Cheers - as Clyde Valley apple juice is launched

Juiced...pulped apples are pressed to produce pure fruit juice at Clyde Valley Fruit Day (Pic Sarah Peters)

APPLE Juice from the Clyde Valley is being produced for sale, harking back to a long tradition of fruit growing and market gardening in the area, once renowned as the Fruit Basket of Scotland.

The juice - grown, bottled and processed locally by the newly formed Clyde Valley Co-operative Ltd. (CVOC) – was aptly launched on Saturday at the sixth annual Clyde Valley Fruit Day at Overton Farm, Carluke, alongside food demos and tasters from other local

producers and the Lanarkshire Farmers’ Market.

Visitors and locals flocked to see the apple to bottle process which was demonstrated by pressings throughout Fruit Day by CVOC with tasters available.

“A number of different apple varieties have been used to produce the harvest this year, the three most common being Bramley, Monarch and Granadier,” explains Duncan Arthur, of CVOC.

“The juice is golden in colour, naturally sweetened and freshly pressed. It’s a pleasure to launch the juice during Scotland’s Year of Food and Drink when eyes from around the world are on what amazing produce is available on our doorsteps.”