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In the Australia New Zealand the Food Standards Code defines cider as "fruit wine prepared from the juice or must of apples and no more than 25% of the juice or must of pears".
Cider has been made in Australia since its early settlement. Primarily this production has been for limited local usage, with national commercial distribution and sales dominated by three brands: [[Mercury Cider]], [[Strongbow (cider)|Strongbow]] and [[Willie Smith's]]. Since early 2005, they have been joined in the market by numerous new producers including [[Three Oaks Cider]], [[Pipsqueak Cider]], [[Tooheys Brewery#Ciders|Tooheys 5 Seeds Cider]], [[Malt Shovel Brewery|James Squire Orchard Crush]] and [[Pure Blonde|Pure Blonde Organic Cider]] as well as imported brands like [[Magners]], [[Weston's Cider|Weston's]], [[Monteith's]], [[Kopparbergs Brewery|Kopparberg]], [[Rekorderlig]], and [[Somersby cider|Somersby]].
With the growth in interest in cider, the number of local producers has increased. Some cider producers are attempting to use more traditional methods and traditional cider apple varieties such as Henry's of Harcourt and Crucible in S.W. Victoria. Other smaller brands rely on the available culinary (standard eating—supermarket and cooking apples) fruit. In the Yarra Valley early producers were Kelly Brothers cider and Lilydale. Later came Napoleone & Co. The Bridge Road Brewery and Amulet Winery, both in Victoria's Beechworth, have released ciders. South Australia's boutique ciders include Lobo (Adelaide Hills), The Hills Cider (Adelaide Hills), Thorogoods (Burra), and Aussie Cider (Barossa). In [[Western Australia]], the number of cider producers has also grown in the southwest region, particularly in areas where wine is also produced with producers in [[Denmark, Western Australia|Denmark]], [[Pemberton, Western Australia|Pemberton]], and [[Margaret River, Western Australia|Margaret River]]. In [[Tasmania]], there are a number of boutique cider makers including Red Sails (Middleton), Pagan Cider (Huon Valley), Dickens Cider (Tamar Valley), and Spreyton Cider (Spreyton). [[Willie Smith's]] is a medium to large producer of commercial and craft cider.
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