Too much Campden?

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Moonraker

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As we have a bumper crop of blackberries this year apart from making several batches of apple and blackberry crumble (mmm, crumble), I've also been juicing them by mashing them through a sieve and putting the juice in plastic bottles in the freezer until I decide what I'm going to make with it.

I added 1 campden tablet per 1l bottle and let them stand for 24 hours before freezing. Was that too much campden? Will that affect fermentation/taste if I later decide to use them for making wine or cider? (I could always boil them up for jam instead...)
 
A rough guide i was given was 2 campden tabs to a gallon (4.5l) to kill of nasties and you can start a ferment after 24hrs. If you've left it awhile after defrosting (and opened the bottle tops to off gas) it should be ok.
 

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