Blackberries: A Bite-Sized Fruit Packed with Benefits
Written by Andrew Akhaphong, MS, RD, LD, Mackenthun’s Fine Foods Registered Dietitian Updated February 14, 2025 It is believed that blackberries in the human diet can be traced as early as 500 BC; an Iron Age woman, nicknamed The Harldskær Woman, was discovered in a Danish bog whose stomach had preserved traces of millet and […]
From Bog to Table – The Wonderful Cranberry
Written by Andrew Akhaphong, MS, RD, LD, Mackenthun’s Fine Foods Registered Dietitian Updated October 30, 2024 The cranberry is considered the “original superfood” of the United States. They are the only native commercial fruit in North America where they grow in swamps and bogs of the northeast..(1) Cranberries are closely related to blueberries, bilberries, and […]
