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  • Name: Frozen Tart Cherries
  • Variety: Montmorency
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  • Package: 6*2.5KG
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Detailed Product Description

Tart cherries, which are sometimes called sour, red cherries, or pie cherries are best known as the key ingredient in desserts. They are also delicious in main courses, salads, jams and jellies, and beverages. Tart cherries are seldom sold fresh in your local grocery store. They are harvested in July and usually frozen, canned, or dried for use throughout the year. You'll need to find a farmers' market to purchase them fresh.

Popular varieties include the Montmorency, Morello, and Early Richmond. Montmorency is the most popular of the sour cherry varieties the U.S. and Canada providing 95% or more of the sour cherries on the market. They are harvested in July and are light to dark red. This cherry has been cultivated in the United States for more than a century.

Sour cherry trees are usually smaller than sweet cherry trees. Sour cherry trees also grow in a wider range of climates. The leading U.S. states in the production of sour cherries include Michigan, New York, and Utah. Sour cherry trees will produce fruit when pollinated with their own pollen or with pollen from another sour cherry variety.

Nutrition Analysis for Cherry Products

The good news about the health benefits of cherries continues to increase. According to ongoing research, Montmorency tart cherries are a rich source of antioxidants, which can help fight cancer and heart disease. In addition, there are beneficial compounds in Montmorency tart cherries that help relieve the pain of arthritis and gout. Other fruits and vegetable do not have the pain relief of tart cherries. While the research on the exact mechanisms that give the pain relief is ongoing, many consumers are discovering that tart cherry juice and other cherry products can stave off pain. The Cherry Advantage Health News Update has detailed information on the health benefits of cherries. The current issue and back issues are available here.

 

 

Nutrition Analysis for Cherry Product
Serving Size: 
100 grams (3.5 oz.)		 5+1 Tarts IQF Tarts Pie Filling Dried Tarts Canned Tarts Juice 
Concentrate
Calories 106 45 112 340 39 246
Calories from fat 1 1 0 1 0 1
Total Fat (%) 0.1 0.1 0 0.1 0 0.1
Sodium (mg) 15 18 34 <4 2 115
Potassium (mg) 120 132 52 416 123 745
Total Carbohydrates (%) 26.1 10 27.9 82.17 9.5 58.3
Dietary Fiber 1.17 1.1 0.92 2.57 1.3 0.32
Soluble Fiber 0.55 0.66 0.5 2.02 0.5 0.62
Insoluble Fiber 0.62 0.43 0.43 0.55 0.8 ND
Sugars (%) 23.9 8.2 18.1 68.3 6.2 54.4
      Fructose 1.1 3.1 6.6 30.7 2.9 19.9
      Glucose 12.8 5.1 10 36.7 3.2 34.5
      Maltose ND ND 1.50 ND ND ND
Protein (%) 0.85 1.11 0.48 3.29 1.02 3.12
Vitamin A (IU) 353 538 285 3580 748 ND
Vitamin C (mg) 2.87 2.48 3.45 <0.5 0.5 <0.5
Calcium (mg) 10 13 8 46 16 64
Iron (mg) 0.3 0.50 0.61 1.4 0.5 1.98
Phosphorus (mg) 13 16 8 49 17 81

IQF = Individually Quick Frozen (ND) = Not Detected
Analysis is for representative generic samples; nutrition of branded samples may vary.

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