Our Wild Harvest Blue Huckleberries are carefully handpicked in the rugged foothills and mountains of the wild Pacific Northwest. Picking by hand preserves their unique and delicious flavor. Interestingly, the closer our Northwest Wild Blue Huckleberries grow to the Rocky Mountains, the more concentrated their flavor and aroma becomes.
Flash Frozen, to lock in their great flavor and aroma, our wild blue huckleberries are considered one of the most nutritional naturally organic foods in the world. Try a handful in your favorite smoothie, baked in a cobbler or just eat them by the handful. . . Nothing is tastier or healthier for you.
Wild Berry Research Health Notes Nutritional properties of blueberries,
huckleberries, and bilberries
University of Idaho scientists Todd Taruscio, Jerry Exon, and Dan Barney recently characterized some of the bioactive compounds found in wild blueberries, huckleberries, and bilberries as part of a grant funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Initiative for Future Agricultural and Food Systems. Seven Vaccinium species native to western North America were compared to highbush blueberries and half-high blueberries (hybrids between highbush and lowbush blueberries). Traits of interest included antioxidant capacity, total phenolics, total anthocyanins, flavanols, phenolic acids, and anthocyanidins.
Research is now underway to determine how these fruits affect the development of colon cancer.
