IN SEASON NOW CRANBERRIES Tart fresh cranberries are at their best and most


affordable right now. They can be used in all kinds of seasonal dishes, from mains to desserts.


95% SUPERFOOD


TART OR SWEET?


MADE IN THE U.S.A.


of cranberries eaten in the U.S. are in the form of juice, sauce, or jelly rather than fresh. About 20% of America’s annual cranberry crop is eaten during the week of Thanksgiving.


Cranberries are one of few fruits native to the U.S. They grow in Massachusetts, Wisconsin, New Jersey, Oregon, and Washington. Quebec, British Columbia, and Chile also grow cranberries.


Cranberries are packed with antioxidants. They can help prevent infection and gum disease, lower your risk of heart disease and diabetes, and boost your immune system.


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Unsweetened cranberry juice, while very tart, offers the most health benefits. Sweetened cranberry juice and cranberry juice cocktail should be enjoyed in moderation like soda and other juices.


The first cranbery sauce


Amelia Simmons wrote the first recipe for cranberry sauce in her 1796 cookbook American Cookery and suggested serving it with roast turkey. She didn’t invent the dish though: Native Americans had already been making a similar sauce for centuries.


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BIRD TO BERRY


The cranberry got its name from Dutch and German settlers in the U.S. who thought the flower of the cranberry plant looked like the head of a crane.


The amount of dried cran berries supplied to


MILLION LBS


American troops each year during WWII. The fruit is high in vitamin C and fiber, which helped keep soldiers from getting sick.


FLOATING HARVEST


Cranberries have a pocket of air that causes


them to float. Farmers will


flood the sandy


bogs and marshes where they grow so they rise to the surface and are easier to harvest.


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