Originally Posted by Denmark
that doesn't sound like a real cherry to meis a preserved, sweetened cherry, typically made from light-colored sweet cherries. In their modern form, the cherries are first preserved in a brine solution usually containing sulfur dioxide and calcium chloride to bleach the fruit, then soaked in a suspension of food coloring (common red food dye, FD&C Red 40), sugar syrup, and other components.
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