Health & Nutrition
General Information
Red raspberries are a healthy addition to your diet. This fruit is delicious and nutritious packed full of vitamins, antioxidants and fiber.
The most promising benefit that red raspberries hold for consumers is their substantial quantity of ellagic acid. Ellagic acid is a phenolic compound that has become a known as a potent anti-carcinogenic/anti-mutagenic compound. Clinical tests conducted at the Hollings Cancer Institute at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) show promising results that ellagic acid, a naturally occurring plant phenol may help prevent cancer, inhibit the growth of cancer cells, and arrest the growth of cancer in subjects with a genetic predisposition for the disease.
Nutritious raspberries are easy as ever to include in your diet. They are a great addition to recipes or as a healthy fresh snack by the handful. But don’t worry; raspberries don’t have to be fresh to be nutritious. According to health experts, frozen and canned produce might be more nutritious than fresh items whose nutrients have diminished through shipping and long storage, according to the American Institute for Cancer Research.
In addition, a study conducted by the University of Massachusetts found that recipes prepared with canned ingredients are similar in nutrition and taste to the same recipes made with fresh or frozen ingredients.
Fruits and vegetables destined for canning and freezing are picked at full ripeness and processed within hours. Flash freezing, which is used to make IQF red raspberries, helps trap nutrients and plant chemicals immediately after harvest and provides for a healthier fruit.
