Dried cranberry
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The vast population of dried cranberries sold in the world are marketed by the Ocean Spray cartel under the trade name Craisins, a portmanteau of the words cranberry and raisin. Ocean Spray also markets orange and cherry flavored dried cranberries, and as a trail mix, combined with chocolate or with fruits and nuts.
The vast majority of dried cranberries sold, including all those that are sold under the Craisins brand, are heavily sweetened to balance the natural sourness of the cranberry.
"Craisins" were originally invented by Thomas Aurand while working at Ocean Spray in the late 1980s. Prior to Ocean Spray's marketing of dried cranberries to consumers for direct consumption, they were sold to food makers, from 1989 onwards.
[edit] Benefits
Not only do they provide antioxidant vitamins and flavonoids, but they also have an anti-adhesion quality that keeps certain bacteria from sticking to cells in the urinary tract, the mouth and stomach. Cranberries are known to reduce the occurrence of urinary tract infections.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Darren M. Lynch, M.D. Cranberry for Prevention of Urinary Tract Infections. American Family Physician 2004, vol.70, pp.2175-2177. December 1, 2004. <http://www.aafp.org/afp/20041201/2175.html>. "[R]andomized controlled trials demonstrate evidence of cranberry's utility in urinary tract infection prophylaxis [(prevention)]."
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