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Medical Forum / General / Nutrition / October 2005pink lemonade
Out of curiosity, anyone know what makes pink lemonade pink? > Out of curiosity, anyone know what makes pink lemonade pink? Anthocyanins, the same stuff that makes red wine and red grape juice red. They make pink lemonade by adding a little red grape juice to it. SBH > Out of curiosity, anyone know what makes pink lemonade pink? Cherry juice or syrup.  SignatureSee my webpage: http://mysite.verizon.net/juliebove/index.htm > > Out of curiosity, anyone know what makes pink lemonade pink? > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > See my webpage: > http://mysite.verizon.net/juliebove/index.htm COMMENT: Not commercially. Actually, although red grape extract has been used, I find on further search the claim that traditionally in the US, beet juice is used for pink lemonade. Reason: the betacyanin in beets holds up better in acid environments like lemon juice. Betacyanin is not the same stuff as anthocyanin (the pigment in grapes). As you might guess from the fact that enough dietary beet will turn urine red, but no amount of grape juice will. http://www.answers.com/topic/beet SBH i don't see any of this stuff when i read the label. > > > Out of curiosity, anyone know what makes pink lemonade pink? > > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > SBH > i don't see any of this stuff when i read the label. I'll bet you see something like "natural coloring". That's the beet juice. If it comes from a natural food source and is below a certain percent, they don't have to tell you exactly what it is. it says 'red 40'. the yellow kind has something like 'yellow 20'. > it says 'red 40'. > > the yellow kind has something like 'yellow 20'. "Some like" doesn't cut it. There is no such thing as Yellow #20, so far as I can tell. Red 40 is an synthetic azo dye, which has some similarities to dyes that have mutagen problems. Yuck. You might want to check out other brands. This seems an odd risk to take (or give) for a few fractions of a cent. Here's a neat website on red 40 with molecular pics which you can change by passing your mouse across them. http://www.red40.org/pages/chemistry.html it's yellow 5. i quit the red stuff. > it's yellow 5. i quit the red stuff. LOL. See the same Red40 website. Yellow #5 (tartrazine) is related, and has an even worse reputation, mainly due to the occasional person who's allergic to it. And of course, all those Feingold diet people who think their kids have ADHD due to food dyes, with yellow #5 heading the list. Whether there's anything to this, I don't know. There is at least one good double blind study of tartrazine and mood, which was positive. In any case, in your stuff, for red they should have used beet juice :). And for yellow, beta carotene. Yellow solid foods (like mustard) are usually colored with Natural Yellow #3, which is curcumin. Which is probably good for you. So you have to read the labels carefully. SBH beta carotene causes lung cancer. plus, it's not yellow. > > it's yellow 5. i quit the red stuff. > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > SBH b...@coolgroups.com wrote: > beta carotene causes lung cancer. plus, it's not yellow. Solutions of it are, I promise. Ask how I know. It only causes lung cancer in smokers. SBH how do u know it's only smokers also, why do you think it's yellow > how do u know it's only smokers read the (already famous) finland-study! (smokers and non-smokers supplemented with beta carotene were screened for cancer risk; smokers supplemented with beta carotene had higher risk, so the study had to be stopped.) it does not "cause" cancer however. > also, why do you think it's yellow a dilution effect probably.. lycopene should be the yellow carotinoid while beta carotene could be yellow if diluted and is orange otherwise. > > also, why do you think it's yellow > > a dilution effect probably.. lycopene should be the yellow carotinoid while > beta carotene could be yellow if diluted and is orange otherwise. Yep. All carotenoids are basically yellow in dilution, as true solutions or microemulsions. And they get pretty yellow before they begin to show orange or red. > > > Out of curiosity, anyone know what makes pink lemonade pink? > > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > from the fact that enough dietary beet will turn urine red, but no > amount of grape juice will. > http://www.answers.com/topic/beet Didn't mention borscht. > SBH |
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