What kind of cranberry is it? What kind of cranberry is good?

Cranberry, also known as cranberry, can be eaten as a fruit, or made into juice, jam, etc. It is one of the three traditional fruits in North America along with Concord grapes and blueberries. What kind of fruit is cranberry? What are its characteristics? What kind of cranberry is good? Let's learn about cranberries together!

Contents of this article

1. What kind of fruit is cranberry?

2. What kind of cranberry is good?

3. What can cranberries be used for?

What kind of fruit is cranberry

Cranberry is a berry that grows on a dwarf vine. Both the skin and the flesh are red. It mainly grows in the acidic peat soil in the cool zone of the northern hemisphere. It is also called crane berry, cranberry, cranberry, cranberry, etc. It can be eaten as a fruit, and can also be used to make juice, jam, etc.

Cranberry, also known as cranberry, is an evergreen shrub and vine of the genus Vaccinium in the family Ericaceae. It looks like a crane overall, and its flowers are like a crane's head and beak, so cranberry is also called "crane berry".

Cranberries, Concord grapes and blueberries are known as the three traditional fruits of North America. Cranberries are high in water, low in calories, high in fiber and rich in minerals.

China's cranberry base began to introduce North American cranberries and conduct research in 2010, and Red Sea Plant Industry officially started large-scale cultivation of cranberries in Fuyuan City, Heilongjiang Province in 2015.

What kind of cranberry is good?

1. Fresh cranberries

The freshness of cranberries can be judged by the firmness of their stems and the freshness of the berries.

2. Dried cranberries

Choose those with bright color, fullness and firmness. Generally speaking, the darker the color, the higher the anthocyanin content. So when buying dried cranberries, you need to pay more attention to the color of the cranberries. Generally, you should buy cranberries with dark red color, which are of better quality and taste better. Whether the dried cranberries are fresh can also be judged by soaking them in water. Those that float on the water are generally high-quality cranberries.

What can cranberries be used for?

1. Cranberry chewable tablets: Contains pure natural cranberry and blueberry concentrates, and added vitamin C, fructooligosaccharides, licorice extract, xylitol, etc., with double the antibacterial effect, good flavor, low calories. The best effect!

2. Cranberry juice: Cranberry juice helps clean the urinary tract and seems to help clean the arteries and prevent plaque deposition that may lead to atherosclerosis. Hardened and blocked arteries can cause blood vessels to rupture and cause heart disease. Cranberry juice can help increase the elasticity of the arteries and maintain vasodilation to avoid obstructing blood flow.

3. Cranberry Capsules: Cranberry Capsules are made from pure cranberry fruits that are produced in very small quantities in North American wetlands. Advanced production equipment is used to extract highly concentrated active ingredients and retain the nutrients of the fruit. It is a health product loved by women.

4. Cranberry vinegar: Cranberries are rich in monounsaturated fatty acids, anthocyanins and bioflavonoids, which can nourish the skin and help protect the body's environment. It has a sweet and sour taste and is suitable for long-term drinking.

5. Dried cranberries: Dried cranberries retain 90% of the nutrients in cranberries, and taste close to cranberries, with good taste and low calories.