Why is prune juice called prune juice?!
A raisan is a dried grape and you get grape juice not raisan juice.
Surly the juice comes from the plum not its dried state (a prune) so it sould be called plum juice right????
Strange question but its just for fun will be interesting to see what answers I get! lol
Answers: This might sound like a strange question, comes from working too many nights stacking shelves I think, but I have always wondered why prune juice is called prune juice and not plum juice.
A raisan is a dried grape and you get grape juice not raisan juice.
Surly the juice comes from the plum not its dried state (a prune) so it sould be called plum juice right????
Strange question but its just for fun will be interesting to see what answers I get! lol
The reason its called "prune juice" is just condensed more than plum juice.
Its kinda hard to explain....
if you squeeze a plum, you get semi-clear liquid.
But if you squeeze a prune, you get like a paste.
if you ad water to that prune paste...you get prune juice!
and the same goes for raisins.
it does come from its somewhat dry state, at least during the process of it...i think
don't know the answer to that. all I know is that it tastes disgusting
It is made from prunes!
A plum is a plum is a plum. A prune is a prune. Grape juice is made from grapes, not raisins, it's altered form.
All prunes are plums but not all plums are prunes
Prune juice is richer in fiber than plum juice and is often marketed as a treatment for constipation, and it helps with kidney stones.Prunes have the highest antioxidant power of all fruit, even more than blueberries and raisins.
Prune juice. A warrior's drink!" - Worf, after being introduced to it by Guinan in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "Yesterday's Enterprise". It becomes his favorite beverage.
I think you will find that the juice comes from the prune, ie. the dried plum. It is probably compressed once it's dried. I see exactly what you mean. But the plum is larger and so it still has some substace after this process, and it is probably produced from the pulp.
The Basic Prune Juice Manufacturing Process
1. The prunes are washed and placed in a cooking tank along with the appropriate quantity of water.
2. The contents of the cook tank are then heated and stirred until the prunes mostly dissolve and the sugars go into the water to make juice. This can take from several hours to as much as a half a day (12 hours).
3. If viscosity reduction is required, enzyme is added at this point.
4. The juice is then strained or filtered to remove the pits and the un-dissolved solids.
5. The finished juice is then canned, bottled or made into prune juice concentrate.
6. For canning and bottling, the process is a hot fill and hold at 190°F.
It's the juice of the prunes!! Plums are plums. Prunes are dried plums and because the have been dried in the sun their juice is higher in sugar. Great to keep you going!!!
When plums are dried into prunes they go though a change that gives them a laxative like quality not inherent in fresh plums. Thus the term "Prune Juice". It is usually used by older citizens that might need a little help in keeping their bowel movements regular. If you drink to much prune juice at one sitting you will be making a mad dash to the toilet with a SUDDEN and URGENT need to go!
Prune juice...and prunes come from a very specific type of plum fruit. Prunus domestica is a European plum.
Since prunes are generally related to use by old people as a laxative........the California Growers......lobbied....and won......the right to call "prunes"........dried plums........Plums have a nicer image......and they figured if you liked the image......you'd be more likely to buy prunes if in fact.....you thought of them as dried plums.
Also.....its the skin of the plum.......that possesses the majority of this fruits laxative stimulants.
So my guess is........if you want a laxative.....you will buy prunes.
If you want a juicy fruit......you will buy plums.
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Aren't prunes different than plums ?
Well that's what I always thought.
If prunes really are plums then you just taught me something new today :)
No. Prune juice does not come from plums it comes from prunes, or the dried plums. During the drying process some enzymatic changes occur that alter the composition of the juice that is extracted by soaking the prunes. Plum juice would have different characteristics. Most of these changes occur in the carbohydrate fraction. There are generally more simple sugars in prune juice than there would be in plum juice.
As a canner, I can fruits and veggies, I understand that there is a prune that is called a prune plum and is used exclusively for prunes. If correct, the real name is the Damson plum. It tastes like a plum in the fresh state, only juicier. So why not call it prune juice.
i would buy it if it was plum juice, that would be nice. it probably tastes like nasty prunes. it might be a more concentrated flavour, you could get juice out of prunes, they're not that dry. you probably just need more of them.
becoz it has prunes in it?x