Grenadine is a cocktail syrup, theoretically made of pomegranate.
I just looked online to buy some, and it took me ages to find a single one made of pomegranate.
There's basically two categories:
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No fruit, just flavouring
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About 10% mixed berry juice, no pomegranate.
As an example of the first, see Asda's offering – whose packaging helpfully contains images of the pomegranate it does not contain.
At the more expensive end of the market we see the latter, Funkin Grenadine at nearly 3x the price at Ocado. Still no pomegranate.
A bar supplier sell 4 different grenadines (1, 2, 3) of which one claims to contain real pomegranate, sold as "Disco Grenadine". They do not advertise their own ingredients online, but someone does: Fruit juices from concentrate 14% (raspberry 10%, pomegranate 4%).
When did this happen. When was pomegranate taken from us? Have I ever drunk real grenadine in my life?