Focus on the star of non-alcoholic drinks

If the ginger beerIt is well made from ginger, beer, it only has the name, and possibly the color. This trendy elixir is not new: it appeared at the end of the 18th century across the Channel, when the English colonies brought ginger back from India and invented an alcohol-free alternative to beer. A good idea, since ginger beer later became an emblem of prohibition in the United States! A century later, the queen of soft drinks has established itself as la star du Dry January (alcohol-free month), and its sales in France continue to increase.

A HEALTHY DRINK

La ginger beer fully surfs on the imagination healthy and in fact its number one marketing argument: alcohol freeof course, it is made up of water, ginger (with antioxidant properties), sourdough… but also sugar, which its fans sometimes tend to forget! Like all fermented drinks, it would be excellent for the microbiota and the immune system. While many French brands now offer them (Umà, La French s’il vous plaît, Hysope, etc.), there is no shortage of recipes for making them. ginger beer maison !

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