Detection of Enocyanin in Cranberry Juice Cocktail by Color and Pigment Profile

Addition of enocyanin to cranberry juice cocktail can be determined by a four‐step color and pigment profile. Enocyanin colorant is slightly more blue, therefore, a simple measurement of color will detect samples with 12% or less cranberry juice. Cranberry juice cocktail normally contains 25% cranberry juice. Anthocyanins and flavonoids, recoverable by a CG‐50 ion exchange column, are lower in samples with 12% or less cranberry juice. Anthocyanin aglycones, found in grapes and not in cranberries, can be detected by paper chromatography in Formic reagent. Replacement of 50% of cranberry juice by a solution of enocyanin and citric acid, can be detected by paper chromatography of anthocyanins in 1% HCl in water.