Drink sitro

The famous citro drink got its original name thanks to the word citron, which means lemon literally from French. Citro is a type of well-known lemonade. It is noteworthy that the drink citro began to be actively produced in Soviet times. In addition, even then, Soviet producers of soft drinks began to develop all new types of citro drink. Over time, the composition of the citro drink underwent significant changes, improvements and additions.

As a result of such changes, a sufficient number of varieties of the citro drink were born. Among the most famous and widely distributed types of citro drink are the following:



extra-citro, a well-known trademark that was invented decades ago by Soviet technologists;

classic citro based on citric acid and sugar;

orange sitro;

mandarin sitro;

grapefruit sitro;

sitro made from a mixture of several citrus fruits.



Some historians argue that the citro drink or French limonade au citron penetrated Russian territory as early as the War of 181

2. It is believed that the citro drink gained such unprecedented popularity among Soviet citizens only thanks to the cunning of the party leadership and managers from the food industry. A skillfully loose rumor that the citro drink was served in the Kremlin and at the Bolshoi Theater did its job and hundreds of thousands of residents of vast Soviet expanses decided to join the country's elite.

So the drink citro began to be in active demand. Currently, the technology for producing the drink sitro has remained unchanged. All the same, the composition of the citro drink includes the following ingredients: citric acid, carbonated water, sugar, fruit citrus syrup, vanillin, as well as flavors, preservatives and stabilizers, as well as other food additives. However, a properly prepared citro drink can bring tangible benefits, since the product differs in its unique vitamin-mineral composition. For example, a citro drink contains a large amount of vitamin C, as well as fluorine, iron, calcium and magnesium.

The citro drink is included in the list developed by the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, food products allowed and recommended for children. Citro lemonade has a memorable taste and fruity aroma. It is worth noting that the quality of the finished citro drink is primarily influenced by the water that is used to make the product.

The best and most useful type of citro is considered a drink made on the basis of pure spring water enriched with vitamins and other biologically active beneficial substances. The nationwide love and popularity of sitros, as well as other well-known brands of Soviet carbonated drinks ("Duches, " "Pinocchio, " "Tarkhun"), became a symbol and part of that era. Famous Soviet writer of children's stories N. N. Nosov mentions sitro in his most famous book "Dunno on the Moon. "