In 2014, the United States produced and used 563.2 million pounds (255.5 million kg)
of cultivated blueberries and exported 79 million pounds (36 million kg) of the fresh fruit to Canada, Japan, and other countries.
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.
Not exact matches
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.
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.
Grown in the fertile soil and mild, Mediterranean climate
of Chile, our
blueberries are
cultivated with the utmost care and strict adherence to organic standards.
Wild
blueberries — wild Blueberries contain 2x the antioxidants of regular, cultivated b
blueberries — wild
Blueberries contain 2x the antioxidants of regular, cultivated b
Blueberries contain 2x the antioxidants
of regular,
cultivated blueberriesblueberries.
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).
Using a lab testing procedure called ORAC (Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity), USDA researcher Ronald Prior, Ph.D., found that a one - cup serving
of Wild
Blueberries has more total antioxidant capacity (TAC) than 20 other fruits and veggies, including cranberries, strawberries, plums, raspberries and even cultivated b
Blueberries has more total antioxidant capacity (TAC) than 20 other fruits and veggies, including cranberries, strawberries, plums, raspberries and even
cultivated blueberriesblueberries.
This gorgeous colour will only happen if you use wild
blueberries, the pigment is so much stronger than
of the
cultivated ones.
Blueberries were not really
cultivated until the beginning
of the 20th century, becoming commercially available in 1916.