Cranberries

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Growing on bushy and trailing/creeping vines, cranberries are round, glossy and red colored berries. Cranberries are also considered as a super-food.

Cranberry flesh has a crispy firm texture and a bitter,acidic and sour taste (overwhelming its sweetness). Because of its sour flavor profile, it is rarely consumed raw and mostly consumed in blended form mixed with other sweet fruit juices.

Average size of a cranberry is 1.5 – 3 cm (0.6 – 1 inch).

Nutrition facts of Cranberries

*Serving size = 100 grams = 3.55 Ounces = 1/2 cup

*DV= % Daily Value (%DV indicates how much nutrients contribute to a person’s daily diet from a serving of a food. DV assists you in determining whether or not a serving of food is high or low in a particular nutrient.)

Nutrient	Amount	Unit	DV
Calories	46	KCAL
Fat	0.13	GRAM	0%
Protein	0.46	GRAM	1%
Carbohydrate	11.97	GRAM	4%

Detailed vitamin profile of Cranberries, vitamin A, vitamin B12, vitamin B6, vitamin C, vitamin D, Folate, Niacin, Thiamin, and Riboflavin is shown in the chart.

Detailed mineral profile of Cranberries, Sodium(Na), Calcium(Ca), Copper(Cu), Iron(Fe), Magnesium(Mg), Selenium(Se), Phosphorus(P), Potassium(K) and Zinc(Zn) is shown the chart.

Check freshness in Cranberries

• Choose a cranberry with shiny deep red color
• Fresh cranberry will be plump and form to the touch
• Fresh cranberries are a little bouncy when dropped
• Avoid wrinkled and squishy cranberry
• Avoid cranberries with brown to dark brown spotting

Availability of Cranberries

• The Seasons of cranberries depend on the geographical location where it is being cultivated
• USA – Cranberry season ranges from September – November
• Canada – Cranberry season ranges from September – October
• Chile – Cranberry season ranges from March – May
• India – Cranberry season ranges from September – November

How to store Cranberries

• Fresh ripe cranberries can only be stored at room temperature for 1 day
• Ripe cranberries can be stored in refrigerator for 2 – 3 months
• Keep the cranberries in air tight container when storing in refrigerator
• Cranberries can be stored in the freezer for up-to one year
• Wash and pat dry the cranberries and spread them on a tray to flash freeze the cranberries
• After flash freezing the cranberries, transfer the cranberries to an air tight container and store it in the freezer
  
  

Complete nutrition facts of Cranberries

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