Why lemonade is pink

Despite the drink's unsavory beginnings, consumers caught on quickly that lemonade could be both pink and nutritious. As early as , E. Still, the bulk of global-brand pink lemonade is pink in color alone, a tint derived from concentrated grape juice or extract.

If the taste of pink and traditional lemonade are exactly the same, why does the former remain so popular? When my inquiries to Minute Maid and Newman's Own went unanswered I reached out to Sally Augustin, a practicing environmental psychologist who focuses on the ways elements like shapes and colors influence our lives. In my experience, traditional lemonade has no real color.

In the end, people just want to feel they can unwind, and with a color that's so calming and youthful—pink lemonade is the perfect drink with which to do so. So today Conklin's and Allott's legacies live on. As for the men themselves? Kitchen Tips and Tools. Delish Shop. United States. Type keyword s to search. Today's Top Stories. This content is created and maintained by a third party, and imported onto this page to help users provide their email addresses. You may be able to find more information about this and similar content at piano.

Advertisement - Continue Reading Below. A third contender for pink lemonade's origin involves yet another oopsy-daisy day at the circus. This one posits that concessions-man Henry E. Allott aka Bunk Allot was mixing up a batch of his delicious lemonade when a box of cinnamon candies tipped over and fell into the mixture, dying the whole thing a lovely shade of rose.

Think that sounds like a delicious alternative to lemon laundry water? Not necessarily. At the time of Allots' supposed discovery, red candies were colored either with red vermillion or red lead , two food dyes we now know to be highly toxic.

There's one other problem I have with this story. Ever heard of cinnamon-flavored lemonade? Neither have I. Which leads me to the conclusion that Bunk Allot's tale is One theory, far removed from the circus, proposes that pink lemonade was inspired by an ancient Native American drink made with the berries of a specific variety of sumac, which are bright red and boast a bright lemony flavor.

Of course you can achieve a pink lemonade—tinted drink in plenty of natural ways: by adding cherries , strawberries , rhubarb , pomegranate, watermelon , wine , hibiscus, or raspberries.