grenadine

Grenadine syrup was originally prepared from pomegranate juice, sugar, and water,Dictionnaire Universel de Cuisine Pratique : Encyclopédie Illustrée D'Hygiène Alimentaire, Joseph Favre, Paris, 1905, pp. 1088. with its name deriving from the French word grenade, for pomegranate (from the Latin grānātum, "seeded").

It is not related to the Grenadines archipelago, which takes its name from Grenada, itself from Granada, Spain.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HZW-bdkudYkC&dq=Grenadines+granada+grenada&pg=PT185|title=Fodor's Barbados, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, the Grenadines & Grenada|date=December 28, 2010|publisher=Fodor's Travel|isbn=9780307928030|via=Google Books}}
- {{Cite web|url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5845/|title=Grenadines Island Group (Grenada)|publisher=UNESCO World Heritage Centre}}

As grenadine is subject to minimal regulation, its basic flavor profile can vary widely from the original pomegranate to combinations of unspecified natural and artificial flavors, to the use of other fruits, such as blackcurrant, elderberry, raspberry, and gooseberry.{{cite web|last1=Food and Drug Administration|date=1980-01-10|url=https://www.fda.gov/ICECI/ComplianceManuals/CompliancePolicyGuidanceManual/ucm074531.htm |title=Sec. 550.400 Grenadine|work=CPG 7110.11|access-date=2009-08-23}}{{dead link|date=May 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

To reduce production costs, manufacturers have widely replaced fruit bases with artificial ingredients. The "Rose's" brand (owned by Mott's) is by far the most common grenadine sold in the United States,{{cite web|publisher=Cadbury Schweppes|date=2000-09-18|url=http://www.cadburyschweppes.com/EN/MediaCentre/PressReleases/snapple_180900.htm| title=Media Release: Cadbury Schweppes to Acquire Snapple Beverage Group for an Enterprise Value of $1,450 Million|access-date=2008-07-05|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20040612173104/http://www.cadburyschweppes.com/EN/MediaCentre/PressReleases/snapple_180900.htm|archive-date=2004-06-12}} and is formulated from (in order of concentration) high fructose corn syrup, water, citric acid, sodium citrate, sodium benzoate, FD&C Red #40, natural and artificial flavors, and FD&C Blue #1.{{Cite web|url=http://www.wegmans.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10052&catalogId=10002&productId=352053|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101106212136/http://www.wegmans.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10052&catalogId=10002&productId=352053|title=Wegmans - Rose's Grenadine Ingredients|archive-date=November 6, 2010}}

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Grenadine is commonly used to mix both modern and classic cocktails, including:

• El Presidente – rum, orange curaçao, vermouth, and grenadine
• Mary Pickford – white rum, pineapple juice and grenadine
• Queen Mary – beer, grenadine and maraschino cherries, drizzled with cherry syrup
• Singapore sling – a gin-based sling cocktail
• Tequila sunrise – tequila, orange juice and grenadine
• Ward 8 – "a whiskey sour with a few dashes of grenadine added"{{cite news | access-date = December 4, 2022 | newspaper = New York Times | date = February 20, 2002 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/20/dining/male-bastion-108-saved-by-a-boss-named-lydia.html | title = Male Bastion, 108, Saved By a Boss Named Lydia | first= R.W. | last = Apple Jr. }}
• Zombie – a rum-based Tiki cocktail

Grenadine is also a popular ingredient in such non-alcoholic drinks as the Shirley Temple, Roy Rogers, and pink lemonade. It also may simply be mixed with cold water or soda.

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