The Mother is the strands of protein and gut-friendly bacteria that you’ll find in apple cider vinegar. She forms during the process of converting cider into cider vinegar and can then be used time and time again to produce delicious apple cider vinegar. You’ll see her in Willy’s organic apple cider vinegar as either small particles or as golden-brown strands – she’s what makes our raw, live apple cider vinegar so unique.
The live Mother is a friendly probiotic bacteria that offers many health benefits. As we use our own apples from our 300-year-old orchards surrounding our farm, we believe she is formed from the very orchards themselves – through the boughs, branches, pips, stalks, and apples. We don’t filter our organic apple cider vinegar, ensuring that the live Mother is kept intact.