Pomegranate Syrup

Because this familiar drink mixer is generally marketed without pomegranate juice these days, it makes good sense to concoct your own homemade version, which will have a raison d’etre in addition to color. The most popular brand of grenadine currently available in retail stores contains corn sweetener, sugar-cane syrup, water, citric acid, natural fruit flavors—not pomegranate, the manufacturer assured me haughtily—FD & C red dye 40, and sodium benzoate. The following product cos