Forest blueberries are not as sweet
as cultivated blueberries, so the amount of sugar might need tweaking depending on the type of berry that is used.
Not exact matches
You mightthink frozen Wild
Blueberries aren't
as nutritious
as fresh regular ones, but by nature the little wild ones have more flavor, deep blue color and beneficial antioxidants than the
cultivated regular ones.
Did you know Wild
Blueberries aren't the same thing as regular cultivated b
Blueberries aren't the same thing
as regular
cultivated blueberriesblueberries?
The World's Healthiest Foods: A cousin of the
blueberry, this very tart, bright red berry can still be found growing wild
as a shrub, but when
cultivated, is grown on low trailing vines in great sandy bogs.
Wild
blueberries are excellent in this quick bread
as are their
cultivated cousins.
• Wild
blueberries have twice the antioxidant capacity per serving
as compared to regular
cultivated blueberries.
And — if you really want to get specific —
blueberries that grow in the wild pack at least twice the nutritional value
as their
cultivated counterparts.
The best option ever for acne is organic wild
blueberries, known
as bilberries,
as their ORAC score of 9100 beats that of
cultivated blueberries (4669) easily.
There are lots of other changes this represents too, such
as the presence of chemicals in our food supply (pesticides, herbicides, xenoestrogens, etc) that didn't exist in the ancient diet,
as well
as the dramatic changes caused by hybridization of many of our foods, which creates versions of fruits and vegetables bred more for size, sweetness, and appearance
as opposed to natural nutrition... this aspect has decreased micronutrient content in the modern day food supply (just look at wild
blueberries vs
cultivated blueberries as an example of that with wild berries coming in at more than DOUBLE the antioxidants from ORAC testing).