Tart Cherries

Sour Cherries: Dried sour cherries are one of the best sources of antioxidants and melatonin. They also contain a natural anti-inflammatory compound, and they taste good too! As a rule cherries are categorized as either sweet or tart (sour). Sweet cherries are grown mostly in the Northwest, while sour cherries usually come from Michigan. Sour cherries are also known as pie cherries because of their popularity in baking. Add a few dried tart cherries to your next can of cherry pie filling to jazz up your cherry pie!

Although both sweet and sour cherries have many health benefits, sour cherries are much higher in beneficial compounds. Their reduced sugar content also makes them suitable for diabetics, and they contain anthocyanins which help the body produce insulin. As a rule, darker cherries contain more beneficial anthocyanins. Cherries are also high in vitamin C.

Cherries are a stone pit fruit like plums, apricots, nectarines, peaches... Dried sour cherries are great in trail mix (gorp), sprinkled on cereal or salads, or topping ice cream. Baked into cakes they add a nice bite and spark of sour, and they can be mixed with canned cherries to reduce the sweetness of cherry pie filling. Tart cherries can be found fresh, dried, as juice, or frozen.

Sour Cherries Facts:
• Dried sour cherries are an excellent source of antioxidants
• Tart cherries are an effective anti-inflamatory
• Cherries are categorized as either sweet or tart (sour)
• Sour cherries contain more beneficial compounds than sweet
• Dried tart cherries are great in trail mix
• Sour cherries are also called pie cherries
• Sweet cherries are grown mostly in the Northwest
• Sour cherries usually come from Michigan
• Cherries are high in vitamin C
• Tart cherries can be found fresh, dried, as juice, or frozen

Nutritional data per 100g, fresh sour cherries: Ash - 0.40 g Calcium, Ca - 16 mg Carbohydrate, by difference - 12.18 g Carotene, beta - 770 mcg Copper, Cu - 0.104 mg Energy - 209 kj Energy - 50 kcal Fatty acids, total monounsaturated - 0.082 g Fatty acids, total polyunsaturated - 0.090 g Fatty acids, total saturated - 0.068 g Fiber, total dietary - 1.6 g Folate, DFE - 8 mcg_DFE Folate, food - 8 mcg Folate, total - 8 mcg Fructose - 3.51 g Glucose (dextrose) - 4.18 g Iron, Fe - 0.32 mg Lutein + zeaxanthin - 85 mcg Magnesium, Mg - 9 mg Manganese, Mn - 0.112 mg Niacin - 0.400 mg Pantothenic acid - 0.143 mg Phosphorus, P - 15 mg Potassium, K - 173 mg Protein - 1.00 g Riboflavin - 0.040 mg Sodium, Na - 3 mg Sucrose - 0.80 g Sugars, total - 8.49 g Thiamin - 0.030 mg Total lipid (fat) - 0.30 g Vitamin A, IU - 1283 IU Vitamin A, RAE - 64 mcg_RAE Vitamin B-6 - 0.044 mg Vitamin C, total ascorbic acid - 10.0 mg Vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol) - 0.07 mg Vitamin K (phylloquinone) - 2.1 mcg Water - 86.13 g Zinc, Zn - 0.10 mg

Tart Cherries

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