Grenadine

Grenadine ( grenadine syrup or, when using real pomegranate juice and pomegranate syrup) is an alcohol-free, sugar- sweetened fruit syrup with intense red color. The syrup is mainly used for flavoring and coloring of cocktails. A well-known example is the Tequila Sunrise.

Originally grenadine was made from the juice of pomegranates, sugar and water, from which the name can be derived. Today, under the name of Grenadine offered very different products, the taste and quality differ greatly. Together you is merely a high sugar content, the red color and a fruity aroma in the broadest sense. In addition or in place of pomegranate juice a mixture of various berry fruits like raspberry, currant, blackberry and elderberry is used to continue flavors (besides fruit flavors often vanilla), dyes (for example, tartrazine ( E102 ), Azorubine ( E122 ), Cochineal Red A ( E124 ), anthocyanins ( E163 ), caramel ( E150d ) ), acidulant (e.g., citric or tartaric acid), and, when using a real fruit juice, and preservatives ( for example sodium benzoate ( E211 ) ) and anti-oxidants (such as ascorbic acid). The fruit juice can be as high as 38%, but is considerably lower in general. Many commercial Grenadines contain no more fruit juices, but in addition to water and sugar only color and flavorings and acidulants. Some manufacturers offer besides the Grenadine also a pomegranate syrup, which still contains a certain proportion of pomegranate juice or concentrate, but often bitter in taste and is sour.