Dried Cranberries with Apple Concentrate

History

The consumption of cranberries is rather eradicated in the United States and in Canada, where they represent the food of winter traditions.

There are two different methods for the harvesting:

• dry harvesting, consisting in the use of machines that rake the cranberries from the vines that are then transported by suitable means from the swamps
• harvesting in water, consisting in detaching the fruits from the plant by a slight shaking, so that they can float on a water bed that prevents possible damage. The water used to flood a field is recycled to flood other fields connected by channels, small locks and dams.

Sources:

SINU – Società Italiana Nutrizione Umana (www.sinu.it)  

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaccinium_macrocarpon

Properties

Fruits and derived products are traditionally considered to have disinfectant and anti-inflammatory properties, particularly active in lower urinary tract infections, as well as for food purposes.

The use of this plant in the prevention and treatment of lower urinary tract infections has been documented since the 17th century. In particular, this would happen thanks to the proanthocyanidins of type A (PACs) of which the fruit is rich, which act by adhering to the tissues and forming a sort of "protective molecular layer" that contrasts and repels the adhesion of pathogenic bacteria¹.

Although the term dietary fibre was not coined until 1953, it does not represent a new discovery and the laxative effect of fibre-rich foods has been known for a long time.

Fibre can be defined as the portion of plant cells that cannot be digested by human digestive enzymes and therefore cannot be absorbed into the intestine.

In most cases, it forms the wall of plant cells, but it is also present in the parenchyma and in some plant secretions.

Although it cannot be considered a nutrient, dietary fibre exerts functional and metabolic effects, making it an important component of the human diet.

Recent studies have highlighted that fibre develop a modest amount of energy equal to 2 kcal per gram.

¹ Jepson RG, Craig JC; Cranberries for preventingurinarytractinfections; Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2008 Issue 1

Source:

SINU – Società Italiana Nutrizione Umana - www.sinu.it  

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaccinium_macrocarpon

Affordable price

For us, an affordable price means offering dried cranberries that are accessible to everyone. 

We select our producers based on our values to offer you only natural nuts and dried fruit with no added sugar (contains naturally occurring sugars). What’s more, by choosing larger pack sizes of dried cranberries, you too are helping to reduce plastic use, as larger packs require less packaging per kilogramme of product than smaller ones.