Color |
Reddish-purple |
Pigment |
Anthocyanin - Cyanidin |
Solubility |
Water |
Stability |
Temperature requirement is 2 °C
- 5 °C 2.0 - 4.5 pH range |
Application |
All beverages, fruit base, sorbets
and sauces |
Grape extract or enocianina is a dark red colored liquid with a fruity
odor. It gives a strawberry red shade to the products. Grape extract is
prepared by the aqueous extraction of the fresh deseeded marc after grapes
guice has been extracted. It is further concentrated by vacuum evaporation.
Although al alcohol is removed traces of sulphur dioxide may be found in the
final product. It is considered a safe colorant for all still, alcoholic and
carbonated beverages and fruit bases. This can be used to color a number of
non-beverage foods, including gelatin desserts, fruit fillings and some
confections
Grape juice colorants come in a variety of colors: red (shades of cherry,
raspberry or strawberry), purple and yellow.