Published March 1939. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
Red radish anthocyanin extract (RAE) was investigated for coloring brined
cherries as an alternative to FD&C Red No. 40. Red radish (Raphanus sativus L.)
anthocyanins were extracted from liquid nitrogen powdered epidermal tissue using
acetone, partitioned with chloroform, and isolated using C-18 resin. The monomeric
anthocyanin content was determined by...
Published June 1930. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
Ten, twenty, and thirty percent of dextrose were used
in place of sucrose to preserve the Maraschino-type cherries
because of the expectation that the smaller sized molecules
would enter the cherry tissue more readily and thus increase
the weight and volume of the fruit. Other samples, sucrose
and percent dextrose...
From 1925 to 1930, Ernest H. Wiegand, a professor of Horticultural Products at Oregon State Agricultural College, developed an improved brining process for cherries. Brined cherries are used in the production of maraschino and glacé cherries, which already had a sizable market in the United States by the 1920s. This...