Grenadine Syrup

Grenadine Syrup: Nutrition and Guide

Grenadine is a sweet, brilliant red syrup used primarily as a cocktail ingredient and flavouring, named from the French word for pomegranate (grenade) — though most commercial grenadine is now made from red fruit flavourings and food colouring rather than actual pomegranate juice. Traditional grenadine was made from reduced pomegranate juice sweetened with sugar, producing a genuinely pomegranate-flavoured syrup with the fruit's characteristic tart-sweet balance and distinctive flavour. The Shirley Temple (ginger ale with grenadine and orange juice, no alcohol) and the Tequila Sunrise are among the most famous cocktail preparations using grenadine. Pomegranate molasses, widely used in Middle Eastern and Armenian cooking, is a related product — concentrated pomegranate juice without added sugar, much more tart and complex than grenadine syrup. Use true pomegranate grenadine (check the label for actual pomegranate as a primary ingredient) for both cocktails and cooking where genuine pomegranate character is desired.

Nutritional Value and Uses

Grenadine provides 268 kcal and 66.9 g of carbohydrates per 100 g. Used in small quantities as a cocktail modifier and colouring. In Shirley Temple and Roy Rogers mocktails. For colouring layered drinks (grenadine sinks due to density). In the Tequila Sunrise, Woo Woo, and many other cocktails. As a syrup for desserts, ice cream, and sparkling water.