Dried Aronia berries

Dried Aronia berries are consumed as a snack either alone or by mixing them with muesli. They are full of the antioxidants — phenols and flavonoids, nearly three times as much as a blueberry and blackberry, and 1.5 times as cranberries and black currants. According to Andrew Ristvey, Extension specialist for commercial horticulture at the Wye Research and Education Center at Queenstown, who is an expert on aronia berries, they are worth their weight in gold thanks to their antioxidant levels, which are higher than almost every single fresh fruit grown in the United States.

Chokeberry throw into the pot, add sugar and turn on a small gas. Add the lemon juice to syrup and cook for about 15 minutes. Fruit and water together with the sugar cook about 30 minutes on low heat.

Put chokeberry fruits into a pot and crushed or shredded using a blender. Syrup - use on pancakes or add as base to your own carbonated water for a refreshing summer pop” or get creative in cocktails. Our Aronia bushes are fruit-tree size, with violet-black berries which hang in clusters.

Aronia juice has very high levels of anthocyanins and flavonoids, five to ten times higher than cranberry juice, with beneficial nutrients such as antioxidants, polyphenols, minerals and vitamins. Aronia berries are known as a super health fruit. If you are going to sweeten, add 1 tablespoon of Potassium Sorbate and sugar syrup to your taste.

To incorporate aronia berries into a favorite berry recipe, simple substitute aronia berries for part or all of the other berries. She and her husband Dennis planted the aronia berries along with strawberries, blueberries, apples, peaches, blackberries and vegetables. One example of this unusual produce are aronia berries, which have one of the highest concentrations of antioxidants known in fruit.

Our freeze-dried aronia powder is available in two convenient, easy-to-use forms: capsules and liquid extract, and it is also blended into a few of our compound formulas: Infla-prin, Nutrigenomic Super Berry, and Blood Sugar Support. From their gorgeous biodiverse organic farmland, we receive fresh, high-quality aronia berries, which we immediately freeze-dry to retain maximum nutritional potency.

To enhance its palatability, it is commonly prepared into syrups, jams, jellies, blended fruit juices, and wine. Since migrating to Europe in the early 1900s, it is now commonly cultivated in Germany, Russia, and other parts of eastern Europe 6. In its raw form, the aronia berry has an extremely sour and astringent taste, hence the common name chokeberry.