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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.

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> 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