Raspberry Seeds Forever
August 21, 2010
11:34 AM
Raspberry Seeds Forever
Interested to find out if there was a precedent for making alcohol from Raspberry seeds I searched the net in vain.
It seems that I am on my own with this one.
What I found which is interesting is that I was certainly correct in not discarding them.
These seeds have apparently very high levels of ellagitannins.
Recent work (2001), published by Dr. Gary Stoner at Ohio State University, showed that components in the seeds and berry, but particularly ellagitannins, inhibited the initiation and promotion/progression stages of esophageal cancer. This is an extremely important finding, considering the potential benefits.
I wonder will I kill these wonders by steeping in Alcohol ?
Or, maybe, they will leach out from the seeds into the alcohol to make the healthiest Liqueur ever.
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