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Grape juice is a juice
Juice

Juice is a liquid naturally contained in fruit or vegetable tissue. Juice is prepared by mechanically squeezing or Maceration fresh fruits or vegetables without the application of heat or solvents....
 obtained from crushing grapes. The juice is often fermented
Fermentation (wine)

The process of Fermentation in wine is the catalyst function that turns grape juice into an alcoholic beverage. During fermentation yeast interact with sugars in the juice to create ethanol, commonly known as ethyl alcohol, and carbon dioxide ....
 and made into wine
Wine

Wine is an alcoholic beverage often made of fermentation grape juice. The natural chemical balance of grapes is such that they can ferment without the addition of sugars, acids, enzymes or other nutrients....
, brandy
Brandy

Brandy is a distilled_beverage produced by Distillation wine, the wine having first been produced by Fermentation grapes. Brandy contains 36%?60% alcohol by volume and is typically taken as an after-dinner drink....
, or vinegar
Vinegar

Vinegar is an acidic liquid processed from the fermentation of ethanol in a process that yields its key ingredient, acetic acid . It also may come in a diluted form....
. In the wine
Wine

Wine is an alcoholic beverage often made of fermentation grape juice. The natural chemical balance of grapes is such that they can ferment without the addition of sugars, acids, enzymes or other nutrients....
 industry grape juice which contains 7-23 percent of pulp, skins, stems and seeds, is often referred to as "must
Must

Must is freshly pressed fruit juice that contains the skins, seeds, and stems of the fruit. The solid portion of the must is called pomace; it typically makes up 7%?23% of the total weight of the must....
". Grape juice can also be sweetened and preserved as a non-alcoholic drink beverage.
method of pasteurizing
Pasteurization

Pasteurization is a process which slows microbial growth in foods. The process was named after its creator, France chemist and microbiologist Louis Pasteur....
 grape juice to halt the fermentation has been attributed to an American physician
Physician

A physician, medical practitioner, doctor of medicine, or medical doctor practices medicine, and is concerned with maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease and injury....
 and dentist, Thomas Bramwell Welch
Thomas Bramwell Welch

Thomas Bramwell Welch was the discoverer of the pasteurization process to prevent the fermentation of grape juice....
 in 1869.






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Grape juice is a juice
Juice

Juice is a liquid naturally contained in fruit or vegetable tissue. Juice is prepared by mechanically squeezing or Maceration fresh fruits or vegetables without the application of heat or solvents....
 obtained from crushing grapes. The juice is often fermented
Fermentation (wine)

The process of Fermentation in wine is the catalyst function that turns grape juice into an alcoholic beverage. During fermentation yeast interact with sugars in the juice to create ethanol, commonly known as ethyl alcohol, and carbon dioxide ....
 and made into wine
Wine

Wine is an alcoholic beverage often made of fermentation grape juice. The natural chemical balance of grapes is such that they can ferment without the addition of sugars, acids, enzymes or other nutrients....
, brandy
Brandy

Brandy is a distilled_beverage produced by Distillation wine, the wine having first been produced by Fermentation grapes. Brandy contains 36%?60% alcohol by volume and is typically taken as an after-dinner drink....
, or vinegar
Vinegar

Vinegar is an acidic liquid processed from the fermentation of ethanol in a process that yields its key ingredient, acetic acid . It also may come in a diluted form....
. In the wine
Wine

Wine is an alcoholic beverage often made of fermentation grape juice. The natural chemical balance of grapes is such that they can ferment without the addition of sugars, acids, enzymes or other nutrients....
 industry grape juice which contains 7-23 percent of pulp, skins, stems and seeds, is often referred to as "must
Must

Must is freshly pressed fruit juice that contains the skins, seeds, and stems of the fruit. The solid portion of the must is called pomace; it typically makes up 7%?23% of the total weight of the must....
". Grape juice can also be sweetened and preserved as a non-alcoholic drink beverage.

