Thermal processes, such as blanching and pasteurization, are usually employed for fruit juice production. However, these processes may negatively affect the sensory and nutritional values of juices that contain anthocyanins because these pigments readily degrade and form nearly colorless or undesirable brown-colored polymeric pigments during thermal processing (Patras, Brunton, O'Donnell, & Tiwari, 2010; Pala & Toklucu, 2011).