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Old 30-09-2003, 05:46 PM
Mark Lipton
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Default Chemicals in red wine



hansdford cole wrote:

Is there anyone out there who can tell me the name of the chemical(s)
in red wine that makes it red????


Anthocyanins, the same colorants found in red (and blue) flowers.



Also by chance:
How about the name of the chemical(s) that make red meat red?


Mostly hemoglobin, the same thing that makes blood red.

Mark Lipton

Chemist and oenophile

 

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