Organic Incan Berries

Incan berries boast a delicious, yet surprisingly sweet and sour flavour and contain a selection of nutrients such as vegetable protein, vitamins and minerals. They make a particularly tasty snack between meals.

These fully-ripe, sun-dried, wildcrafted berries are sweet, but with a flavour like a sweet and sour lemon sherbert and they're full of tiny seeds. Small and yellow/orange, the dried fruits are slightly larger than raisins.

Product Benefits

• Boast a delicious, yet surprisingly sweet and sour flavour
• A tasty sweet snack between meals
• Contains a variety of vitamins including A, B1, B2, B6, B12 and C
• Comprises of up to 16% vegetable proteins
• Contains the heterogeneous polysaccharide, pectin
• Contains bioflavonoids (vitamin P) 
• Contains phosphorus
• Contains melatonin
• Certified organic by "Organic Farmers & Growers", the UK’s leading government accredited organic certification body

Suggested Use

Incan berries can be enjoyed straight from the bag, or mixed with nuts and other dried fruits, for a tasty snack between meals. These organic berries also make a delicious topping for desserts and are an ideal ingredient in raw cakes, biscuits and chocolate.

Origins

Incan berries (Physalis peruviana), also known as ‘Golden Berries’, are native to the Amazonian regions of South America, where they were used as a traditional source of food and medicine for centuries. Today they are also cultivated in South Africa, England and Turkey. The small, yellow/orange berries are slightly larger than raisins and crammed with crunchy, lemon-flavoured seeds, which give them their distinct sweet and sour flavour.

Quantity and Dosage

Enjoy a small handful (approx. 10 grams) of organic Incan berries each day. Store in a sealed container in a cool, dry place and once open, consume within 2 months.

Facts

• The Incan berry is also known as the Golden Berry, Cape Gooseberry, Aztec Berry and Peruvian Ground Cherry
• As well as being called Incan berries, they're also known as Cape Gooseberries, agauaymanto berries or Goldenberries. Locally called mullaca, uvilla, uchuva, the plant is an annual herb indigenous to many parts of the tropics, including the Amazon. It can be found on most continents in the tropics, including Africa, Asia, and the Americas. It grows up to 1 m high, bears small, cream-colored flowers, and produces small, light yellowish-orange, edible fruit. The leaves of the plant have many ethnobotanical uses around the world.
• The Incan berry is one of the first plants to pioneer degraded areas. Its robustness and adaptability could lead to cultivation in many now unused marginal areas.
• The fruit is found in markets from Venezuela to Chile, and the plants have been grown on limited scale around the world in warm climates. When growing, the berries are protected by papery husks resembling Chinese lanterns. Currently in areas where they are grown they are largely regarded as backyard fruits for children, but upscale European markets pay premium prices for them, dipping them in chocolate to decorate pastries. They make excellent jams, which are popular in India and Africa.

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