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FOR the past few years the Fruit Products Department of the University of Bristol Research Station at Long Ashton has been engaged in the experimental production of various wines, syrups, squashes, liqueurs, etc., prepared from the common varieties of fruits grown commercially in Great Britain. The work has now reached a stage where many of the products are capable of commercial manufacture, and on March 11 a demonstration was held at which an opportunity was provided for representatives of food and beverage manufacturers and others interested in the industry to sample the various new preparations. Several fruit syrups were available which retained the natural flavour of the fruit after being stored for a number of years. These were particularly attractive in conjunction with cream ice in the American fashion, strawberry and loganberry syrups being outstanding examples. The juices of these two fruits were also successfully made into pleasing wines, whilst a spirit distilled from strawberry juice and flavoured with loganberry syrup made an attractive liqueur. Fruit squashes were also represented, that from black currant being of particularly pleasing quality. A number of non-alcoholic apple juices were displayed, and methods of storing these beverages without fermentation were demonstrated. In view of the probable rapid development of milk bars, much interest was shown in the ‘milk shakes' prepared from a wide variety of pure fruit syrups, and data were presented to show that curdling of the milk does not normally occur at ordinary temperatures. The ultimate object of this work is to provide new outlets for fruit, in addition to those already existing through the fresh-fruit markets and the canning and jam industries. It is anticipated that this will lead to a considerable increase in fruit growing in Great Britain, whilst at the same time the grower will be assured of disposing of the bulk of his crop, and the serious wastage hitherto associated with glut crops will be considerably reduced.
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New Fruit Products. Nature 137, 487 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/137487b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/137487b0