Frozen fruit

[The Hat]

Hi, ive realised that fruit weighs more when frozen, presumably because of the ice content. When using it to make wine would it be better to use the fresh or frozen weight?

 

[Joust]

Does it really weigh more?

 

[The Hat]

Yes it definitely does!!

 

[VW911]

I always write the weight on the bag before I freeze it, and go by that... Simple really!

 

[The Hat]

Yes you’re right! The problem I’ve got is, Fresh rhubarb this and unweighed frozen from last year. I’ll just have to compensate with the frozen I suppose.

 

[Cwrw666]

Explain please - how does frozen weigh more than fresh?

 

[The Hat]

I presume it’s because of the ice content! You try it and see for yourself.

 

[Joust]

I presume it’s because of the ice content! You try it and see for yourself.

But where does the extra water come from to make the ice? Are you spraying it or freezing it in Water or something?

 

[Paul Roberts]

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[Cwrw666]

When water freezes it gets heavier

Actually ice is less dense than cold water which is why ice floats on water. But a given weight of water when frozen can't weigh more. Where does the extra weight come from?
The ice you see in your bag of frozen fruit is from water contained in the fruit initially.

 

[Joust]

When water freezes it gets heavier, it's the water content in the fruit causing the difference

No it doesn't! That would be insane.

 

[Paul Roberts]

When water freezes it gets heavier, it's the water content in the fruit causing the difference

Hands up I am wrong

 

[Mr_S_Jerusalem]

Pffffft do it by eye man

It’ll look about the same fresh or frozen. Weight or not.

500g frozen looks the same as 500g fresh.

a hundred grams here or there makes no difference if you’re throwing in 2kg.

If in doubt, throw in more rhubarb. Or, 100/200 grams of something else. Couple of apples or something.

After that it’s the sugar that really matters.

There’s sod all sugar in fresh rhubarb anyway, so that’s purely a flavour thing.

If you‘re REALLY worried about it, buy a tin of rhubarb, chuck that in and subtract the sugar content from your total sugar amount.

bish bash bosh.