Welch's Grape Juice

The method of pasteurizing
Pasteurization

Pasteurization is a process which slows microbial growth in foods. The process was named after its creator, France chemist and microbiologist Louis Pasteur....
 grape juice to halt the fermentation has been attributed to an American physician
Physician

A physician, medical practitioner, doctor of medicine, or medical doctor practices medicine, and is concerned with maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease and injury....
 and dentist, Thomas Bramwell Welch
Thomas Bramwell Welch

Thomas Bramwell Welch was the discoverer of the pasteurization process to prevent the fermentation of grape juice....
 in 1869. A strong supporter of the temperance movement
Temperance movement

A temperance movement attempts to reduce the amount of alcohol consumed within a community or society in general -- and even to prohibit its production and consumption entirely....
, he produced a non-alcoholic
Alcoholic beverage

An alcoholic beverage is a drink containing ethanol . Alcoholic beverages are divided into three general classes: beers, wines, and distilled beverage....
 wine to be used for church services
Wesleyan Church

The Wesleyan Church is an evangelical Christian religious denomination in the United States, Canada and Wesleyan Methodist Church of Australia associated with the holiness movement that has roots in Methodism and the teachings of John Wesley....
 in his hometown of Vineland, New Jersey
Vineland, New Jersey

Vineland is a City in Cumberland County, New Jersey, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the city had a total population of 56,271....
. His fellow parishioners continued to prefer and use regular wine. His son Charles E. Welch, also a dentist, eventually gave up his practice to promote grape juice. In 1893 he founded Welch's Grape Juice Company at Westfield, Chautauqua Co. NY. The product was given to visitors at international exhibitions.

As the temperance movement grew, so did the popularity of grape juice. In 1913, Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan
William Jennings Bryan

William Jennings Bryan was the Democratic Party nominee for President of the United States in 1896, 1900 and 1908, a lawyer, and the 41st United States Secretary of State under President Woodrow Wilson....
 served grape juice instead of wine during a full-dress diplomatic function, and in 1914, Josephus Daniels
Josephus Daniels

Josephus Daniels was a white supremacist newspaper editor and publisher from North Carolina who was appointed by United States President Woodrow Wilson to serve as Secretary of the Navy during World War I....
, Secretary of the Navy
United States Navy

The United States Navy is the navy of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy currently has approximately 331,682 personnel on active duty as of 31 December 2008 and 124,000 in the United States Navy Reserve....
, forbade any alcoholic drinks on board of naval ships, actively replacing them with grape juice. During World War I
World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
, the company supplied "grapelade", a type of grape jam, to the military and advertised aggressively. Development of new grape products and sponsorship of radio and television programs made the company very successful.

Use in religion

Grape juice, because of its non-alcoholic content, is commonly used by Christian denominations
Christian denomination

A Christian denomination is an identifiable religious body under a common name, structure, and doctrine within Christianity.Worldwide, Christians are divided, often along ethnic and linguistic lines, into separate churches and traditions....
 (such as Baptist
Baptist

A Baptist is a member of a Christian denomination characterized by the rejection of infant baptism in favor of believer's baptism by Baptism#Immersion....
s and Methodists) who oppose the partaking of alcoholic beverages, as the "cup" or "wine" in the Eucharist
Eucharist

The Eucharist, also called Holy Communion or Lord's Supper and other names, is a Christianity sacrament commemorating, by consecrating bread and wine, the Last Supper, the final meal that Jesus Christ shared with his disciples before his arrest, and eventual crucifixion, when he gave them bread saying, "This is my body", and wine...
.

Although alcohol is permitted in Judaism
Judaism

Judaism is a set of beliefs and practices originating in the Hebrew Bible , as later further explored and explained in the Talmud and other texts....
, grape juice is sometimes used as an alternative for kiddush
Kiddush

Kiddush is a blessing recited over wine or grape juice to sanctify the Shabbat or a Jewish holiday. The Torah refers to two requirements concerning Shabbat - to "keep it" and to "remember it" ....
 on Shabbat
Shabbat

Shabbat or Shabbos , is the weekly day of rest in Judaism, symbolizing the seventh day in Genesis, after the six days of creation. Though it is commonly said to be the Saturday of each week, it is observed from sundown on Friday until the appearance of three stars in the sky on Saturday night....
 and Jewish holiday
Jewish holiday

A Jewish holiday or festival is a day or series of days observed by Jews as a holy or secular commemoration of an important event in Jewish history....
s and it has the same blessing as wine. However, many authorities maintain that grape juice must be capable of turning into wine naturally in order to be used for kiddush. Since most grape juices today contain preservatives that prevent fermentation, they would not be allowed for kiddush according to this opinion. Common practice, however, is to use any grape juice for kiddush. Note that as a grape-product, grape juice must be certified kosher
Kashrut

Kashrut refers to Judaism Taboo food and drink. Food in accord with halakha is termed kosher in English language, from the Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation of the Hebrew language term kash?r , meaning "fit" ....
.

See also

  • ISO 2171
  • Julmust
    Julmust

    Julmust is a soft drink that is consumed mainly in Sweden and Norway around Christmas. During the rest of the year it is usually hard to find in stores, but sometimes it is sold at other times of the year under the name must ....


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