The fruit is a small pale pink berry, with a refreshing sharp acidic flavour.
Is widespread throughout the cool temperate Northern Hemisphere. It has small 5-10 mm leaves. The flowers are dark pink, with a purple central spike, produced on finely hairy stems. The fruit is a small pale pink berry, with a refreshing sharp acidic flavour.Since the early 21st century in the United States, other such industrialized countries, and the global functional food industry, there has been a rapidly growing recognition of cranberries for their consumer product popularity, nutrient content and antioxidant qualities, giving them commercial status as a novel "superfruit"Cranberry Juice, usually sweetened to reduce its natural severe tartness and make "cranberry juice cocktail" or blended with other fruit juices, is a major use of cranberries.Cranberries are a source of polyphenol antioxydant, phytochimical under active research for possible benefits to the cardiovascular system, immune system and as anti-cancer agent.There is potential benefit of cranberry juice consumption against bacterial infections in the urinary system. While much of the evidence is equivocal, hypotheses suggest that an effect occurs from a component of the juice competitively inhibiting bacterial attachment to the bladder and urethra allowing the bacteria to be flushed out more easily
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Style:
Dried
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Type:
Blended
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Shelf Life:
1 year
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Place of Origin:
Canada
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Brand Name:
Canada Superfruits
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Style:
Whole
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