosing and using this drink.
Benefit or harm?
Kvass fans talk about high contentvitamins, invigorating action and beneficial effects on digestion. Opponents note the high content of acids, a sufficient percentage of alcohol and the fact that modern kvass is not the life-giving drink that our ancestors prepared.
Both those and others are right in their own way. Of course, most of the recipes for traditional kvass are now lost, but in the 21st century this drink has useful properties.
Use of kvass:
It quenches thirst well and saves from dehydration. Kvass contains a sufficient amount of minerals. Its use allows you to quickly fill their loss with sweat in the heat. In addition, unlike synthetic soda, it does not contain much sugar, so it does not provoke thirst, but quenches it.
Contains vitamins and amino acids. There is a huge number of varieties of the drink, and the composition of biologically active substances in them varies greatly. However, common for all varieties is the high content of vitamins of group B and E.
Due to the content of lactic acid, kvas normalizes the gastrointestinal microflora, like sour-milk products.
Carbon dioxide promotes digestion and absorption of food in the stomach.
Of course, all of the above applies only to kvas of natural fermentation.
There are cases when kvass should be used with caution:
Increased acidity of the stomach.
Pregnancy, breastfeeding, children under 3 years.
A lot of kvass should not be consumedjust before you drive. On the management of vehicles, it does not affect, but the breathalyzer can show the presence of alcohol in the blood for 15-30 minutes.
We choose kvass correctly
Having dealt with the useful and not so traditional drink properties, it's time to ask the next question. How to choose the real kvass from the assortment on the counter?
Many manufacturers, speeding up and cheaperproduction, use various additives that deprive the kvass of what we love so much: taste and good. In order to find out what exactly we are buying: real kvass or a pop, it is enough to study the list of ingredients on the package.
What should not be in kvass
Flavors. This kvass itself has a rich bread flavor and taste, and there is no need to further flavor it. And to make a drink that tastes like kvass, it's enough to add sugar, citric acid and a flavor additive to the carbonated water.
Acidity regulators (citric acid). This ingredient is added in order to save time, as natural fermentation takes several days. Kvass is not allowed to be naturally nourished, and the necessary sourness in taste is provided with the help of additives.
Sweeteners. Natural fermentation of kvass provides yeast, which only work in the presence of natural sugar. With the help of artificial sweeteners, the manufacturer masks the process violation.
Preservatives. Modern production technologies are such that kvass in the manufacturing process not only does not contact the environment, but undergoes filtration and pasteurization. In such conditions, preservatives are not necessary even for long-term storage. If the manufacturer is confident in compliance with the sanitary standards in the enterprise, he will not have to spend on preservatives.
Ethanol in an amount of more than 1.2%. It is this limit of alcohol content that establishes GOST.
Artificially added carbon dioxide. With natural fermentation yeast and so produce a sufficient amount of carbon dioxide.
The best kvass consists of just a few ingredients: high quality purified water, leavened wort, sugar, yeast and lactic acid bacteria.
Draft kvass
Buy bottled kvass in the store,of course, safer than spilling on the street. The producer is responsible for the quality of the drink only when the buyer purchases it in the original packaging. But sometimes I want to refresh myself during a summer day's walk.
What you need to know when buying draft kvass
Choose a point of sale where the drinkpoured from factory metal containers - kegs. These sealed vessels with a volume of 30-50 liters are spilled directly in the factory, have labels indicating the composition and timing of the implementation. Because of the small volume, the opened packaging is not stored for long, and the drink does not have time to deteriorate.
The seller, working in gloves - an indicator of at least a minimum compliance with sanitary standards.
Although thick foam is an indicator of naturalnesskvass, do not rely too much on this when buying a drink in a spill. To get a more luxurious foam in the cup, the seller should cover it slightly more sharply and open the tap.
