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Cranberries - From bog to booming market
Cranberries are no longer a novelty for Thanksgiving or Christmas, but an established product range in health and wellness. Whether you're looking at beverages, supplements or cereal bars, you'll find cranberries. In this special series, NutraIngredients-USA.com looks at the markets, supply, regulations, and science behind the red berry.
New standardized PACs test could unite cranberry industry
A team of US, French and Chinese scientists have produced what they believe to be a standardized test for the proanthocyanidins (PACs) in cranberries, with hopes to unite the industry.
Cranberry waste may lead to alternative ingredients
Cranberry pomace, a by-product of the juicing process, may be extruded to produce a range of polyphenol-rich ingredients for use in supplements or functional foods, says a new study.
Regulation: Making claims on cranberry's future
For a fruit that has had more science conducted on it than most, it is surprising to some that France remains the only country to have approved a long-standing cranberry health claim.
Science: The pick of cranberry’s health benefits
In the third part of our special series on cranberries, NutraIngredients looks at the science behind the reported health benefits of the little red berry.
Supply: Cranberries, from bog to cereal bar
In the second part of our special on cranberries, NutraIngredients looks at the supply for the berry, and asks ‘what issues are bogging down cranberry supply?’
Markets: cranberry goes mainstream
In the first of a four part special edition focused on cranberries, NutraIngredients looks at the market for the berry, with its entrance into the indulgence sectors an indication perhaps that health positioning is no longer the sole driving force behind the superfruit's continued success.
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