Are Homemade Fruit Extract Safe?

[cout12]

I was wondering if it would be safe to make my own fruit extract and eat it. Is the process of extracting safe at all? Is it dependent on what fruit you're using?

 

[tara]

What is your process? Juicing? Juicing and partially evaporating? If so, I would guess yes, but depending on the fruit and your personal tolerances.
Juicing and evaporating to powder? Complete dehydration probably denatures some components, so maybe not as good, but still better than many alternatives, would be my guess.

 

[cout12]

I was thinking of putting some fruit in vodka for like 2 weeks in a jar, i don't know if powder would work well in the recipes im making which is some kind of gelatin/sugar candy.