Cranberry is an ever-green, low shrublet of small, red fruits resembling blueberries or whortleberries. Cranberry grows naturally in wet areas on acidic and peat soils.
Cranberry fruits are harvested in late autumn, or even in winter, if mild and snowless. It is primarily cultivated in North America.
Product information
Cranberry fruits are used for production of preserves (as a main ingredient or an additive). It can be used to make juices, syrups, jams, fruit cordials and fruit-flavoured starch jelly. Cranberry jelly with apples and sugar used for flavouring of meats (in particular game and turkey) is highly valued. Cranberry added to tea gives it a distinctive and acidulous taste. Due to its properties, it has been widely used both in culinary art and in medicine.
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