Concord grapes being cooked down into grape juice for use in making jelly.

Grape juice is a fruit juice obtained from crushing grapes. The juice is often fermented and made into wine, brandy, or vinegar. In the wine industry grape juice is often referred to as "must." Grape juice can also be sweetened and preserved as a non-alcoholic drink beverage. In ancient times, preservation of grape juice was achieved by 4 major methods. 1. Boiling (between 150 & 180 degrees F.) 2. Filtration 3. Cold storage (below 40 degrees F.) 4. Sulphur fumigation. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixels Full resolution (2816 × 2112 pixel, file size: 976 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Picture taken by me in September, 2006. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixels Full resolution (2816 × 2112 pixel, file size: 976 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Picture taken by me in September, 2006. ... Look up jelly in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Juice is the liquid naturally contained in plants. ... Species Vitis acerifolia Vitis aestivalis Vitis amurensis Vitis arizonica Vitis x bourquina Vitis californica Vitis x champinii Vitis cinerea Vitis x doaniana Vitis girdiana Vitis labrusca Vitis x labruscana Vitis lincecumii Vitis monticola Vitis mustangensis Vitis x novae-angliae Vitis palmata Vitis riparia Vitis rotundifolia Vitis rupestris Vitis shuttleworthii Vitis... Beer fermenting at a brewery. ... A glass of red wine This article is about the alcoholic beverage. ... Brandy pot stills at the Van Ryn Brandy Cellar near Stellenbosch, South Africa. ... Vinegar is sometimes infused with spices or herbs—as here, with oregano. ... A glass of red wine This article is about the alcoholic beverage. ... For must meaning compulsion, see wikt:must. ...

Content of grape juice

Commercial grape juice and grape juice drinks contain preservatives and coloring, and sometimes vitamins. Like wine, grape juice also contains antioxidants such as flavonoids, providing some health benefits. These antioxidants have been proven beneficial to the skin. A preservative is a natural or synthetic chemical that is added to products such as foods, pharmaceuticals, paints, biological samples, etc. ... Retinol (Vitamin A) For the record label, see Vitamin Records Vitamins are nutrients required in very small amounts for essential metabolic reactions in the body. ... Space-filling model of the antioxidant metabolite glutathione. ... Molecular structure of flavone The term flavonoid refers to a class of plant secondary metabolites based around a phenylbenzopyrone structure. ...

Typically, purple grape juice is made from concord grapes, while white grape juices are made from Niagara grapes. Concord grapes Closeup. ... Niagara grapes are a variety of the North American grape species Vitis labrusca and are used as table grapes and for wines, as well as jams and juice. ...

A recent study published in the Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry found that grape juice was among the highest in antioxidants among the juices tested, including pomegranate juice. ^[1] Care should be taken when drawing conclusions from these results, as the pomegranate juice used was only a 30% pomegranate juice blend- 30% pomegranate juice diluted with sugar water and other lower-antioxidant juices. The study was funded by the National Grape Co-op, run by Welch. Pomegranate juice is a juice taken from the pomegranate fruit. ...

Welch's Grape Juice

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The method of pasteurizing grape juice to halt the fermentation has been attributed to an American physician and dentist, Thomas Bramwell Welch in 1869. A strong supporter of the temperance movement, he produced a non-alcoholic wine to be used for church services in his hometown of Vineland, New Jersey. His fellow parishioners continued to prefer and use regular wine (see Christianity and alcohol). The Doctor by Samuel Luke Fildes This article is about the term physician, one type of doctor; for other uses of the word doctor see Doctor. ... X-rays can reveal if a person has cavities Dentistry is the practical application of knowledge of dental science (the science of placement, arrangement, function of teeth) to human beings. ... Thomas Bramwell Welch (December 31, 1925 - 1903) the discoverer of the pasteurization process to prevent the fermentation of grape juice. ... A cartoon from Australia ca. ... Vineland highlighted in Cumberland County. ... Jesus making wine in The Marriage at Cana, a 14th century fresco from the Visoki Dečani monastery. ...

His son Charles E. Welch, also a dentist, eventually gave up his practice to promote grape juice, founding Welch's Grape Juice Company in 1893. The product was given to visitors at international exhibitions. As the temperance movement grew, so did the popularity of grape juice. In 1913, Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan served grape juice instead of wine during a full-dress diplomatic function, and in 1914, Josephus Daniels, Secretary of the Navy, forbid any alcoholic drinks be on board of naval ships, while actively replacing them with grape juice. During World War I, the company supplied "grapelade", a type of grape jam, to the military and advertised aggressively. Development of new grape products and sponsorship of radio and television programs eventually made the company very successful. William Jennings Bryan (March 19, 1860 – July 26, 1925) was an American lawyer, statesman, and politician. ... Josephus Daniels Josephus Daniels (18 May 1862–15 January 1948) was an American politician and newspaper publisher from North Carolina, who served as Secretary of the Navy during World War I. A native of Washington, North Carolina, Daniels owned and managed several newspapers before purchasing the Raleigh News and Observer... This article is becoming very long. ...

Use in Religious Circles

Grape juice, due to its non-alcoholic content, is commonly used by religious groups (such as Baptists) who oppose the partaking of alcoholic beverages, as the "cup" or "wine" in the Eucharist. Baptist is a term describing a tradition within Christianity and may also refer to individuals belonging to a Baptist church or a Baptist denomination. ... For other uses, see Eucharist (disambiguation). ...

See also

• Must
• Julmust

For must meaning compulsion, see wikt:must. ... Julmust is a soft drink that is consumed mainly in Sweden at Christmas. ...

External links

• History of Welch's grape juice