Superfruit frozen

Vitamin C. The universal antioxidant, vitamin C has diverse roles in health, especially for maintaining skin and for connective tissue repair, along with eye, bone, teeth, and gum health. Except for processed or dried fruits in which the vitamin C content is reduced, all of the twenty superfruits are good to excellent sources of vitamin C, especially in their fresh form. Dried, frozen, and processed superfruits will have lower vitamin C content. 

A public icon of health in recent years, blueberries, once grown only in Canada and the United States, have ratcheted up in popularity so extensively that global competition for the fresh market now includes such countries as Peru, Argentina, Mexico, and China. The increased supply from the southern hemisphere also means we can enjoy this fruit fresh or frozen year-round, making it an easy superfruit choice for adding to your shopping cart and freezer. After all, how many pure blue foods can you select from nature s palette of fruit colors None as true blue as this one ... 

Seaberry (Sea buckthorn). Intrepid consumers may come across fresh or frozen berries from artisan outlets in southern Canada, but otherwise this superfruit is not grown on a commercial scale in North America and is not widely imported, so it is rare in American stores. Seaberry products are popular in a variety of fresh, dried, beverage, and kitchen products in northern Europe, Russia, India, and Southeast Asia. 

As a convenience, many manufacturers and distributors are packaging superfruits as frozen whole fruit or cut pieces. Analyses of nutritional contents show that frozen fruits preserve nutrients closely to those of fresh or dried fruits, so this is an acceptable format that may be more suitable to some people, especially those with limited access to fresh markets or out-of-season produce. 

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