Are these ingredients safe for adding to wine?

[alchomist]

INGREDIENTS: Volvic natural mineral water, acid:citric acid, strawberry natural flavour, flavour preservative: potassium benzoate, sweeteners: sucralose, acesulfame K.

i wanted to add volvic's 'a touch of strawberry' to my wine which is 2/3rds finished. should any of these ingredients harm an established yeast colony?

Thanks,

-Alchomist

 

[Crastney]

Ianac (I am Not a Chemist) - but the potasium benzoate looks like a preservative - which could very well kill of your lovely little yeasties.

as with most store bought beverages with preservatives, put in a pan, and boil the heck out of it for 10 minutes (is it 10, or is it 30? - can't remember of the top of my head), then allow to cool to body/room temp before adding.

 

[alchomist]

thanks crastney, i did wonder about boiling it anyway to be safe, i had to do so with a few of the other ingredients im playing with, i boiled for 15mins and seem to have a healthy brew, so i will do so again :)

cheers :


:update: 15min boil worked perfect in a stable yeast colony for anyone looking to use the volvic "touch of.." range with wine.

 

[Brewtrog]

The sweeteners will be a problem, they're non-ferment able, so they'll permanently sweeten your brew, I suppose this doesn't matter too much if you don't want a dry wine, but too much could make it oversweet.

 

[wilsoa1111]

if u just want to add strawberry buy a natural flavour concentrate, much less aggro, but doubt much will stop a fully going yeast colony cept temperature

 

[Jonny69]

As mentioned - the sweeteners will 'sweeten' your brew and make it taste like artificial sweetener and the preservative might kill the yeast and stop it brewing.

Strawberry Ribena might be another option.