Our Wild Mt. Rainier Blueberries grow "naturally organic" high in the foothills and mountain meadows of the Cascade Mountains of the Pacific Northwest. So closely related to our region's wild huckleberries few pickers know or can tell the difference. However, a close look immediately reveals a unique wild berry fruit much different in size and appearance from our Northwest Wild Blue Huckleberries.
Wild Mt. Rainier Blueberries are most often smaller in size and possess a unique tangy, sweet yet tart taste and flavor very different from our sweet tasting wild blue huckleberries. In addition to a wonderful full-bodied flavor, wild blueberries grow on low bushes that produce fruit with a slight white powdered look covering a berry that can range in color from sky blue to dark blue.
Wild Blue Huckleberry
Wild Mt. Rainer Blueberries
Wild Mountain Blackberry
Wild Red Huckleberry
A Healthy Treat
Recent USDA studies show that Wild Blueberries are a tasty way to eat right and stay healthy. Scientists at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging ranked blueberries #1 in antioxidant activity compared with 40 other commercially available fruits and vegetables. Fresh, frozen, canned or dried, blueberries are number one in antioxidant activity when measured against comparable forms of other commercially available fruits and vegetables.
That means a serving of wild blueberries or wild huckleberries may have more of the antioxidant power you need to fight aging, cancer, and heart disease. Blueberries emerged as the top antioxidant capacity fruit in a laboratory testing procedure called ORAC - Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity developed by the USDA*. ORAC has become the definitive measurement of antioxidant capacity.
Every day, the cells in our body wage a battle against free radicals - unstable oxygen molecules associated with cancer, heart disease and the effects of aging. Antioxidants, natural substances found in Wild Blueberries and other fruits and vegetables, come to the rescue, neutralizing free radicals and keeping us healthy.
Antioxidants are the "natural zappers" of free radicals-unstable oxygen molecules associated with cancer, heart disease and the effects of aging. Recent USDA studies measured the antioxidant activity of more than 40 commercially available fruits and vegetables and ranked blueberries #1.
*Source - Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 44:701-705; 3343-3426, 1996; 46:2686-2693, 1998
Learn more
Interested in learning more about Wild Blueberries, colorful eating and the latest wellness trends? You may find these health and consumer publication sites of interest:
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