Fructal Classic Apple Juice, Slovenian 1.5L (50.7fl oz)

Fructal Classic Apple Juice is a 1.5L Slovenian apple juice in the large everyday-family format — the clean, sweet-tart jabuka (apple) character that has made this the single most consumed juice in Slovenian and former Yugoslav households, in the size that gets bought every week. Fructal is an Ajdovščina, Slovenia-based juice company founded in 1975 and one of the most prolific producers in the former Yugoslav space — their Classic Apple Juice is their single most essential product, the benchmark by which all other apple juices in the Balkan market are measured. Apple juice occupies the centre of Slovenian and Yugoslav daily fruit-drink culture: the jabukova pijanka was the default juice on every family table, in every school canteen, and at every social gathering in the former Yugoslav space — a product so ubiquitous that not having it at home felt like something was missing. Serve chilled in a tall glass at breakfast, dilute with sparkling water for a Gespritzte apple spritzer, or use as a base for homemade sangria and fruit punches.